1942 Football League War Cup final

The 1942 Football League War Cup final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland. For the only time in the competition's history, the trophy was decided over a two-leg final, played on 23 May and 30 May 1942. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the tie 6–3 on aggregate.[1]

1942 Football League War Cup final
Event1942 Football League War Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date23 May 1942
VenueRoker Park, Sunderland
Second leg
Date30 May 1942
VenueMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
1941
1943

One week after winning the Cup, Northern winners Wolves played the 1942 London Cup winners Brentford in a North v South charity decider at Stamford Bridge - the first of four consecutive years that such a club championship game was played on Chelsea's ground between the winners of the London Cup (from 1943 to 1945 renamed the Football League (South) War Cup) which was played as a single game at Wembley, and the two-legged winners of the Football League (North) War Cup. Wolves and Brentford drew the 1942 match 1-1 on 6 June in front of a crowd of 20,174. No replays were played when these North v South end of season 'deciders' at Chelsea ended in draws.[2]

Match details

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First leg

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First leg
Sunderland2–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
Carter   54'
Stubbins   77'
Westcott   11', 87'
Attendance: 34,776
1   Albert Heywood
2   Jimmy Gorman
3   John Eves
4   Arthur Housam
5   Billy Hewison
6   Alexander Hastings
7   Johnny Spuhler
8   Albert Stubbins
9   Cliff Whitelum
10   Raich Carter
11   Bill Robinson
Manager:
  Bill Murray
1   Cyril Sidlow
2   Eric Robinson
3   Jack Dowen
4   Dennis Thornhill
5   Tom Galley
6   Dicky Dorsett
7   Frank Broome
8   Alex McIntosh
9   Dennis Westcott
10   Ernest Stevenson
11   Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
  Major Frank Buckley

Second leg

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Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers4–1Sunderland
Westcott  
Broome   51'
Rowley   59', 70'
Carter   58'
Attendance: 43,038
1   Cyril Sidlow
3   Jack Dowen
3   Frank Taylor
4   Eric Robinson
5   Tom Galley
6   Dicky Dorsett
7   Frank Broome
8   Alex McIntosh
9   Dennis Westcott
10   Jack Rowley
11   Jimmy Mullen
Manager:
  Major Frank Buckley
1   Albert Heywood
2   Jimmy Gorman
3   John Eves
4   Arthur Housam
5   Billy Hewison
6   Alexander Hastings
7   Johnny Spuhler
8   Albert Stubbins
9   Cliff Whitelum
10   Raich Carter
11   Bill Robinson
Manager:
  Bill Murray

References

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  1. ^ 1942 war cup final on Roker-Roar.com
  2. ^ When Brentford won a Wembley cup final By Richard Foster, The Guardian, 5 Jan 2021