FA Cup 1945-46

The FA Cup 1945–46 was the 65th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, generally known as the FA Cup, and the first to be held after the Second World War. Derby County were the winners, beating Charlton Athletic 4–1 after extra time in the final at Wembley, London.

For the only time in the history of the competition, all matches from the first round proper up to and including the sixth round were played over two legs, the first leg being played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. In the first and second rounds proper, the second leg was played on the following Saturday; from the third round onwards, it was played during the week following the first leg. If aggregate scores were level after 90 minutes of the second leg had been played, a replay would take place at a neutral venue.

Calendar

Third round

At this stage the remaining First and Second Division clubs entered the competition.

The first leg matches were played on Saturday, 5 January 1946 and the second legs in the following week commencing Monday, 7 January 1946. Two replays were necessary, both of which were played on Wednesday, 16 January 1946.

Final rounds

ixth round

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date=2 March 1946
time=
team1=Aston Villa
score=3 – 4
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team2=Derby County
goals1=Edwards goal|6
Iverson goal|28
Broome goal|66
goals2=Doherty goal|23 goal|85
Carter goal|62
Crooks goal|88
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=76,500
referee= W. E. Ross-Gower (London)

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date=6 March 1946
time=
team1=Derby County
score=1 – 1
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team2=Aston Villa
goals1=Broome goal
goals2=Carter goal
stadium=Baseball Ground, Derby
attendance=32,000
referee= W. E. Ross-Gower (London)
Derby County win 5 – 4 on aggregate.
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date=2 March 1946
time=
team1=Bradford Park Avenue
score=2 – 2
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team2=Birmingham City
goals1=
goals2=Dougall goal
Jones goal
stadium=Park Avenue, Bradford
attendance=19,732
referee=

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date=9 March 1946
time=
team1=Birmingham City
score=6 – 0
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team2=Bradford Park Avenue
goals1=Dougall goal goal
Bodle goal goal
Mulraney goal goal
goals2=
stadium=St Andrew's, Birmingham
attendance=49,858
referee=
Birmingham City win 8 – 2 on aggregate.
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date=2 March 1946
time=
team1=Charlton Athletic
score=6 – 3
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team2=Brentford
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=The Valley, London
attendance=
referee=

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date=6 March 1946
time=
team1=Brentford
score=1 – 3
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team2=Charlton Athletic
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Griffin Park, London
attendance=
referee=
Charlton Athletic win 9 – 4 on aggregate.
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date=2 March 1946
time=
team1=Stoke City
score=0 – 2
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team2=Bolton Wanderers
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
attendance=
referee=

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date=6 March 1946
time=
team1=Bolton Wanderers
score=0 – 0
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team2=Stoke City
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Burnden Park, Bolton
attendance=
referee=
Bolton Wanderers win 2 – 0 on aggregate.

emifinals

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date=23 March 1946
time=
team1=Derby County
score=1 – 1
report= [cite web |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=2739|1|2786325643621|R|632|4724222072004328630531&parentkey=2739|1|2786325643621|p|632|0 |title=Rams 1 v 1 Birmingham |work=Derby Evening Telegraph |publisher=Northcliffe Media |accessdate=2008-05-15]
team2=Birmingham City
goals1=Carter goal|4
goals2=Mulraney goal|59
stadium=Hillsborough, Sheffield
attendance=65,013
referee= W. H. E. Evans (Liverpool)

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date=23 March 1946
time=
team1=Charlton Athletic
score=2 – 0
report=
team2=Bolton Wanderers
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=
referee=

emifinal replay

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date=27 March 1946
time=
team1=Birmingham City
score=0 – 4
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team2=Derby County
goals1=
goals2=Doherty goal| goal|
Stamps goal| goal|
stadium=Maine Road, Manchester
attendance=80,407
referee=

Final

The final took place on Saturday, 27 April 1946 at Wembley and ended in a 4–1 win for Derby County after extra time. Charlton Athletic's Bert Turner opened the scoring with an own goal in the 85th minute, which he equalised a minute later to force extra time. A goal from Peter Doherty and two from Jack Stamps completed Derby's victory.

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date=27 April 1946
time=15:00 BST
team1=Derby County
score=4 – 1 (aet)
report= [cite web |url=http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=2739|1|2786325643621|R|632|4727222072004330534131&parentkey=2739|1|2786325643621|p|632|0 |title=Rams 4 v 1 Charlton |work=Derby Evening Telegraph |publisher=Northcliffe Media |accessdate=2008-05-15]
team2=Charlton Athletic
goals1=Turner goal|85 (og)
Doherty goal|92
Stamps goal|97 goal|106
goals2=Turner goal|86
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=98,000
referee=Eddie Smith

Notes

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/Archive/ The FA Cup Archive] at TheFA.com
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=75 Results on Soccerbase]