Season Fixtures

Season 1944-45

 

The War Cups
Cup Wins Cup Final 1945VenueGateNotes
  Chelsea 1 2Bolton Wanderers   Stamford Bridge, London45,000 
 
Football League North (War) Cup Final 1945VenueGateNotes
  Bolton Wanderers 1 0Manchester United   Burnden Park, Bolton40,7851st Leg
  Manchester United 2 2Bolton Wanderers   Maine Road, Manchester57,3952nd Leg agg 2-3
 
Football League North (War) Cup Semi-Finals 1945VenueGateNotes
  Manchester United 1 1Chesterfield   Maine Road, Manchester32,013 
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2Bolton Wanderers   Molineux, Wolverhampton29,861 
  Bolton Wanderers 2 1Wolverhampton Wanderers   Burnden Park, Bolton29,683agg 4-3
  Chesterfield 0 1Manchester United   Saltergate, Chesterfield30,000agg 1-2
 
Football League South (War) Cup Final 1945VenueGateNotes
  Chelsea 2 0Millwall   Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London90,000 
 
Football League South (War) Cup Semi Final 1945VenueGateNotes
  Millwall 1 0Arsenal   Stamford Bridge, London49,513 
  Chelsea 2 1West Ham United   White Hart Lane, London35,109 
 
Football League West (War) Cup Final 1945VenueGateNotes
  Bath City 1 0Bristol City   Twerton Park, Bath5,0001st Leg
  Bristol City 3 4Bath City   Ashton Gate, Bristol6,4002nd Leg agg 3-5
 

 

 

Football League North
  Football League NorthPldWDLFAWDLFAG AvePts
1D 1Huddersfield Town18 7 1 1 26 9 7 2 0 24 13 2.27 31
2D 1Derby County18 8 0 1 37 12 6 1 2 17 7 2.84 29
3D 1Sunderland18 6 3 0 26 12 6 1 2 26 13 2.08 28
4D 1Aston Villa18 6 3 0 29 7 6 0 3 25 12 2.84 27
5D 1Everton18 4 1 3 24 16 8 1 1 34 9 2.32 26
6 D 3NWrexham18 6 2 1 23 8 5 1 3 17 10 2.22 25
7 D 3NDoncaster Rovers18 6 0 3 25 14 6 0 3 23 13 1.78 24
8D 1Bolton Wanderers18 4 5 0 13 5 5 1 3 21 17 1.55 24
9 D 2Bradford18 6 1 2 27 18 4 3 2 18 13 1.45 24
10 D 2Manchester City18 6 2 2 31 12 3 2 3 22 19 1.71 22
11D 1Stoke City18 6 1 2 24 8 3 3 3 13 17 1.48 22
12 D 2 Birmingham City18 4 4 1 17 10 4 2 3 13 11 1.43 22
13 D 2Barnsley18 7 0 2 30 19 3 2 4 12 13 1.31 22
14 D 3NRotherham United18 5 2 2 13 9 4 2 3 18 16 1.24 22
15 D 2West Bromwich Albion18 5 1 3 20 18 4 3 2 16 12 1.2 22
16D 1Liverpool18 5 2 2 20 12 4 1 4 21 18 1.37 21
17D 1Grimsby Town18 6 2 1 20 7 3 1 5 17 22 1.28 21
18 D 3NHalifax Town18 6 3 0 23 12 2 2 5 7 17 1.03 21
19 D 3NChester18 6 2 1 29 15 3 1 5 16 30 1 21
20 D 2Burnley18 5 3 1 24 11 3 1 5 15 16 1.44 20
21D 1Blackpool18 5 1 3 28 13 4 1 4 25 25 1.39 20
22D 1Leeds United18 6 1 2 29 16 3 1 5 24 26 1.26 20
23 D 2Sheffield Wednesday18 5 1 3 20 14 4 1 4 14 16 1.13 20
24 D 2Chesterfield18 3 3 3 18 8 5 0 4 12 11 1.58 19
25 D 3NDarlington18 6 0 3 33 22 3 1 5 19 23 1.16 19
26D 1Wolverhampton Wanderers18 4 3 2 18 13 3 2 4 13 14 1.15 19
27 D 3NRochdale18 5 2 2 24 16 2 3 4 11 17 1.06 19
28 D 3NCrewe Alexandra18 3 0 6 18 24 6 1 2 25 17 1.05 19
29D 1Blackburn Rovers18 5 2 2 19 11 2 2 5 11 18 1.03 18
30D 1Manchester United18 4 1 3 18 15 4 1 5 22 25 1 18
31D 1Preston North End18 5 1 3 15 11 2 3 4 11 17 0.93 18
32 D 3SWalsall18 2 2 5 14 16 3 4 2 13 13 0.93 16
33 D 3NGateshead18 3 2 4 22 25 4 0 5 23 28 0.85 16
34 D 3SNorthampton Town18 4 3 2 18 14 1 3 5 12 24 0.79 16
35 D 2Newcastle United18 4 0 5 28 15 3 1 5 23 23 1.34 15
36D 1Sheffield United18 6 0 3 19 6 0 3 6 8 19 1.08 15
37 D 3NHartlepools United18 4 1 4 24 22 3 0 6 17 25 0.87 15
38 D 3NOldham Athletic18 4 0 5 12 14 3 1 5 16 22 0.78 15
39 D 3SMansfield Town18 4 2 3 14 13 2 1 6 17 27 0.78 15
40 D 2Nottingham Forest18 3 3 3 13 15 2 2 5 9 19 0.65 15
41 D 2Coventry City18 4 1 4 14 17 2 1 6 9 25 0.55 14
42 D 3NYork City18 6 0 3 32 19 0 1 8 17 33 0.94 13
43D 1Middlesbrough18 3 1 5 19 29 2 2 5 15 28 0.6 13
44 D 3NBradford City18 4 1 4 22 21 2 0 7 13 39 0.58 13
45 D 3NAccrington Stanley18 2 0 7 16 25 3 2 4 13 21 0.63 12
46 D 3SPort Vale18 5 1 3 14 9 0 1 8 8 27 0.61 12
47 D 2Bury18 5 0 5 20 24 0 2 6 8 24 0.58 12
48 D 3NStockport County18 3 1 5 19 32 2 0 7 14 38 0.47 11
49 D 3NHull City18 4 1 4 15 26 0 2 7 8 34 0.38 11
50 D 3NSouthport18 3 2 4 23 25 0 2 7 9 30 0.58 10
51 D 3NLincoln City18 3 1 5 18 25 1 1 7 14 31 0.57 10
52 D 2Leicester City18 2 2 5 13 20 1 2 6 10 26 0.5 10
53 D 3NTranmere Rovers18 1 0 8 11 30 1 1 7 9 23 0.38 5
54 D 3SNotts County18 2 1 6 8 19 0 0 9 11 43 0.31 5
 
FL North 2nd Championship
  FL North 2nd ChampionshipPldWDLFAWDLFAG AvePts
1D 1Derby County26 12 1 1 47 12 7 2 3 31 16 2.79 41
2D 1Everton27 9 2 3 45 21 8 1 4 34 22 1.84 37
3D 1Liverpool24 9 2 1 38 11 7 1 4 29 15 2.58 35
4 D 2Burnley26 11 2 1 37 11 4 1 7 19 25 1.56 33
5 D 2Newcastle United23 10 0 2 48 16 5 1 5 21 21 1.86 31
6D 1Aston Villa25 8 2 3 53 25 6 0 6 17 20 1.56 30
7 D 2Chesterfield24 8 1 3 20 6 2 8 2 20 18 1.67 29
8D 1Wolverhampton Wanderers24 8 3 2 28 14 3 4 4 17 17 1.45 29
9D 1Manchester United22 7 2 0 24 7 6 1 6 23 26 1.42 29
10 D 3NDarlington24 8 2 3 39 29 5 1 5 22 16 1.36 29
11 D 3SBristol City22 9 0 2 37 15 4 2 5 18 18 1.67 28
12D 1Blackburn Rovers25 9 2 1 37 20 4 0 9 26 34 1.17 28
13D 1Huddersfield Town27 8 3 1 26 15 4 1 10 25 34 1.04 28
14 D 3NWrexham22 7 3 1 27 12 3 4 4 28 24 1.53 27
15D 1Bolton Wanderers23 7 2 2 27 12 4 3 5 24 23 1.46 27
16D 1Blackpool24 7 1 4 32 15 5 2 5 26 27 1.38 27
17NLLovell's Athletic19 7 2 0 26 8 5 0 5 18 19 1.63 26
18D 1Stoke City23 8 1 2 40 12 4 1 7 27 30 1.6 26
19 D 3SCardiff City20 8 1 2 27 16 4 1 4 14 11 1.52 26
20D 1Grimsby Town21 8 1 2 34 15 2 5 3 17 22 1.38 26
21 D 2 Birmingham City24 5 4 3 24 13 4 3 5 14 21 1.12 25
22 D 3NCrewe Alexandra23 8 2 3 35 21 3 1 6 15 29 1 25
23 D 3NDoncaster Rovers20 5 1 3 21 12 6 1 4 23 14 1.69 24
24 D 2Bradford22 8 3 0 38 16 2 1 8 11 23 1.26 24
25 D 3NAccrington Stanley24 5 1 5 21 21 4 5 4 18 20 0.95 24
26 D 2Barnsley24 7 2 3 27 16 4 0 8 12 26 0.93 24
27 D 3NRotherham United20 7 1 3 22 13 3 2 4 19 24 1.11 23
28 D 3NGateshead21 5 1 4 25 21 4 4 3 21 21 1.1 23
29D 1Preston North End25 8 1 3 27 18 1 3 9 14 38 0.73 22
30D 1Sheffield United24 6 3 4 37 21 3 0 8 19 27 1.17 21
31D 1Sunderland25 7 3 2 34 19 2 0 11 19 35 0.98 21
32D 1Leeds United22 7 1 4 38 21 2 2 6 15 34 0.96 21
33 D 2Sheffield Wednesday25 6 2 4 28 22 2 3 8 25 34 0.95 21
34 D 2Leicester City21 6 4 1 29 15 1 2 7 11 23 1.05 20
35NLBath City20 6 0 4 26 23 4 0 6 24 25 1.04 20
36 D 2Bury20 7 1 1 24 15 1 3 7 14 28 0.88 20
37 D 3NYork City22 8 1 1 32 16 0 3 9 16 40 0.86 20
38 D 3NChester22 6 1 4 33 28 3 1 7 16 33 0.8 20
39 D 3NBradford City20 7 0 2 27 12 1 3 7 16 34 0.93 19
40 D 2West Bromwich Albion22 3 4 4 22 18 3 3 5 17 26 0.89 19
41 D 3NHartlepools United21 5 2 4 19 24 3 1 6 15 30 0.63 19
42 D 2Coventry City21 4 2 4 17 14 2 4 5 19 39 0.68 18
43 D 2Nottingham Forest17 2 5 2 14 13 3 2 3 9 12 0.92 17
44 D 3NTranmere Rovers23 5 0 6 22 22 3 1 8 18 34 0.71 17
45 D 3NHalifax Town18 4 3 1 14 10 2 2 6 8 25 0.63 17
46 D 3NLincoln City17 4 3 2 23 20 2 1 5 19 31 0.82 16
47 D 2Manchester City19 6 1 4 23 19 1 1 6 9 24 0.74 16
48 D 3SNorthampton Town14 5 1 1 18 8 1 2 4 5 22 0.77 15
49 D 3NOldham Athletic21 4 1 6 20 25 3 0 7 19 31 0.7 15
50 D 3NStockport County19 5 0 4 19 16 2 0 8 12 34 0.62 14
51D 1Middlesbrough24 5 2 5 19 19 1 0 11 21 51 0.57 14
52 D 3SWalsall18 3 1 4 13 14 2 2 6 11 19 0.73 13
53 D 2Swansea Town20 5 1 4 22 21 1 0 9 20 42 0.67 13
54 D 3SPort Vale21 3 2 7 19 30 2 0 7 8 30 0.45 12
55 D 3SMansfield Town12 4 1 1 13 14 1 0 5 9 24 0.58 11
56 D 3NHull City18 4 1 4 20 21 1 0 8 10 33 0.56 11
57 D 3NRochdale20 2 2 6 12 28 2 1 7 5 21 0.35 11
58 D 3NSouthport22 1 2 9 17 41 2 1 7 16 41 0.4 9
59 D 3SNotts County21 1 0 8 10 24 3 0 9 19 38 0.47 8
60NLAberaman Athletic17 1 0 7 18 29 1 2 6 18 40 0.52 6
 
Football League South
  Football League SouthPldWDLFAWDLFAG AvePts
1 D 2Tottenham Hotspur30 12 3 1 47 19 11 3 0 34 11 2.7 52
2 D 2West Ham United30 12 1 2 56 21 10 2 3 40 26 2.04 47
3D 1Brentford30 10 0 5 51 25 7 4 4 36 32 1.53 38
4D 1Chelsea30 7 2 6 47 24 9 3 3 53 31 1.82 37
5 D 2Southampton30 8 3 4 53 33 9 0 6 43 36 1.39 37
6 D 3SCrystal Palace30 10 2 3 48 26 5 3 7 26 44 1.06 35
7 D 3SReading30 8 4 3 37 31 6 2 7 41 37 1.15 34
8D 1Arsenal30 10 0 3 48 24 4 3 10 29 43 1.15 31
9 D 3SQueens Park Rangers30 7 5 3 41 22 3 5 7 29 39 1.15 30
10 D 3SWatford30 6 3 6 33 33 5 3 7 33 51 0.79 28
11 D 2Fulham30 6 2 7 46 45 5 2 8 33 38 0.95 26
12D 1Portsmouth30 8 1 6 44 28 3 3 9 12 33 0.92 26
13D 1Charlton Athletic30 6 1 8 36 41 6 1 8 36 40 0.89 26
14 D 3SBrighton & Hove Albion30 7 1 7 38 45 3 1 11 28 50 0.69 22
15 D 2Luton Town30 4 4 7 29 40 2 3 10 27 64 0.54 19
16 D 3SAldershot30 5 1 10 27 34 2 3 9 17 51 0.52 18
17 D 2Millwall30 2 5 8 25 36 3 2 10 25 48 0.6 17
18 D 3SClapton Orient30 4 6 5 22 32 1 1 13 17 54 0.45 17
 
Football League West
  Football League WestPldWDLFAWDLFAG AvePts
1 D 3SCardiff City18 7 1 1 30 11 5 2 2 24 13 2.25 27
2 D 3SBristol City18 8 0 1 34 14 5 1 3 25 16 1.97 27
3 NLLovell's Athletic18 5 2 2 23 13 5 1 3 17 18 1.29 23
4 NLBath City18 5 2 2 24 19 3 1 5 23 27 1.02 19
5 NLAberaman Athletic18 3 0 6 20 34 0 1 8 14 38 0.47 7
6 D 2Swansea Town18 1 1 7 16 28 1 0 8 16 35 0.51 5
Notes
Barrow chose not to take part in wartime football league
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic - unable to take part in wartime football league for geographic reasons
Bristol Rovers chose not to take part in wartime football league
Carlisle United unable to take part in wartime football league for geographic reasons
Exeter City could not take part because ground had been requested for the war effort
Ipswich Town chose not to take part in wartime football league
New Brighton could not take part because ground had been requested for the war effort
Newport County chose not to take part in wartime football league
Norwich City - unable to take part in wartime football league for geographic reasons
Southend United unable to take part in wartime football league for geographic reasons
Swindon Town could not take part because ground had been requested as a POW detention centre
Torquay United unable to take part in wartime football league for geographic reasons