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1945–46 in English football

66th season of competitive football in England

66th season of competitive football in England

FieldValue
countryEngland
season1945–46
division1Football League
champions1not held
division2Football League Second Division
champions2not held
domestic[FA Cup](1945-46-fa-cup)
dchampionsDerby County
prevseason1944–45
nextseason1946–47
flagiconyes

The 1945–46 season was the 66th season of competitive football in England.

Overview

1945–46 was the first peacetime football season since the 1939–40 season was cut short due to World War II. On 7 May (as the war was ending), it was announced that the FA Cup would be resumed, and that the 44 clubs in the top two divisions of the 1938–39 season would play in the Football League North and Football League South without promotion and relegation from the previous peacetime season. This arrangement was debated by the clubs over the following two months – with Wolverhampton Wanderers proposing an immediate return to a peacetime Football League as was to happen in France – before it was agreed at The Football League's annual meeting in London on 25 July that regional leagues should continue for one more season.

To make up for the lack of quality matches, all FA Cup rounds from round one up to and including the quarter-finals were made two-legged ties (rather than the traditional single matches) with the aggregate score determining who went through to the next round. Derby County eventually won the Cup.

From the next season, a full football programme was restored, including The Football League and international matches.

Honours

CompetitionWinner
[FA Cup](1946-fa-cup-final)Derby County (1)
Football League NorthSheffield United
Football League SouthBirmingham City

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

References

References

  1. ‘Association Football’; ''[[The Times]]'', 8 May 1945, p. 8
  2. ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; ''[[The Times]]'', 26 July 1945, p. 8
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