Blackpool F.C. season 1944-45
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| Season 1944-45 1944-45 in English football The 1944–45 season was the fifth season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Overview:Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players... |
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| League | League North |
| Manager | Joe Smith |
| League position | 20th (first competition); 16th (second competition) |
| Top goalscorers | Combined: Stan Mortensen Stan Mortensen Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final , in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final... (14) |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
Competition suspended |
| League War Cup Football League War Cup The Football League War Cup was an association football tournament held between 1939 and 1945 which aimed to fill the gaping hole left in English Football by the cancellation of the FA Cup.- Background:... |
Fourth round (Northern Section) |
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| Previous season | ← 1943-44 Blackpool F.C. season 1943-44 The 1943-44 season was Blackpool F.C.s fifth season in special wartime football during World War II. They competed in League North, finishing first in the first competition and seventh in the second... |
| Next season | 1945-46 Blackpool F.C. season 1945-46 The 1945-46 season was Blackpool F.C.s 39th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Football League North, a stop-gap competition introduced between the end of inter-war football and the recommencement of the Football League proper the following season.Stan Mortensen was the... → |
The 1944-45
1944-45 in English football
The 1944–45 season was the fifth season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Overview:Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players...
season was Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
's sixth and final season in special wartime football during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. They competed in League North, finishing twentieth in the first competition and sixteenth in the second.
Stan Mortensen
Stan Mortensen
Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final , in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final...
was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals in all competitions.