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

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Overview

1945–46 was the first peacetime football season since the 1939–40 season was cut short due to

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. On 7 May (as the war was ending), it was announced that the

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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

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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.‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; ''

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'', 26 July 1945, p. 8 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

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and international matches.

Honours

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

References

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Overview

Honours

See also

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