1946 FA Cup Final: Derby County vs Charlton Athletic

Derby County 4 - 1 Charlton Athletic

• Derby County
  • B. Turner 85'
  • Doherty 92'
  • Stamps 97'
  • Stamps 106'
• Charlton Athletic
  • B. Turner 86'

Wembley - Saturday 27th April

Attendance: 98,000

Match Referee: E D Smith

Team Line-ups:

In the first post‑war Cup competition, extra time was to be played if teams were level after ninety minutes. For this one season only, ties were also to be played on a home and away basis, with aggregate scores deciding, from the first to the sixth round inclusive. This piece of legislation changed the whole character of the competition ‑there was to be no 'sudden death'.

Derby needed an extra half‑hour before they could clinch victory in the Final. They would not have needed the extension had their own poor shooting and some gallant defence by CharIton not kept them without a goal in the first half.

With ten minutes to go the match burst into life with Turner's amazing double. First he diverted Duncan's shot into his own net, and then, sixty second later, he rammed a free‑kick through Derby's defensive wall for the equalizer.

Turner, Charlton's right-half (on the ground) puts the ball into his own net.

There were no further goals in normal time, but one odd thing happened ‑ the ball burst. Stamps might have scored, had the ball retained its shape. Instead, it burst as he connected and Bartram caught the deflated object without great difficulty.

Derby ran riot in extra time. Doherty scored almost immediately from Stamps' cross, and ten minutes later Doherty returned the compliment, setting up a scoring chance for Stamps. Then Stamps made it 4‑1 and, though Chariton still kept on, they couldn't even manage a consolation goal.

Aston Villa v DERBY CO 3‑4,1‑1 (4‑5) Bradford PA v Birmingham C 2‑2, 0‑6 (2‑8); CHARLTON ATH v Brentford 6‑3, 3‑1 (9‑4); Stoke C v Bolton Wand 0‑2, 0‑0 (0‑2)

Barnsley v Bradford PA 0‑ 1, 1‑1 (1 ‑2), Bolton Wand v Middlesbro 1‑0, 1‑1 (2‑ 1), Brighton & H Alb v DERBY CO 1‑4, 0-6 (1 ‑10); Chelsea v Aston Villa 0‑1, 0‑ 1 (0‑2); PNE v CHARLTON ATH 1‑1, 0‑6 (1‑7); QPR v Brentford 1‑3, 0‑0 (0‑3), Stoke C v Sheff Wed 2‑0, 0‑0 (2‑0), Sunderland v Birmingham C 1‑0, 1‑3 (2‑3)

Barnsley v Rotherham Utd 3‑0, 1‑2 (4‑2), Birmingham C v Watford 5‑0, 1‑1 (6‑ 1), Blackpool v Middlesbro 3‑2, 2‑3, 0‑1 (5‑6); Bolton Wand v Liverpool 5‑0, 0‑2 (5‑2), Bradford PA v Man C 1‑3,8‑2 (9‑5) Brighton & H Alb v Aldershot 3‑0,4‑1 (7‑ 1) Bristol C v Brentford 2‑1, 0‑5 (2‑6); CHARLTON ATH v Wolves 5‑2,1‑1, (6‑3) Chelsea v W. Ham 2‑0,0‑1 (2‑1) DERBY CO v WBA 1‑0, 3‑1 (4‑1); Man Utd v PNE 1‑0, 1‑3 (2‑3), Millwall v Aston Villa 2‑4,1‑9 (3‑13), Sheff Wed v York C 5‑1, 6‑1 (11‑2); Southampton v QPR 0‑1, 3‑4 (3‑5); Stoke C v Sheff Utd 2‑0, 2‑3 (4‑3); Sunderland v Bury 3‑1, 4‑5 (7-6)

Accrington S v Man Utd 2‑2,1‑5 (3‑7), Aldershot v Plymouth Arg 2‑0,1‑0 (3‑0); Birmingham C v Portsmouth 1 ‑0, 0‑0 (1 ‑0); Bolton Wand v Blackburn R 1‑0, 3‑1 (4‑1); Bradford PA v Port Vale 2‑1, 1‑1 (3‑2); Bristol C v Swansea T 5‑1, 2‑2 (7‑3); Bury v Rochdale 3‑3,4‑2 (7‑5), Cardiff C v WBA 1‑ 1, 0‑4 (1‑5); CHARLTON ATH v Fulham 3‑1, 1‑2 (4‑3), Chelsea v Leicester C 1‑ 1, 2‑0 (3‑ 1) Chester v Liverpool 0‑2, 1‑2 (1‑4) Chesterfield v York C 1- 1, 2‑3 (3‑4) Coventry C v Aston Villa 2‑1, 0‑2 (2‑3), Grimsby T v Sunderland 1‑3, 1‑2 (2‑5); Huddersfield T v Sheff Utd 1‑1, 0‑2 (1‑3); Leeds Utd v Middlesbro 4‑4, 2‑7 (6‑11), Lovell's Ath v Wolves 2‑4, 1‑8 (3‑12); Luton T v DERBY CO 0‑6, 0‑3 (0‑9); Man C v Barrow 6‑2, 2‑2 (8‑4), Mansfield T v Sheff Wed 0‑0, 0‑5 (0‑5), Newcastle Utd v Barnsley 4‑2, 0‑3 (4‑5); Northampton T v Millwall 2‑2, 0‑3 (2‑5); Norwich C v Brighton & H Alb 1‑2,1‑4 (2‑6); Nott'm Forest v Watford 1‑1, 1‑1, 0‑1 (2‑3), PNE v Everton 2‑1, 2‑2 (4‑3); QPR v Crystal Palace 0‑0, 0‑0, 1‑0 (1 ‑0); Rotherham Utd v Gateshead 2‑2, 2‑0 (4‑2); Southampton v Newport Co 4‑3, 2‑1 (6‑4); Stoke C v Burnley 3‑1, 1‑2 4‑3); Spurs v Brentford 2‑2, 0‑2 (2‑4), W. Ham v Arsenal 6‑0, 1‑0 (7‑0), Wrexharn v Blackpool 1‑4,1‑4 (2‑8)