1945 Football League War Cup South final

The 1945 Football League War Cup South Final was the last final of the regional Football League War Cup, an unofficial cup competition held in southern England during the Second World War as a replacement for the suspended FA Cup. The match took place at Wembley Stadium on 7 April 1945 and was won by Chelsea, who beat Millwall 2–0. A month later, Chelsea contested a play-off against the winners of the equivalent North final, Bolton Wanderers. The trophy is now on display in the Chelsea museum at Stamford Bridge. The match was attended by King George VI, the Queen, and Princess Elizabeth II, along with a number of high Parliamentary officials and military figures, including Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, commanding general of the Communications Zone, ETO, the logistics side of the U.S. Army, European Theater of Operations.