The Football League Third Division North Cup was a knockout competition open to teams competing in Division 3 (North) of The Football League. The competition was first held in 1934 and ran until league football was suspended during World War II.^[1]

In the 1945-46 season, as the Football League went through the transitional season between wartime and a return to peacetime football the following campaign, much of the second half of the season was taken up with the Division 3 North Cup. A lengthy qualifying competition was followed by four rounds of two-legs, ending with Rotherham United facing Chester City in the final. The sides drew 2-2 at Millmoor, before Rotherham won the return 3-2 at Sealand Road in front of 12,680. The competition was never played again.

[edit] Finals

The result of each year's final is given in the table below.

Year	Home team	Score	Away team
1934[2]	Darlington	4-3	Stockport County
1935[3]	Stockport County	2-0	Walsall
1936[4]	Darlington	1-2	Chester City
1937[5]	Southport	1-3	Chester City
1938[6]	Southport	4-1	Bradford City
1939[7]	Bradford City	3-0	Accrington Stanley
1946[8]	Rotherham United	5-4 (agg)	Chester City

[edit] See also

• Football League Third Division South Cup

[edit] References

1. ^ "Division Three North & South Cups" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/division_3_north_&_south_cups.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
2. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1934" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1934.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
3. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1935" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1935.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
4. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1936" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1936.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
5. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1937" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1937.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
6. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1938" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1938.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
7. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1939" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1939.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-11. 
8. ^ "Division Three North Cup 1946" (HTML). The English Football Archive. http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/results/division_3_north_cup/1946.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-21. 

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