The Football League North and Football League South divisions of the Football League were created temporarily for the League to continue through the Second World War while limiting the amount of movement that was required by teams. The leagues started in 1940; however there was only one full season, in 1945–46 . Previous seasons were, in a sense, bit-part leagues with clubs only playing teams that were generally local. An example of this is that in the 1942 Football League North Leeds United played Middlesbrough , Gateshead , Newcastle United , Doncaster Rovers , Sunderland , Bradford Park Avenue , York City , Halifax Town and Huddersfield Town , which they played Home and Away in succession.
4-462: The two leagues consisted of all the members of The First and Second Divisions of the Football League split on a purely geographical basis. The 1945–46 full season was instituted as a precursor to the resumption of the previous divisional split in force prior to World War II . As the war had only just finished travel was sometimes difficult to arrange, many of the players were still away and
8-584: The teams often included guests. Sheffield United were the Champions of League North and Birmingham City were the Champions of League South for the only full season in 1945–46 . Results and players' contributions do not tend to be included in official statistics. 1945%E2%80%9346 in English football The 1945–46 season was the 66th season of competitive football in England . 1945–46
12-526: Was debated by the clubs over the following two months – with Wolverhampton Wanderers 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. To make up for the lack of quality matches, all FA Cup rounds from round one up to and including
16-543: Was the first peacetime football season since the 1939–40 season was cut short due to World War II . On 7 May (as the war was ending ), it was announced that the FA Cup 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
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