Saturday 2 September 1939 at Bloomfield Road (Att 17,366)
Blackpool (0) 2 (Dodds 65 85): Wallace, Sibley, Butler, Farrow, Hayward, Johnson, Finan, Astley, Dodds, Buchan, O’Donnell.
Wolves (0) 1 (McAloon 66): Scott, Morris, F Taylor, Galley, Cullis, Gardiner, Maguire, McAloon, Westcott, Dorsett, Mullen.
Referee: Mr E Baker (Manchester).
Order of Goals: b,W,b.
Penalty: Three minutes from time Scott saved from Farrow.
History: The day after this match Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced that Britain had declared war on Germany because of their invasion of Poland just two days before.
Position: 17th.
