This was the final match played in the abandoned 1939-40 Football League season. The following day Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany resulting in the season being stopped after just three games.

Below are selected images from the Daily Express published on the 4th September 1939 including a short mention of our game.

This copy of the newspaper was photographed at the wonderful Western Approaches museum in Liverpool.

Taken from 16th September 1934 edition of the Sunday Pictorial