When Extra Time Had No End: How One Match Lasted 3Hrs and 23Mins

During the second world war competitive football continued in an irregular, somewhat confused manner, organization being considerably more difficult when every able-bodied man of fighting – and therefore playing – age was in the armed forces or, at the very least, full-time employment. All unnecessary complications were avoided; tournaments were played regionally and quickly. In 1940, West Ham won the Football League War Cup, a tournament of some 137 games played in the space of only nine weeks. But replays, officials decided, had complicated matters unnecessarily.

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