 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Makwikwi eFA Cup akatangazve mwaka wa194546, asi kutangazve kweFootball League kwaifanira kumirira rimwe gore. Portsmouth, sechikwata cheDivision One uye se zvino varidzi kubva muna 1939!, vakadhirowewa kuti vatambe neBirmingham City muchikamu cheTatu Round. Mutambo wekutanga wakatambirwa kuSt Andrews Stadium yeBirmingham musi wa5 Ndira 1946 uye wakaguma 10 ichibatsira Birmingham City; mutambo wechipiri kuFratton Park wakapera 00 musi wa9 Ndira 1946, Birmingham City ichikunda 10 pahuwandu. Mukombe weFA Cup wakanga usiri kuzogara nePortsmouth kwegore rechisere rakateedzana uye wakadzoserwa kuFootball Association nenguva ye1946 FA Cup Final, umo Derby County yakanga iri vakundi uye vakapa mukombe. 