 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Portsmouth ine musiyano wekuva kirabhu yenhabvu iyo yakabata mukombe weFA Cup kwenguva yakareba kwazvo isina kumiswa - makore manomwe. Portsmouth yakanga yakunda Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 mu1939 FA Cup Final uye yakapihwa mukombe se1938-1939 FA Cup vakundi. Asi nokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, makwikwi eFootball League neFA Cup emwaka wa1939-40 akarambidzwa kwenguva yehondo. Mutungamiri wePortsmouth Jack Tinn akanzwika kuti akachengeta mukombe weFA Cup wakachengeteka pasi pemubhedha wake munguva yose yehondo, asi iyi ingano yemaguta. Nemhaka yokuti guta rePortsmouth raiva nechinangwa chikuru chokurwisa mabhomba eLuftwaffe yeGermany, mukombe weFA Cup wakaendeswa makiromita gumi kuchamhembe kwePortsmouth, kumusha weLovedean uri pedyo neHampshire, uye ikoko wakagara muimba yakaisvonaka ine denga rematanda inonzi The Bird in Hand kwemakore manomwe ehondo. Mushure mekupera kweHondo Yenyika II, mukombe weFA Cup wakadzoserwa kuFootball Association nekirabhu nenguva ye1946 FA Cup Final. 