The 1942 Football League War Cup final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland.
For the only time in the competition's history, the trophy was decided over a two-leg final, played on 23 May and 30 May 1942.
Wolverhampton Wanderers won the tie 6–3 on aggregate.
[1] One week after winning the Cup, Northern winners Wolves played the 1942 London Cup winners Brentford in a North v South charity decider at Stamford Bridge - the first of four consecutive years that such a club championship game was played on Chelsea's ground between the winners of the London Cup (from 1943 to 1945 renamed the Football League (South) War Cup) which was played as a single game at Wembley, and the two-legged winners of the Football League (North) War Cup.
Wolves and Brentford drew the 1942 match 1-1 on 6 June in front of a crowd of 20,174.