The Trotters ran out 2 - 0 winners at the Victoria Ground in the first leg on March 2nd 1946 in front of a crowd of 50,735 .
So we faced a real uphill task in the return leg at Burnden Park a week later .
The Trotters ran out 2 - 0 winners at the Victoria Ground in the first leg on March 2nd 1946 in front of a crowd of 50,735 , and so we faced a real uphill task in the return leg at Burnden Park a week later .