B Division Supplementary Cup
1945-1952
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Faced with the
prospect of just a minimum of 32 League and Cup fixtures, clubs in the B
Division of the Southern League organized the Supplementary Cup to dovetail
the end of the League fixture card in February. The interest generated by the new
competition – crowds upward of 15000 were common – prompted the Scottish
League to continue the tournament when full peace-time football returned in
1946. The second season proved the Cup
was popular as the crowds flocked to the matches played during the Autumn
months. Unfortunately the third season (1947-48) was dogged by problems in
getting suitable dates, the B Division having been extended to sixteen clubs
and also due to the severe winter. The first round kicked off on 5 January,
but the round of matches couldn’t be completed until mid April. The 2 legged
final itself had to be shoehorned in during a four-day space at the end of
the season. In 1948-49, the League
left the clubs to organize the competition, and without a tournament that
kicked off on 25 August and should have been short and snappy, ended up being
completed a full 364 days later! The 1949-50 season again saw the clubs run
the Cup, and again without the League’s organization, it was a shambles. The
first ties were played in September 1949, but the Round wasn’t completed
until the end of April 1950. Also Queen’s Park, due to commitments to the Scotland
Amateur team withdrew before the competition started. By the end of the
season, the semi-finals were still to be decided, the deciding second legs
being held over until the new season. These were completed by September, but
by then a lack of available dates for the final and a waning public interest,
made the whole competition pointless and it was left unfinished. There was,
obviously, no call for a 1950-51 Supplementary Cup, but the success of the
two St Mungo tournaments for the Festival of Britain celebrations, prompted
calls for the Cup to be revived. This time the competition would be short and
run over a four-week period, with all games being played off on Saturdays
towards the end of the season. Although a great success, it wasn’t revived
for the next season, with the introduction of floodlights openning up the
League’s fixture card to evening matches as well as glamour friendlies. Other
competitions run solely for the lowere division clubs were the Spring Cup,
played in 1975-76, and the League Challenge Cup, first played in 1990.
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1945-46
First Round – 2 legs - 26 Jan, 2 Feb, play-offs 6
Feb
Stenhousemuir
v Dumbarton Cowdenbeath
v Dundee St
Johnstone v Ayr United Dundee
United v Raith Rovers Play-off – 4-4 on corners, Raith won on
toss of a coin Albion
Rovers v Airdrieonians Play-off –Airdrie won 8-5 on corners Arbroath
v Alloa Athletic East
Fife v Dunfermline Athletic Play-off Second
Round
(9
Feb) Dundee v Alloa Athletic (9
Feb) Raith Rovers v Airdrieonians (9
Feb) Ayr United v East Fife Dumbarton Semi-Final
16
& 20 Feb (16
Feb) East Fife v Dumbarton (16
Feb) Dundee v Airdrieonians Replay (20
Feb) Airdrieonians v Dundee Final at Ibrox Park,
Glasgow (17
Apr) Airdrieonians v Dumbarton |
1-6, 2-2 1-4, 2-2 2-2, 1-2 1-4, 3-0 3-3 2-1, 3-4 1-1 1-3, 3-3 3-0, 0-3 4-2 6-2 0-4 0-1 bye 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 |
- : McDonald, Neil, Mcamara, McGowan 2,
Bootland / - : Neil, McGowan - : Turnbull, Gallacher, Ancell / -
:Juliussen, Anderson Burns,
McIntosh : - / Hird : - Buchan
: Stewart, McNaught, Dickson, Stewart / Pacione, Mackay, Buchan Buchan,
Pacione, Smith : Montgomery, Johnstone, Paterson Anderson
2, Juliussen 4 Clapperton,
McCulloch 2, Aitken Bootland Ouchterlonie
pen : - -
: Juliussen Peters,
Aitken / Bootland |
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1946-47
First
Round – 2
legs 14, 18*, 20** & 21 Aug Dumbarton
v Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath
v St Johnstone Arbroath
v Raith Rovers Dundee
United v Stenhousemuir Dundee
v Airdrieonians East
Fife v Albion Rovers Ayr
United v Dunfermline Athletic Second
Round (28
Aug) Raith Rovers v St Johnstone (28
Aug) Dundee United v St Johnstone (28
Aug) Dundee v East Fife Alloa
Athletic Semi-Final
(4
Sep) Raith Rovers v Alloa Athletic (4
Sep) Dundee United v East Fife Final
–2
legs attendances 18000 & 14000 (11
Sep) East Fife v Raith Rovers (18
Sep) Raith Rovers v East Fife |
1-4, 2-0 1-3, 1-4 2-3, 0-1 4-1, 2-2** 1-1, 1-0 2-1, 4-1* 1-2, 0-4 2-1 4-1 2-4 bye 2-1 2-4 3-2 1-4 |
McCulloch
: Bowman, Brown, Connor, Wallace og / McMillan, Donegan Boyd
: E Taylor, Robbie, Simpson / Playfair : Main 2, Simpson 2 Coates
2 : Young 2 Muir / Stewart J
Davidson 3, Mackay : Ormand / Pacione, Smart : O’Dell, Dick Ewen
: Flavell / Hill Davidson,
Duncan : McClure / Morris 2, Adams, Adamson : Stephenson Malcolm
: Munro / Wallace Young,
Muir : Hird Mackay,
Smart, J Ross 2 : Wallace Joyner,
Gunn : Morris 4 Muir
2 : Connor J
Ross, Pacione : Morris, Adams, Duncan 2 Davidson,
Morris, Adams : Maule, Stewart Stewart
: Duncan 2, Morris, Davidson |
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1947-48 First
Round (5
Jan) Kilmarnock v Stirling Albion (7
Jan) Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir (31
Jan) Arbroath v East Fife (21
Feb) Alloa Athletic v St Johnstone (21
Feb) Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic (29
Mar) Hamilton Academical v Dundee United (5
Apr) Raith Rovers v Albion Rovers (5
Apr) Leith Athletic v Cowdenbeath Replays (31
Mar) East Fife v Arbroath (12
Apr) Cowdenbeath v Leith Athletic Second
Round (7
Apr) Alloa Athletic v Hamilton Academical (9
Apr) Albion Rovers v Ayr United (17
Apr) Stirling Albion v Leith Athletic (12
Apr) East Fife v Dumbarton Replays (12
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Alloa Athletic (14
Apr) Ayr United v Albion Rovers Semi-Final
(22
Apr) East Fife v Albion Rovers (24
Apr) Stirling Albion v Hamilton Academical Final
– 2 legs (30
Apr) Stirling Albion v East Fife (3
May) East Fife v Stirling Albion |
1-2 3-2 1-1 3-2 4-2 3-2 1-2 2-2 6-0 0-3 1-1 2-2 3-2 2-0 4-1 0-2 9-1 3-2 1-2 7-0 |
McLaren
: - Wardlaw,
Goldie, McCreadie: Hope, McFarlane W
Brown : D Davidson Hart,
Spulla, Rowan : Craig, Brown Ramsay
2, Morrison, McGuigan : Kinnell, Wright Rothera,
McVinish, Wright : Henderson Maule
: Stein, Kerr Broadley,
Brydon : Cowan Morris
3, J Davidson, C Fleming 2 Broadley
3 Barclay
: Devlin Love,
Wallace : Beattie 2 Whiteford,
Crothers 2 : Broadley 2 Gilmour,
C Fleming McVinish,
Devlin, Wright, W Smith : Spulla McKinnon,
Love Morris
4, Duncan, C Fleming 4 : Craig Curran
2, Wilson : Martin, Rothera pen E
Curran : Morris, Adams Duncan
3, D Davidson 3, J Davidson |
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1948-49
First
Round (25
Aug) Queen’s Park v Kilmarnock (25
Aug) Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton (15
Sep) Ayr United v Stenhousemuir (15
Sep) Airdrieonians v Dundee United (4
Oct) Raith Rovers v East Stirlingshire (5
Feb) Arbroath v Hamilton Academical (9
Apr) Stirling Albion v Alloa Athletic (9
Apr) Dunfermline Athletic v St Johnstone Replays (6
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Arbroath (13
Apr) Stenhousemuir v Ayr United (19
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Arbroath Second
Round (4
Apr) Raith Rovers v Airdrieonians (23
Apr) Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir (25
Apr) Kilmarnock v Alloa Athletic (25
Apr) Hamilton Academicals v St Johnstone Replay (30
Apr) Stenhousemuir v Cowdenbeath Semi-Final
(4
May) Raith Rovers v Kilmarnock (4
May) Cowdenbeath v St Johnstone Final
– 2 legs (7
May) Raith Rovers v St Johnstone (24
Aug) St Johnstone v Raith Rovers |
1-2 4-2 1-1 3-0 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-3 2-2 2-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 5-1 0-2 0-1 5-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 |
Aitken
: McLaren 2 Cowan,
McCreadie, McKay, Jones : Lynch, Crichton Wallace
: Miller Orr,
J Parlane, og Brady
2 Ross
: McSeveney Spulla
: Rowan 2 Keith,
McSeveney : McRoberts 2, Craig Devlin,
Gillan : Quinn, Lang Thomson,
McQeen Gillan,
Martin, McMillan, Cupples Penman
2 McLaren
2, Lambie 2, Aitken : Rowan pen Craig,
Buckley Armstrong Collins,
Stockdale, Young 2, Penman : McLaren Welsh Penman
: McRoberts, Craig Munro,
McRoberts |
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1949-50
First
Round St
Johnstone v Queen’s Park (12
Sep) Ayr United v Alloa Athletic (12
Sep) Kilmarnock v Dundee United (10
Apr) Albion Rovers v Morton (12
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Airdrieonians (19
Apr) Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath (24
Apr) Forfar Athletic v Arbroath (19
Apr) Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton Replay ( ) Arbroath v Forfar Athletic Second
Round (22
Apr) St Johnstone v Albion Rovers (25
Apr) Kilmarnock v Airdrieonians (6
May) Alloa Athletic v Forfar Athletic (6
May) Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir Replay (10
May) Forfar Athletic v Alloa Athletic Semi-Final
(10
May) St Johnstone v Kilmarnock (13
Sep) Forfar Athletic v Cowdenbeath Replays (23
Aug) Kilmarnock v St Johnstone (13
Sep) Cowdenbeath v Forfar Athletic Final
– not played (competition abandoned) Forfar
Athletic v Kilmarnock |
wo-scr 2-4 4-3 3-1 2-3 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-3aet 4-2 2-1 1-1 2-0 4-0 2-2 1-1 2-1aet 2-3 |
Queen’s
withdrew due to commitments to the Scotland Amateur XI McLaren
3, Finlay : McKay 3 Kerr,
Dickson, Maxwell : Mochan Devine,
McMullen : Seawright 2, G Brown : Wilcox, Dempsey Perrie
: Ross Bannan,
J Allan : Donegan Ross
: MacLaren 2, Falconer Welsh,
Buckley, Peat 2 : Maxwell 2 Middlemass,
Paton : Cunningham Pow
: Sunter Durie,
Dempsey Sunter
2, Perrie 2 Buckley,
Goldie : Davidson, Johnston Perrie
: Ellis J
McGhee, Donaldson : Welsh Quinn
2: Perrie, McKenzie, Duff |
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1951-52 no competition |
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1951-52 First
Round (29
Mar) Albion Rovers v St Johnstone (29
Mar) Alloa Athletic v Stenhousemuir (29
Mar) Arbroath v Dunfermline Athletic (29
Mar) Ayr United v Cowdenbeath (29
Mar) Clyde v Forfar Athletic (29
Mar) Dumbarton v Dundee United (29
Mar) Queen’s Park v Hamilton Academical (29
Mar) Kilmarnock v Falkirk Replays (2
Apr) Stenhousemuir v Alloa Athletic (2
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Queen’s Park Second
Round (12
Apr) Clyde v Ayr United (12
Apr) Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock (12
Apr) Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton (12
Apr) St Johnstone v Dunfermline Athletic Semi-Final
(19
Apr) Alloa Athletic v St Johnstone (19
Apr) Kilmarnock v Clyde Final
– 2 legs (26
Apr) Clyde v St Johnstone Att: 13000 (29
Apr) St Johnstone v Clyde Att: 5500 |
0-3 3-3 0-3 2-0 7-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-3 3-2 3-1 0-1 4-3 4-0 0-3 1-3 5-1 2-2 |
Goldie,
Armit 2 Hamilton,
Cranston, Lynch : Wilson, Collins, Aikman Mailer,
Blaikie, Finnegan Hutton,
Robertson McPhail
2, Robertson 2, Ring 3 : C McLean Frame Cromar
: Cunning Harvey Cantwell,
Collins : Lister, Cranston, Lynch Rae
3 : Grierson, McKirdy Buchanan,
Robertson, Ring : Japp Jack Taylor,
Lister, Jarvie 2 : Donegan 2, Smith Goldie,
Buckley 2, Cannon Brydon
2, Buckley Middlemass
: Buchanan 2, Ring Buchanan
4, Ring : Goldie Goldie,
Buckley : McPhail 2 |