Scottish War Emergency Cup

1939-40

 

See also

Main index

Club directory

Football during the 1939-1945 war

Scottish League 1939-40

 

After the outbreak of War, the Scottish FA abandoned its Scottish Cup competition. In its place, another tournament was set-up involving all sixteen Scottish League clubs still operating. Cowdenbeath later withdrew which meant Dunfermline received a bye in the first round.

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish War Emergency Cup 1939-40

First round – 1st  Leg

24/2 (5500) Albion Rovers v Aberdeen 3-3 Burke (2), Dempsey ; Ferguson, Patillo (2)

24/2 (7000) Alloa v Rangers 1-4 Gillan ; Duncanson, Thornton (2), Waddell

24/2 (6200) Celtic v Raith Rovers 4-2 Crum (2), Divers, Gould ; Murray, Kinnear

24/2 (4500) Clyde v East Fife 3-1 Noble, Wallace (2) ; Adams

24/2 (4500) Dumbarton v Arbroath 4-3 Dunn, Milne, Lang (2) ; Miller, Mudie (2)

24/2 (6320) Dundee v Third Lanark 1-1 McGillivray ; Dewar

24/2 (7060) Falkirk v Hibernian 5-0 Dawson, Keys (2), Napier, Carruthers

24/2 (3500) Hamilton Academical v Stenhousemuir 7-1 McIntyre (2), Wilson (2), McKerrell, Harrison (2) ; Buchan

24/2 (4300) St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Lorimer, Hird ; Brown

24/2 (8630) Kilmarnock v Ayr United 1-0 Gallacher

24/2 (3330) King’s Park v Motherwell 4-6 Stewart (2), McDowall, Ferrier ; McInally, Wales, McCulloch, Wood (2), Bremner

24/2 (5210) Partick Thistle v Dundee United 2-4 Morrison, Picken ; Gardiner, Adamson (2), Kerr

24/2 (7650) Queen’s Park v Airdrieonians 3-2 Kyle, Aitken, Ferguson ; Gillick, Reid

24/2 (5070) St Bernard’s v Morton 1-5 Philp ; McGarry, Calder (3), Milne

24/2 (10000) St Mirren v Queen of the South 6-0 Linwood (4), Caskie (2)

 

First round – 2nd  Leg

2/3 (8841) Aberdeen v Albion Rovers 0-1 Bell [Aggr 3-4]

2/3 (8000) Airdrieonians v Queen’s Park 3-1 Flavell, Mooney, Reid ; Mitchell [Aggr 5-4]

2/3 (2150) Arbroath v Dumbarton 0-2 Dunn (2) [Aggr 3-6]

2/3 (9940) Ayr United v Kilmarnock 2-2 Marshall, McKenzie ; Collins, Thomson [Aggr 2-3]

2/3 (8000) Dundee United v Partick Thistle 1-1 Fraser ; Sharp [Aggr 5-3]

2/3 (3100) East Fife v Clyde 1-0 McLeod [Aggr 2-3]

2/3 (7974) Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone 5-0 Phillips (2), Briscoe, Brook [Aggr 6-2]

2/3 (4520) Hibernian v Falkirk 4-0 Finnigan, Nutley (2), Cuthbertson [Aggr 4-5]

2/3 (3400) Morton v St Bernard’s 5-0 Calder (3), Turnbull, Martin [Aggr 10-1]

2/3 (2792) Motherwell v King’s Park 3-2 Ogilvie, Bremner, Wood ; Binnie, Black [Aggr 9-6]

2/3 (3800) Queen of the South v St Mirren 4-1 Connor, Lang (2), Law ; Brady [Aggr 7-4]

2/3 (5463) Raith Rovers v Celtic 3-0 Lyons (og), Hume, Tulip [Aggr 5-4]

2/3 (8000) Rangers v Alloa 2-2 Venters, Waddell ; Rice, Fitzsimmons [Aggr 6-3]

2/3 (1067) Stenhousemuir v Hamilton Academical 4-1 Buchan (2), Rodi, Allan ; McIntyre [Aggr 5-8]

2/3 (7510) Third Lanark v Dundee 3-1 Sinclair, Dewar, Dykes ; Adam [Aggr 4-2]

Dunfermline Athletic (Bye)

 

Second round

9/3 (7000) Clyde v Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 Agnew, Beaton, McLaren ; Johnston

9/3 (5500) Dumbarton v Airdrieonians 0-2 (Reid, Flavell)

9/3 (8000) Dundee United v Third Lanark 7-1 Gardiner (2), Kerr, Milne (3), Adamson ; Joyner

9/3 (16000) Falkirk v Rangers 0-0

9/3 (8000) Hamilton Academical v St Mirren 0-2 Deakin, Brady

9/3 (9951) Heart of Midlothian v Raith Rovers 2-1 Phillips, Walker ; Kinnear

9/3 (7586) Kilmarnock v Albion Rovers 2-1 Collins, McGrogan ; McKinlay

9/3 (8688) Morton v Motherwell 1-1 Milne ; Bremner

 

Replays

11/2 (8600) Motherwell v Morton 5-2 McCulloch (3), Ogilvie, Bremner ; Calder, Fyfe

11/2 (46000) Rangers v Falkirk 3-2 Thornton (2) Venters ; McPhie, Keys

 

Quarter-Final

23/3 (14000) Airdrieonians v Heart of Midlothian 0-0

23/3 (14000) Dundee United v Kilmarnock 3-0 Milne, Fraser, Gardiner

23/3 (12673) Motherwell v Clyde 3-0 Bremner (2), McCulloch

23/3 (60000) Rangers v St Mirren 3-1 Thornton, McNee, Smith ; Brady

 

Replay

27/3 (19949) Heart of Midlothian v Airdrieonians 2-2 AET Carruth, Baxter ; Reid, Mooney (abandoned 117 mins due to poor light)

1/4 (20000) Heart of Midlothian v Airdrieonians 3-4 Walker (2, 1 pen), Phillips ; Mooney, Flavell, Reid, Farr

 

Semi-Final

13/4 (50000) Rangers v Motherwell 4-1 Thornton, Smith (2), Venters ; McCulloch [at Hampden]

13/4 (22000) Dundee United v Airdrieonians 0-0 [at Easter Road]

 

Replay

17/4 (20252) Dundee United v Airdrieonians 3-1 Glen, Adamson, Dunsmore ; Reid

 

Final

4/5 (75000) Rangers v Dundee United 1-0 Smith

Rangers : Dawson, Gray, Shaw, Bolt, Woodburn, McKillop, Waddell, Thornton, Smith, Venters, Little

Dundee United : Thomson, Miller, Dunsmore, Baxter, Littlejohn, Robertson, Glen, Gardiner, Milne, Adamson, Fraser

Referee : W.Webb (Glasgow)

 

 

 

Source: Alan McCabe