Scottish War Emergency Cup

The Scottish War Emergency Cup was a temporary competition held at the start of World War II, due to the suspension of the Scottish Cup by the SFA. It was held between February and May in 1940, the competition involved all sixteen League clubs still operating at the time, Cowdenbeath later withdrew which meant Dunfermline Athletic received a bye in the first round. Rangers beat Dundee United 1–0 in the Final.^[1]

First round

Dunfermline Athletic received a bye in the first round due to Cowdenbeath's withdrawal.

First legs

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

3 – 3

1 – 4

4 – 2

3 – 1

4 – 3

1 – 1

5 – 0

7 –1

2 – 1

1 – 0

4 – 6

2 – 4

3 – 2

1 – 5

6 – 0

Source: Scottish Football History
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second legs

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

0 – 1
3 – 4 (agg.)

3 – 1
5 – 4 (agg.)

0 – 2
3 – 6 (agg.)

2 – 2
2 – 3 (agg.)

1 – 1
5 – 3 (agg.)

1 – 0
2 – 3 (agg.)

5 – 0
6 – 2 (agg.)

4 – 0
4 – 5 (agg.)

5 – 0
10 – 1 (agg.)

3 – 2
9 – 6 (agg.)

4 – 1
7 – 4 (agg.)

3 – 0
5 – 4 (agg.)

2 – 2
6 – 3 (agg.)

4 – 1
5 – 8 (agg.)

3 – 1
4 – 2 (agg.)

Source: Scottish Football History
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

3 – 1

0 – 2

7 – 1

0 – 0

0 – 2

2 – 1

2 – 1

1 – 1

Source: Scottish Football History
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Replays

Home team

Score

Away team

Additional information

5 – 2

3 – 2

Source: Scottish Football History
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

Airdrieonians v Heart of Midlothian

23 March 1940

Airdrieonians	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian

Attendance: 14,000

Dundee United v Kilmarnock

23 March 1940

Dundee United	3 – 0	Kilmarnock
Milne Fraser Gardiner

Attendance: 14,000

Motherwell v Clyde

23 March 1940

Motherwell	3 – 0	Clyde
Bremner McCulloch

Attendance: 12,673

Rangers v St Mirren

23 March 1940

Rangers	3 – 1	St Mirren
Thornton McNee Smith		Brady

Attendance: 60,000

Replay

The match was abandoned after 117 minutes due to poor light.

Heart of Midlothian v Airdrieonians

1 April 1940

Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Airdrieonians
Carruth Baxter		Reid Mooney

Attendance: 19,949

Second replay

Heart of Midlothian v Airdrieonians

1 April 1940

Heart of Midlothian	3 – 4	Airdrieonians
Walker (pen.) Phillips		Mooney Flavell Reid Farr

Attendance: 20,000

Semi-finals

Rangers v Motherwell

13 April 1940

Rangers	4 – 1	Motherwell
Thornton Smith Venters		McCulloch

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 50,000

Dundee United v Airdrieonians

13 April 1940

Dundee United	0 – 0	Airdrieonians

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 22,000

Replay

Dundee United v Airdrieonians

17 April 1940

Dundee United	3 – 1	Airdrieonians
Glen Adamson Dunsmore		Reid

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 22,000

Final

Rangers v Dundee United

4 May 1940

Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee United
Smith

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: W Webb

Teams


RANGERS:
GK		Jerry Dawson
RB		Dougie Gray
LB		Jock Shaw
RH		Bobby Bolt
CH		Willie Woodburn
LH		Tom McKillop
RW		Willie Waddell
IR		Willie Thornton
CF		Jimmy Smith
IL		Alex Venters
LW		Adam Little
Manager:
Bill Struth


DUNDEE UNITED:
GK		Charlie Thomson
RB		Alex Miller
LB		Tommy Dunsmore
RH		Arthur Baxter
CH		Jimmy Littlejohn
LH		Jimmy Robertson
RW		Alex Glen
IR		Bobby Gardiner
CF		Arthur Milne
IL		Tommy Adamson
LW		Norman Fraser
Manager:
Jimmy Allan

References

↑ McColl, Brian. "Scottish War Emergency Cup". Retrieved 16 December 2008.

External links

Scottish Football History – Scottish War Emergency Cup

Defunct football competitions in Scotland

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