1945–46 Southern League Cup (Scotland) Explained

The 1945–46 Southern League Cup was the sixth and final edition of the regional war-time football tournament. The North Eastern League and North Eastern League Cup had ended the previous season, teams from those competitions joined the Southern League and Southern League Cup. With the Southern League now acting effectively as a national league the competition was split into two Divisions, The league cup was therefore also split into two divisions.

Aberdeen won the tournament, defeating Rangers 3–2 in the final at Hampden Park before a crowd of 135,000. This was the last edition of the competition, but the trophy itself was used again for the 1946 Victory Cup played only a few weeks later (won by Rangers), therefore Aberdeen only possessed the cup for a short time. The same teams met in first official Scottish League Cup final the following year.^[1]

Group stage

Division A

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Division B

Group A

Group B

Play-off

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Ayr United	1 – 0	Dundee United	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

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Aberdeen	2 – 0	Ayr United

Airdrieonians	1 – 0	Clyde

Heart of Midlothian	3 – 0	East Fife

Rangers	3 – 1	Dundee

Semi-finals

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Aberdeen	2 – 2	Airdrieonians	Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Rangers	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Hampden Park, Glasgow

Replay

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Aberdeen	5 – 3	Airdrieonians	Iibrox Park, Glasgow

Final

Teams


Aberdeen:
GK		George Johnstone
RB		Willie Cooper
LB		Pat McKenna
RH		Andy Cowie
CH		Frank Dunlop
LH		George Taylor
OR		Alex Kiddie
IR		George Hamilton
CF		Stan Williams
IL		Archie Baird
OL		Willie McCall


Rangers:
GK		John Shaw
RB		Dougie Gray
LB
RH		Charlie Watkins
CH		George Young
LH		Scot Symon
OR
IR		Willie Thornton
CF		Billy Arnison
IL
OL

External links

Southern League Cup at Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2015)

Notes and References

Web site: League Cup History 1946. Kevin Stirling. 27 January 2014. 1 October 2018. Aberdeen F.C..