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
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers 3 – 3 Aberdeen !Aberdeen Burke Dempsey Ferguson Patillo Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 5,500
Alloa !Alloa 1 – 4 Rangers !Rangers Gillan Duncanson Thornton Waddell Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 7,000
Celtic !Celtic 4 – 2 Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers Crum Divers Gould Murray Kinnear Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 6,200
Clyde !Clyde 3 – 1 East Fife !East Fife Noble Wallace Adams Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 4,500
Dumbarton !Dumbarton 4 – 3 Arbroath !Arbroath Dunn Milne Lang Miller Mudie Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 4,500
Dundee !Dundee 1 – 1 Third Lanark !Third Lanark McGillivray Dewar Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 6,320
Falkirk !Falkirk 5 – 0 Hibernian !Hibernian Dawson Keys Napier Carruthers Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 7,060
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical 7 –1 Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir McIntyre Wilson McKerrell Harrison Buchan Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 3,500
St Johnstone !St Johnstone 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian Lorimer Hird Brown Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 4,300
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Ayr United !Ayr United Gallacher Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 8,630
King's Park !King's Park 4 – 6 Motherwell !Motherwell Stewart McDowall Ferrier McInally Wales McCulloch Wood Bremner Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 3,330
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle 2 – 4 Dundee United !Dundee United Morrison Picken Gardiner Adamson Kerr Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 5,210
Queen's Park !Queen's Park 3 – 2 Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians Kyle Aitken Ferguson Gillick Reid Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 7,650
St Bernard's !St Bernard's 1 – 5 Morton !Morton Philp McGarry Calder Milne Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 5,070
St Mirren !St Mirren 6 – 0 Queen of the South !Queen of the South Linwood Caskie Date 24 February 1940 Attendance 10,000

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
Aberdeen !Aberdeen 0 – 1 3 – 4 (agg.) Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers Bell Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 8,841
Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians 3 – 1 5 – 4 (agg.) Queen's Park !Queen's Park Flavell Mooney Reid Mitchell Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 8,000
Arbroath !Arbroath 0 – 2 3 – 6 (agg.) Dumbarton !Dumbarton Dunn Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 2,150
Ayr United !Ayr United 2 – 2 2 – 3 (agg.) Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock Marshall McKenzie Collins Thomson Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 9,940
Dundee United !Dundee United 1 – 1 5 – 3 (agg.) Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle Fraser Sharp Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 8,000
East Fife !East Fife 1 – 0 2 – 3 (agg.) Clyde !Clyde McLeod Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 3,100
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 6 – 2 (agg.) St Johnstone !St Johnstone Phillips Briscoe Brook Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 7,974
Hibernian !Hibernian 4 – 0 4 – 5 (agg.) Falkirk !Falkirk Finnigan Nutley Cuthbertson Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 4,520
Morton !Morton 5 – 0 10 – 1 (agg.) St Bernard's !St Bernard's Calder Turnbull Martin Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 3,400
Motherwell !Motherwell 3 – 2 9 – 6 (agg.) King's Park !King's Park Ogilvie Bremner Wood Binnie Black Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 2,792
Queen of the South !Queen of the South 4 – 1 7 – 4 (agg.) St Mirren !St Mirren Connor Lang Law Brady Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 3,800
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers 3 – 0 5 – 4 (agg.) Celtic !Celtic Lyons  (o.g.) (o.g.) Hume Tulip Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 5,463
Rangers !Rangers 2 – 2 6 – 3 (agg.) Alloa !Alloa Venters Waddell Rice Fitzsimmons Date 2 March 1940 Attendance 8,000
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir 4 – 1 5 – 8 (agg.) Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical Buchan Rodi Allan McIntyre Date 2 March 1940
Third Lanark !Third Lanark 3 – 1 4 – 2 (agg.) Dundee !Dundee Sinclair Dewar Dykes Adam Date 2 March 1940

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
Clyde !Clyde 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic Agnew Beaton McLaren Johnston Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 7,000
Dumbarton !Dumbarton 0 – 2 Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians Reid Flavell Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 5,500
Dundee United !Dundee United 7 – 1 Third Lanark !Third Lanark Gardiner Kerr Milne Adamson Joyner Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 8,000
Falkirk !Falkirk 0 – 0 Rangers !Rangers Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 16,000
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical 0 – 2 St Mirren !St Mirren Deakin Brady Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 8,000
Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1 Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers Phillips Walker Kinnear Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 9,951
Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers Collins McGrogan McKinlay Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 7,586
Morton !Morton 1 – 1 Motherwell !Motherwell Milne Bremner Date 9 March 1940 Attendance 8,688

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
Motherwell !Motherwell 5 – 2 Morton !Morton McCulloch Ogilvie Bremner McPhie Keys Date 11 March 1940 Attendance 8,600
Rangers !Rangers 3 – 2 Falkirk !Falkirk Thornton Venters Calder Fyfe Date 11 March 1940 Attendance 46,000

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

External links

• Scottish Football History – Scottish War Emergency Cup