Scottish War Emergency Cup

The Scottish War Emergency Cup was a temporary competition held at the start of the Second World War, 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][2]

All match details are sourced to the Scottish Football Historical Archive.[1]

First round

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

First legs

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

Second legs

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

Second round

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

Replays

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

Quarter-finals

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Airdrieonians0–0Heart of Midlothian
Attendance: 14,000

Dundee United3–0Kilmarnock
Milne  
Fraser  
Gardiner  
Attendance: 14,000

Motherwell3–0Clyde
Bremner    
McCulloch  
Attendance: 12,673

Rangers3–1St Mirren
Thornton  
McNee  
Smith  
Brady  
Attendance: 60,000

Replay

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

Heart of Midlothian2–2 (a.e.t.)Airdrieonians
Carruth  
Baxter  
Reid  
Mooney  
Attendance: 19,949

Second replay

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Heart of Midlothian3–4Airdrieonians
Walker     (pen.)
Phillips  
Mooney  
Flavell  
Reid  
Farr  
Attendance: 20,000

Semi-finals

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Rangers4–1Motherwell
Thornton  
Smith    
Venters  
McCulloch  
Attendance: 50,000

Dundee United0–0Airdrieonians
Attendance: 22,000

Replay

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Dundee United3–1Airdrieonians
Glen  
Adamson  
Dunsmore  
Reid  
Attendance: 22,000

Final

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Rangers1–0Dundee United
Smith   [2]
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: W Webb

Teams

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Scottish War Emergency Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Smith's late goal". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ Rangers 1 Dundee Utd 0 | Emergency War Cup (Final), Arab Archive