1939–40 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season1939–40
Scotland
1939–40 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Abandoned
Division Two champions
Abandoned
Emergency league competition champions
Rangers
Scottish War Emergency Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Maryhill

The 1939–40 was the 67th season of competitive football in Scotland. It would have been the 50th season of Scottish Football League, but the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939 caused the suspension of the league after five rounds of games played in Division One, and four rounds in Division Two. The league was not officially competed for until the 1946–47 season but there were regional leagues played during these years.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 9
2 Falkirk 5 4 0 1 20 10 +10 8
3 Heart of Midlothian 5 2 2 1 14 9 +5 6
4 Aberdeen 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 6
5 Partick Thistle 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
6 Celtic 5 3 0 2 7 8 −1 6
7 Albion Rovers 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5 5
8 Motherwell 5 2 1 2 14 12 +2 5
9 Third Lanark 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 5
10 Kilmarnock 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 5
11 Queen of the South 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 5
12 St Mirren 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 5
13 Hamilton Academical 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 5
14 Arbroath 5 2 0 3 9 9 0 4
15 St Johnstone 5 2 0 3 7 8 −1 4
16 Hibernian 5 2 0 3 11 13 −2 4
17 Alloa Athletic 5 2 0 3 8 13 −5 4
18 Ayr United 5 2 0 3 10 17 −7 4
19 Clyde 5 1 0 4 10 14 −4 2
20 Cowdenbeath 5 1 0 4 6 18 −12 2
Source:

Scottish League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee 4 3 1 0 13 5 +8 7
2 Dunfermline Ath 4 2 2 0 10 5 +5 6
3 King's Park 4 2 2 0 11 7 +4 6
4 East Fife 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5
5 Queen's Park 4 1 3 0 7 5 +2 5
6 Stenhousemuir 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 5
7 Dundee United 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 5
8 Dumbarton 4 2 1 1 9 9 0 5
9 East Stirlingshire 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 4
10 St Bernard's 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 4
11 Airdrieonians 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 4
12 Edinburgh City 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 3
13 Montrose 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 3
14 Raith Rovers 4 1 1 2 8 12 −4 3
15 Morton 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
16 Leith Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 2
17 Brechin City 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2
18 Forfar Athletic 4 0 0 4 7 18 −11 0
Source:

Emergency League

Main article: 1939–40 Scottish War Emergency League

The Scottish League officially suspended its competition on 13 September 1939 and set up a committee to investigate the possibility of regional league competitions. These were rubber-stamped on 26 September after the Home Secretary had granted permission, they commenced a month later. There were two divisions; eastern and western; each consisting of 16 clubs. This left six of the previous league clubs; Montrose, Brechin City, Forfar Athletic, Leith Athletic, Edinburgh City and East Stirlingshire.

Cowdenbeath resigned halfway through the season, they had played all the other clubs once and so their record was allowed to stand. The competition was completed by a play-off between the two divisional winners, who were Rangers and Falkirk, Rangers won 2–1 at Ibrox Park.

Play-off

Rangers2–1Falkirk
Venters 25'
Little 84'		 Napier 60'
Attendance: 15,000[3]

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
War Emergency Cup Rangers 1–0 Dundee United
Scottish Junior Cup Maryhill 1–0 Morton Juniors

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 4 – 2 Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 2 Hibernian
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 2 – 0 Dundee
Glasgow Cup Rangers 3 – 1 Queen's Park
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 1 – 0 Hamilton
North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin 5 – 2 Rothes
Perthshire Cup Black Watch 12 – 4[a] Blairgowrie
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 4 – 1 Morton

Non-league honours

Senior

Division Winner
Highland Emergency League[4] Inverness Thistle

Notes

  1. ^ Aggregate over two legs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Disputed Ibrox Goal | Falkirk Reasonably Annoyed, The Glasgow Herald, 3 June 1940
  2. ^ Match details | Scottish League Championship Decider, Better Meddle
  3. ^ 2–1 Vs Falkirk in Championship Decider, 01/06/1940, FitbaStats Rangers
  4. ^ "Scottish Highland Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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