1939–40 in Scottish football |
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Division One champions |
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Abandoned |
Division Two champions |
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Abandoned |
Emergency league competition champions |
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Rangers |
Scottish War Emergency Cup winners |
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Rangers |
Junior Cup winners |
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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
Source: [citation needed]
Scottish League Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
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
Other honours
Cup honours
National
County
Non-league honours
Senior
Notes
- ^ Aggregate over two legs.
See also
References
- ^ Disputed Ibrox Goal | Falkirk Reasonably Annoyed, The Glasgow Herald, 3 June 1940
- ^ Match details | Scottish League Championship Decider, Better Meddle
- ^ 2–1 Vs Falkirk in Championship Decider, 01/06/1940, FitbaStats Rangers
- ^ "Scottish Highland Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
External links
- Scottish Football Historical Archive
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Domestic leagues | |
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Domestic cups | |
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Club seasons |
Division One | |
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Division Two | - Airdrieonians
- Brechin City
- Dumbarton
- Dundee
- Dundee United
- Dunfermline Athletic
- East Fife
- East Stirlingshire
- Edinburgh City
- Forfar Athletic
- King's Park
- Leith Athletic
- Montrose
- Morton
- Queen's Park
- Raith Rovers
- St Bernard's
- Stenhousemuir
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Western Division | - Airdrieonians
- Albion Rovers
- Ayr United
- Celtic
- Clyde
- Dumbarton
- Hamilton Academical
- Kilmarnock
- Morton
- Motherwell
- Partick Thistle
- Queen of the South
- Queen's Park
- Rangers
- St. Mirren
- Third Lanark
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Eastern Division | |
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Defunct football competitions in Scotland |
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National leagues | Senior | |
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Non league | |
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Age groups | |
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Regional leagues | Supplementary | |
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Junior | |
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Wartime | - North Eastern League
- Southern League
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Other | |
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Cup competitions | Cross border | |
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National | |
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Regional | |
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Wartime | |
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Friendly | |
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