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1944–45 in Scottish football
1944–45 in Scottish football
Southern League champions
	Rangers
North-Eastern League (Autumn) champions
	Dundee
North-Eastern League (Spring) champions
	Aberdeen
Summer Cup winners
	Partick Thistle
Southern League Cup winners
	Rangers
North-Eastern League Cup (Autumn) winners
	Aberdeen
North-Eastern League Cup (Spring) winners
	Aberdeen
Junior Cup winners
	Burnbank Athletic

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The 1944–45 season was the 72nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the sixth season of special wartime football during World War II.

Overview

Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in Scotland. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead. The Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up. Appearances in these tournaments do not count in players' official records.

Honours

League competition was split into two regional leagues, the Southern League and the North-Eastern League.^[1] No country-wide cup competition took place, the Glasgow Cup,^[2] East of Scotland Shield and Renfrewshire Cup continued, the Forfarshire Cup was revived and Southern^[3] and North-Eastern^[4] League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of the League Cup. The Summer Cup was played for by Southern League teams during May and June once league competition had been completed.

Competition	Winner
Southern League	Rangers^[5]
North-Eastern League (Autumn)	Dundee^[6]
North-Eastern League (Spring)	Aberdeen^[6]
Glasgow Cup	Rangers^[2]
Southern League Cup	Rangers^[3]
Summer Cup	Partick Thistle
Victory In Europe Cup	Celtic^[7]
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton
North-Eastern League Cup (Autumn)	Aberdeen^[4]
North-Eastern League Cup (Spring)	Aberdeen^[4]
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee

International

Due to the war official international football was suspended and so officially the Scotland team was inactive. However unofficial internationals featuring scratch teams representing Scotland continued. Appearances in these matches are not, however, included in a players total international caps.

Scotland faced England in a wartime international on 14 October 1944 at Wembley in front of 90,000 fans. The Scotland team lost 6–2 with their goals coming from Tommy Walker and Arthur Milne. The Scotland team that day comprised: David Cumming, Jimmy Stephen, George Cummings, Bob Thyne, Bobby Baxter, Archie Macaulay, Gordon Smith, Tommy Walker, Arthur Milne, Andy Black and Jimmy Caskie.^[8]

The two teams met again on 3 February 1945 at Villa Park, Birmingham in front of a crowd of 65,780. England won again, this time 3–2, with Jimmy Delaney and Jock Dodds accounting for Scotland's goals. The Scotland team featured: Bobby Brown, Jim Harley, Jimmy Stephen, Matt Busby, Bob Thyne, Archie Macaulay, Jimmy Delaney, Willie Fagan, Jock Dodds, Andy Black, Billy Liddell.

They met for a third time at Hampden Park on 14 April where a crowd of 133,000 saw England win 6–1. Leslie Johnston scored for Scotland after, unusually at the time, coming on a substitute. The line up was: Bobby Brown, Jim Harley, Jimmy Stephen, Matt Busby, John Harris, Archie Macaulay, Willie Waddell, Tommy Bogan (Leslie Johnston 2'), Tony Harris, Andy Black and John Kelly.^[9]

Notes and references

^ "Wartime league champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Glasgow Cup finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Southern Football League Cup". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "North Eastern Football League Cup". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
^ "Southern Football League". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "North Eastern Football League". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
^ "Victory In Europe Cup". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ "Sat 14 Oct 1944 England 6 Scotland 2". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details

External links

[1] "Wartime league champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

[Glasgow_Cup_winners-2] "Glasgow Cup finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

[Southern_League_Cup-3] "Southern Football League Cup". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

[North-Eastern_League_Cup-4] "North Eastern Football League Cup". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

[5] "Southern Football League". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

[North_Eastern_League-6] "North Eastern Football League". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

[7] "Victory In Europe Cup". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[8] "Sat 14 Oct 1944 England 6 Scotland 2". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[9] England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details

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 ==Honours==
-League competition was split into two regional leagues, the [[Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]] and the [[North Eastern Football League (Scotland)|North-Eastern League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html#war|title=Wartime league champions|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=2008-10-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922133240/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html| archivedate= 22 September 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> No country-wide cup competition took place, the [[Glasgow Cup]],<ref name="Glasgow Cup winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html|title=Glasgow Cup finals|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=2008-10-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922041816/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html| archivedate= 22 September 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> [[East of Scotland Shield]] and [[Renfrewshire Cup]] continued, the [[Forfarshire Cup]] was revived and [[Southern League Cup (Scotland)|Southern]]<ref name="Southern League Cup">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernlc |title=Southern Football League Cup |publisher=Scottish Football History |accessdate=2008-10-02 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5kg6Lm5yi?url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernlc |archivedate=21 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref> and [[North Eastern Football League Cup|North-Eastern]]<ref name="North-Eastern League Cup">{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleaguecup |title=North Eastern Football League Cup |publisher=Scottish Football History |accessdate=2008-10-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5kg6NcysD?url=http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleaguecup |archivedate=21 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref> League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of [[Scottish League Cup|the League Cup]]. The [[Summer Cup (Scottish football)|Summer Cup]] was played for by [[Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]] teams during May and June once league competition had been completed.
+League competition was split into two regional leagues, the [[Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]] and the [[North Eastern Football League (Scotland)|North-Eastern League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchamp.html|title=Wartime league champions|access-date=2008-10-02| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922133240/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html| archive-date= 22 September 2008 |website=[[RSSSF]]| url-status= live}}</ref> No country-wide cup competition took place, the [[Glasgow Cup]],<ref name="Glasgow Cup winners">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html|title=Glasgow Cup finals|access-date=2008-10-02| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922041816/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html| archive-date= 22 September 2008 |website=[[RSSSF]]| url-status= live}}</ref> [[East of Scotland Shield]] and [[Renfrewshire Cup]] continued, the [[Forfarshire Cup]] was revived and [[Southern League Cup (Scotland)|Southern]]<ref name="Southern League Cup">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernlc |title=Southern Football League Cup |publisher=Scottish Football History |access-date=2008-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113316/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernlc |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> and [[North Eastern Football League Cup|North-Eastern]]<ref name="North-Eastern League Cup">{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleaguecup |title=North Eastern Football League Cup |publisher=Scottish Football History |access-date=2008-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113327/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleaguecup |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of [[Scottish League Cup|the League Cup]]. The [[Summer Cup (Scottish football)|Summer Cup]] was played for by [[Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]] teams during May and June once league competition had been completed.
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-| [[Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]]
+| [[1944–45 Southern Football League (Scotland)|Southern League]]
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+| [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernleague |title=Southern Football League |publisher=Scottish Football History |access-date=2008-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021104311/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernleague |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
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 | [[North Eastern Football League (Scotland)|North-Eastern League]] (Autumn)
-| [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]<ref name="North Eastern League">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleague |title=North Eastern Football League |publisher=Scottish Football History |accessdate=2008-10-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5kg6OmdHj?url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleague |archivedate=21 October 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref>
+| [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]<ref name="North Eastern League">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleague |title=North Eastern Football League |publisher=Scottish Football History |access-date=2008-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021164808/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleague |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
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 | [[North Eastern Football League (Scotland)|North-Eastern League]] (Spring)
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 | [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]<ref name="Glasgow Cup winners" />
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-| [[Southern League Cup (Scotland)|Southern League Cup]]
+| [[1944–45 Southern League Cup (Scotland)|Southern League Cup]]
 | [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]<ref name="Southern League Cup" />
 |-
 | [[Summer Cup (Scottish football)|Summer Cup]]
 | [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]]
+|-
+| [[History of Celtic F.C. (1887–1994)#World War II (1939–1945)|Victory In Europe Cup]]
+| [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Victory+In+Europe+Cup|title=Victory In Europe Cup|website=The Celtic Wiki|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
 |-
 | [[Renfrewshire Cup]]
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 ==International==
+{{see also|Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)}}
 Due to the war official international football was suspended and so officially the [[Scotland national football team|Scotland team]] was inactive. However unofficial internationals featuring scratch teams representing Scotland continued. Appearances in these matches are not, however, included in a players total international caps.
-Scotland faced [[England national football team|England]] in a wartime international on 14 October 1944 at [[Wembley]] in front of 90,000 fans. The Scotland team lost 6–2 with their goals coming from [[Tommy Walker (footballer born 1915)|Tommy Walker]] and [[Arthur Milne (footballer)|Arthur Milne]]. The Scotland team that day comprised: [[David Cumming]], [[Jimmy Stephen]], [[George Cummings (footballer)|George Cummings]], [[Bob Thyne]], [[Bobby Baxter (Scottish footballer)|Bobby Baxter]], [[Archie Macaulay]], [[Gordon Smith (footballer born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], Tommy Walker, Arthur Milne, [[Andy Black (footballer)|Andy Black]] and [[Jimmy Caskie]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19441014.html |title=Sat 14 Oct 1944 England 6 Scotland 2 |work=www.londonhearts.com |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |date= |accessdate=20 January 2014}}</ref>
+Scotland faced [[England national football team|England]] in a wartime international on 14 October 1944 at [[Wembley]] in front of 90,000 fans. The Scotland team lost 6–2 with their goals coming from [[Tommy Walker (footballer born 1915)|Tommy Walker]] and [[Arthur Milne (footballer)|Arthur Milne]]. The Scotland team that day comprised: [[David Cumming]], [[Jimmy Stephen]], [[George Cummings (footballer)|George Cummings]], [[Bob Thyne]], [[Bobby Baxter (Scottish footballer)|Bobby Baxter]], [[Archie Macaulay]], [[Gordon Smith (footballer born 1924)|Gordon Smith]], Tommy Walker, Arthur Milne, [[Andy Black (footballer)|Andy Black]] and [[Jimmy Caskie]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19441014.html |title=Sat 14 Oct 1944 England 6 Scotland 2 |work=www.londonhearts.com |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref>
 The two teams met again on 3 February 1945 at [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]] in front of a crowd of 65,780. England won again, this time 3–2, with [[Jimmy Delaney]] and [[Jock Dodds]] accounting for Scotland's goals. The Scotland team featured: [[Robert Brown (footballer born 1923)|Bobby Brown]], [[Jim Harley]], Jimmy Stephen, [[Matt Busby]], Bob Thyne, Archie Macaulay, Jimmy Delaney, [[Willie Fagan]], Jock Dodds, Andy Black, [[Billy Liddell]].
-They met for a third time at [[Hampden Park]] on 14 April where a crowd of 133,000 saw England win 6–1. [[Leslie Johnston]] scored for Scotland after, unusually at the time, coming on a substitute. The line up was: Bobby Brown, Jim Harley, Jimmy Stephen, [[Matt Busby]], [[John Harris (footballer born 1917)|John Harris]], Archie Macaulay, [[William Waddell (footballer)|Willie Waddell]], [[Tommy Bogan]] (Leslie Johnston 2'), [[Tony Harris (footballer)|Tony Harris]], Andy Black and [[John Kelly (Scottish footballer)|John Kelly]].<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-warvic-intres.html England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details]</ref>
+They met for a third time at [[Hampden Park]] on 14 April where a crowd of 133,000 saw England win 6–1. [[Leslie Johnston]] scored for Scotland after, unusually at the time, coming on a substitute. The line up was: Bobby Brown, Jim Harley, Jimmy Stephen, [[Matt Busby]], [[John Harris (footballer born 1917)|John Harris]], Archie Macaulay, [[William Waddell (footballer)|Willie Waddell]], [[Tommy Bogan]] (Leslie Johnston 2'), [[Tony Harris (footballer)|Tony Harris]], Andy Black and [[John Kelly (Scottish footballer)|John Kelly]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-warvic-intres.html England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details]</ref>
 ==See also==
-[[Association football during World War II]]
+*[[Association football during World War II]]
 ==Notes and references==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html League winners at RSSSF]
+* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchamp.html League winners at RSSSF]
-* [http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html Glasgow Cup winners at RSSSF]
+* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html Glasgow Cup winners at RSSSF]
-* [http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com Scottish Football Historical Archive]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035238/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/ Scottish Football Historical Archive]
 {{Scottish football seasons|1944}}
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:1944-45 in Scottish football}}
-[[Category:Wartime seasons in Scottish football]]
 [[Category:1944–45 in Scottish football| ]]
+[[Category:Wartime seasons in Scottish football]]

v t e 1944–45 in Scottish football
« 1943–44 1945–46 »
Domestic leagues	Southern League North Eastern League
Domestic cups	Summer Cup Southern League Cup North Eastern League Cup Glasgow Cup ('44, '45) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results
Club seasons
Southern League	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
North Eastern League	Aberdeen Arbroath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk 'A' Heart of Midlothian 'A' Raith Rovers Rangers 'A'