Scottish League ‘B’ Division Supplementary Cup
known as the Southern
League ‘B’ Division Cup in 1945-46
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Faced with the
prospect of just a minimum of 32 League and Cup fixtures, clubs in the B
Division of the Southern League organized the Supplementary Cup to dovetail the
end of the League fixture card in February.
The interest generated by the new competition – crowds upward of 15000
were common – prompted the Scottish League to continue the tournament when full
peace-time football returned in 1946.
The second season proved the Cup was popular as the crowds flocked to
the matches played during the autumn months. Unfortunately the third season
(1947-48) was dogged by problems in getting suitable dates, the B Division having
been extended to sixteen clubs and also due to the severe winter. The first
round kicked off on 5 January, but the round of matches couldn’t be completed
until mid April. The 2 legged final itself had to be
shoehorned in during a four-day space at the end of the season. In 1948-49, the League left the clubs to
organize the competition, and without that guiding hand a tournament that
kicked off on 25 August and should have been short and snappy, ended up being
completed a full 364 days later. The 1949-50 season
again saw the clubs run the Cup, and again without the League’s organization,
it was a shambles. The first ties were played in September 1949, but the Round
wasn’t completed until the end of April 1950. Also Queen’s Park, due to
commitments to the Scotland Amateur team withdrew before the competition
started. By the end of the season, the semi-finals were still to be decided,
the deciding second legs being held over until the new season. These were
completed by September, but by then a lack of available dates for the final and
a waning public interest, made the whole competition pointless and it was left
unfinished. There was, obviously, no call for a 1950-51 competition, but the
success of the two St Mungo tournaments for the
Festival of Britain celebrations, prompted calls for the Cup to be revived.
This time the competition would be short and run over a four-week period, with
all games being played off on Saturdays towards the end of the season. Although
a great success, it wasn’t revived for the next season, with the introduction
of floodlights opening up the League’s fixture card to evening matches as well
as glamour friendlies.
Other competitions
run solely for the lower division clubs were the Spring Cup, played in 1975-76, and the League Challenge Cup, first played in 1990.
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1945-46
Airdrieonians 1946-47
East Fife 1947-48
East Fife |
1948-49
St Johnstone 1949-50 unfinished |
1950-51 no
competition 1951-52
Clyde |
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1945-46 First round – 2 legs 26
Jan Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton 2
Feb Dumbarton 26
Jan Cowdenbeath v Dundee 2
Feb Dundee 26
Jan St Johnstone v Ayr United 2
Feb Ayr United 26
Jan Dundee United v Raith Rovers 2
Feb Raith Rovers 6
Feb Dundee United v Raith Rovers 26
Jan Albion Rovers v Airdrieonians 2
Feb Airdrieonians 6
Feb Airdrieonians 26
Jan Arbroath v Alloa Athletic 2
Feb Alloa
Athletic 2
Feb East Fife v Dunfermline Athletic 6
Feb Dunfermline Athletic Second round 9
Feb Dundee v Alloa Athletic 9
Feb Raith Rovers v Airdrieonians 9
Feb Ayr United v East Fife Dumbarton
bye Semi-final 16
Feb East Fife v Dumbarton 16
Feb Dundee v Airdrieonians 20
Feb Airdrieonians v Dundee Final at Ibrox Park, Glasgow 17
Apr Airdrieonians v Dumbarton 2-1 |
1946-47 First round – 2 legs 14
Aug Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic 1-4 21
Aug Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton 0-2 14
Aug Cowdenbeath v St Johnstone
1-3 21
Aug St Johnstone
v Cowdenbeath 4-1 14
Aug Arbroath v Raith Rovers 2-3 21
Aug Raith Rovers v Arbroath 1-0 14
Aug Dundee United v Stenhousemuir 4-1 20
Aug Stenhousemuir v Dundee United 2-2 14
Aug Dundee v Airdrieonians 1-1 21
Aug Airdrieonians v Dundee 0-1 14
Aug East Fife v Albion Rovers 2-1 18
Aug Albion Rovers v East Fife 1-4 14
Aug Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic 1-2 21
Aug Dunfermline Athletic v Ayr United 4-0 Second round 28
Aug Raith Rovers v St Johnstone
2-1 28
Aug Dundee United v St Johnstone 4-1 28
Aug Dundee v East Fife 2-4 Alloa Athletic bye Semi-final 4
Sep Raith Rovers v Alloa
Athletic 2-1 4
Sep Dundee United v East Fife 2-4 Final – 2 legs 11
Sep East Fife v Raith Rovers 3-2 18
Sep Raith Rovers v East Fife 1-4 |
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1947-48 First round 5
Jan Kilmarnock v Stirling Albion 1-2 7
Jan Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir 3-2 31
Jan Arbroath v East Fife 1-1 31
Mar East Fife v Arbroath 6-0 21
Feb Alloa Athletic v St Johnstone
3-2 21
Feb Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic 4-2 29
Mar Hamilton Academical v Dundee United 3-2 5
Apr Raith Rovers v Albion Rovers 1-2 5
Apr Leith Athletic v Cowdenbeath 2-2 12
Apr Cowdenbeath v Leith Athletic 0-3 Second round 7
Apr Alloa Athletic v Hamilton Academical
1-1 12
Apr Hamilton Academical v Alloa
Athletic 4-1 9
Apr Albion Rovers v Ayr United 2-2 14
Apr Ayr United v Albion Rovers 0-2 17
Apr Stirling Albion v Leith Athletic 3-2 12
Apr East Fife v Dumbarton 2-0 Semi-final 22
Apr East Fife v Albion Rovers 9-1 24
Apr Stirling Albion v Hamilton Academical 3-2 Final – 2 legs 30
Apr Stirling Albion v East Fife 1-2 3
May East Fife v Stirling Albion 7-0 |
1948-49 First round 25
Aug Queen’s Park v Kilmarnock 1-2 25
Aug Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton 4-2 15
Sep Ayr United v Stenhousemuir 1-1 13
Apr Stenhousemuir v Ayr United 2-0 15
Sep Airdrieonians v Dundee United 3-0 4
Oct Raith Rovers v East Stirlingshire 2-0 5
Feb Arbroath v Hamilton Academical 1-1 6
Apr Hamilton Academical v Arbroath 2-2 19
Apr Hamilton Academical v Arbroath 4-0 at Celtic Park 9
Apr Stirling Albion v Alloa Athletic 1-2 9
Apr Dunfermline Athletic v St Johnstone 2-3 Second round 4
Apr Raith Rovers v Airdrieonians
2-0 23
Apr Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir
0-0 30
Apr Stenhousemuir v Cowdenbeath
0-1 25
Apr Kilmarnock v Alloa Athletic 5-1 25
Apr Hamilton Academicals v St Johnstone 0-2 Semi-final 4
May Raith Rovers v Kilmarnock 5-1 4
May Cowdenbeath v St Johnstone
0-1 Final – 2 legs 7
May Raith Rovers v St Johnstone
1-2 24
Aug 1949 St Johnstone v Raith
Rovers 2-0 |
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1949-50 First round 12
Sep Ayr United v Alloa Athletic 2-4 12
Sep Kilmarnock v Dundee United 4-3 10
Apr Albion Rovers v Morton 3-1 12
Apr Hamilton Academical v Airdrieonians
2-3 19
Apr Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton 2-1 19
Apr Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 1-2 24
Apr Forfar Athletic v Arbroath 1-1 29
Apr Arbroath v Forfar Athletic 1-3 aet St
Johnstone v Queen’s Park wo-scr Second round 22
Apr St Johnstone v Albion Rovers 4-2 25
Apr Kilmarnock v Airdrieonians 2-1 6
May Alloa Athletic v Forfar Athletic 1-1 10
May Forfar Athletic v Alloa Athletic 4-0 6
May Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir
2-0 Semi-final 10
May St Johnstone v Kilmarnock 2-2 23
Aug 1950 Kilmarnock v St Johnstone 2-1 aet 13
May Forfar Athletic v Cowdenbeath 1-1 13
Sep 1950 Cowdenbeath v Forfar Athletic 2-3 Final Forfar
Athletic v Kilmarnock The
final was not played and the competition was unfinished |
1950-51 No competition |
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1951-52 First round 29
Mar Albion Rovers v St Johnstone 0-3 29
Mar Alloa Athletic v Stenhousemuir
3-3 2
Apr Stenhousemuir v Alloa
Athletic 2-3 29
Mar Arbroath v Dunfermline Athletic 0-3 29
Mar Ayr United v Cowdenbeath 2-0 29
Mar Clyde v Forfar Athletic 7-1 29
Mar Dumbarton v Dundee United 1-0 29
Mar Queen’s Park v Hamilton Academical 1-1 at Douglas Park 2
Apr Hamilton Academical v Queen’s Park 3-2 29
Mar Kilmarnock v Falkirk 1-0 Second round 12
Apr Clyde v Ayr United 3-1 12
Apr Hamilton Academical v Kilmarnock 0-1 12
Apr Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton 4-3 12
Apr St Johnstone v Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 Semi-final 19
Apr Alloa Athletic v St Johnstone
0-3 19
Apr Kilmarnock v Clyde 1-3 Final – 2 legs 26
Apr Clyde v St Johnstone 5-1 29
Apr St Johnstone v Clyde 2-2 |
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