Southern Football League Cup

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Southern League Cup
Sport	Football
Founded	1940
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Scotland
Ceased	1946
Last champion(s)	Aberdeen
Most championship(s)	Rangers (5)
Related competitions	Southern League Scottish League Cup

For a full list of results, see [1]

The Southern League Cup was a regional Scottish football competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of Scottish Football League. Held between 1940 and 1946,^[1] the competition was played as four groups of four with the group winners forming the semi-finals. In the final season, due to the additional division in the league structure, the competition doubled in size with quarter-finals for the eight group winners. As the war ended, regular league football returned in 1946, with the regional leagues and cups disbanded.

Rangers dominated the tournament, winning five of the six finals, only losing the final tournament to Aberdeen. Two of these tournament wins, however, were on having more corners after the match finished in a draw.

[edit] History

Season	Details
1940-41	Rangers	1–1 4–2 (replay)	Heart of Midlothian
1941-42	Rangers	1–0	Morton
1942-43	Rangers	1–1	Falkirk
1943-44	Rangers	0–0	Hibernian
1944-45	Rangers	2–1	Motherwell
1945-46	Aberdeen	3–2	Rangers