1942–43 in Scottish football

none November 2020 football background:#BFD7FF 1942–43 in Scottish football 210px Southern League champions Rangers North-Eastern League (Autumn) champions Aberdeen North-Eastern League (Spring) champions Aberdeen Summer Cup winners St Mirren Southern League Cup winners Rangers North-Eastern League Cup (Autumn) winners Aberdeen North-Eastern League Cup (Spring) winners Aberdeen Junior Cup winners Kirkintilloch Rob Roy The 1942–43 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Scotland and the fourth 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchamp.html Wartime league champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080922133240/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scotchamp.html 22 September 2008 live No country-wide cup competition took place, the Glasgow Cup,https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html Glasgow Cup finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080922041816/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-glasgowcuphist.html 22 September 2008 live East of Scotland Shield and Renfrewshire Cup continued, and Southernhttp://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/southernlc Southern Football League Cup Scottish Football History 2 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113316/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernlc 21 October 2009 dead and North-Easternhttp://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/northeasternleaguecup North Eastern Football League Cup Scottish Football History 3 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113327/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleaguecup 21 October 2009 dead 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 Rangershttp://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/southernleague Southern Football League Scottish Football History 2 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021104311/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/southernleague 21 October 2009 dead North-Eastern League (Autumn) Aberdeenhttp://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/northeasternleague North Eastern Football League Scottish Football History 3 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021164808/http://geocities.com/br1anmccoll/northeasternleague 21 October 2009 dead North-Eastern League (Spring) Aberdeen Glasgow Cup Rangers Renfrewshire Cup Morton Southern League Cup Rangers Summer Cup St Mirren North-Eastern League Cup (Autumn) Aberdeen North-Eastern League Cup (Spring) Dundee United East of Scotland Shield Hibernian International Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches) 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 10 October 1942 at Wembley Stadium in front of 75,000 fans. The game ended 0–0. The Scotland team that day comprised: Jerry Dawson, Jimmy Carabine, Andy Beattie, Bill Shankly, Willie Corbett, Matt Busby, Willie Waddell, Tommy Walker, Jock Dodds, Gordon Bremner and Billy Liddell The two teams met again at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 17 April 1943 in front of a crowd of 105,000. This time Scotland suffered a 4–0 defeat. The Scotland team that day comprised: Jerry Dawson, Jimmy Carabine, Jock Shaw, Bill Shankly, George Young, Sammy Kean, Willie Waddell, Willie Buchan, Dougie Wallace, Alex Venters and Billy Liddell.England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details See also Association football during World War II Notes and references External links League winners at RSSSF Glasgow Cup winners at RSSSF Scottish Football Historical Archive 1942 Category:Wartime seasons in Scottish football