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Aberdeen F.C.
1939-40 season
ManagerDave Halliday
Scottish League Division Onesuspended due to war
Scottish Emergency League Eastern Division4th
Scottish War Emergency Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Stan Williams (26)
Highest home attendance35,000 vs. Celtic, 12 August
Lowest home attendance3,000 vs. Hibernian, 4 November

Results

Division One

Main article: 1939–40 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August Celtic H 3–1 Christie, Hamilton (penalty), Strauss 35,000
2 19 August Motherwell A 0–3 Williams (2), Bremner, Millar 8,000
3 23 August Celtic A 3–1 Biggs, Christie, Strauss 30,000
4 26 August Hibernian H 3–1 Strauss (2), Hamilton 16,000
5 2 September St Johnstone A 0–3 6,000

Eastern Division

Main article: 1939–40 in Scottish football
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 21 October Raith Rovers A 5–1 Williams (2), Smith, Pattillo, Taylor (penalty) 5,000
2 28 October Alloa Athletic A 3–0 Taylor, Williams 3,500
3 4 November Hibernian H 3–3 Bain (2), Williams 3,000
4 11 November Dunfermline Athletic A 3–4 Williams, Smith, Beattie 3,000
5 18 November St Bernard's H 3–3 Beattie (2 including 1 penalty), Taylor 4,000
6 25 November Dundee United A 5–3 Smith, Williams, Cooper 3,000
7 2 December Stenhousemuir H 6–1 Ferguson (3), Williams, Bain, Beattie 4,000
8 9 December King's Park A 1–2 Williams 2,000
9 16 December Heart of Midlothian A 2–3 Williams (2) 7,000
10 23 December St Johnstone H 5–1 Williams (2), Ferguson, Bain, Smith 0
11 30 December Dundee A 1–3 Ferguson 0
12 1 January Arbroath A 1–2 Williams 1,000
13 2 January Falkirk H 6–2 Williams (3), Ferguson, Armstrong, Strauss 5,000
14 6 January East Fife A 4–1 Strauss (3), Williams 0
15 13 January Cowdenbeath H 8–1 Williams (2), Ferguson (2), Bain (2), Pattillo, Smith 0
16 27 January Alloa Athletic H 3–1 Thomson (penalty), Pattillo, Hamilton 0
17 10 February Dunfermline Athletic H 3–0 Pattillo (3) 0
18 17 February St Bernard's A 1–3 Ferguson 1,000
19 9 March King's Park H 5–2 Pattillo (2), Taylor (2), Ferguson 0
20 16 March Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 Taylor, Williams, Thomson 0
21 23 March St Johnstone A 0–3 2,000
22 30 March Dundee H 3–0 Thomson (penalty), Pattillo, Ferguson 0
23 1 April Partcik Thistle A 1–4 Pattillo 0
24 6 April Arbroath H 5–2 Williams (3), Bain, Pattillo, 19,000
25 13 April Falkirk A 1–0 McPherson 6,000
26 20 April East Fife H 2–2 Pattillo, Taylor 14,000
27 24 April Dundee United H 3–1 Williams, Ferguson, Pattillo 0
28 4 May Stenhousemuir A 0–0 0
29 18 May Hibernian A 0–2 6,000

Final league table

1939–40 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Abandoned
Division Two champions
Abandoned
Emergency league competition champions
Rangers
Scottish War Emergency Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
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

Eastern division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 9
2 Falkirk 5 4 0 1 20 10 +10 8
3 Heart of Midlothian 5 2 2 1 14 9 +5 6
4 Aberdeen 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 6
5 Partick Thistle 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
6 Celtic 5 3 0 2 7 8 −1 6
7 Albion Rovers 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5 5
8 Motherwell 5 2 1 2 14 12 +2 5
9 Third Lanark 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 5
10 Kilmarnock 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 5
11 Queen of the South 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 5
12 St Mirren 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 5
13 Hamilton Academical 5 2 1 2 7 11 −4 5
14 Arbroath 5 2 0 3 9 9 0 4
15 St Johnstone 5 2 0 3 7 8 −1 4
16 Hibernian 5 2 0 3 11 13 −2 4
17 Alloa Athletic 5 2 0 3 8 13 −5 4
18 Ayr United 5 2 0 3 10 17 −7 4
19 Clyde 5 1 0 4 10 14 −4 2
20 Cowdenbeath 5 1 0 4 6 18 −12 2
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish League Division Two

Eastern division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee 4 3 1 0 13 5 +8 7
2 Dunfermline Ath 4 2 2 0 10 5 +5 6
3 King's Park 4 2 2 0 11 7 +4 6
4 East Fife 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5
5 Queen's Park 4 1 3 0 7 5 +2 5
6 Stenhousemuir 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 5
7 Dundee United 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 5
8 Dumbarton 4 2 1 1 9 9 0 5
9 East Stirlingshire 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 4
10 St Bernard's 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 4
11 Airdrieonians 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 4
12 Edinburgh City 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 3
13 Montrose 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 3
14 Raith Rovers 4 1 1 2 8 12 −4 3
15 Morton 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
16 Leith Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 2
17 Brechin City 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2
18 Forfar Athletic 4 0 0 4 7 18 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]

Emergency League

Main article: 1939–40 Scottish War 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

Rangers2–1Falkirk
Venters 25'
Little 84'		 Napier 60'
Attendance: 15,000[3]

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
War Emergency Cup Rangers 1–0 Dundee United
Scottish Junior Cup Maryhill 1–0 Morton Juniors

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 4 – 2 Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 2 Hibernian
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 2 – 0 Dundee
Glasgow Cup Rangers 3 – 1 Queen's Park
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 1 – 0 Hamilton
North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin 5 – 2 Rothes
Perthshire Cup Black Watch 12 – 4[a] Blairgowrie
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 4 – 1 Morton

Non-league honours

Senior

Division Winner
Highland Emergency League[4] Inverness Thistle

Notes

  1. ^ Aggregate over two legs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Disputed Ibrox Goal | Falkirk Reasonably Annoyed, The Glasgow Herald, 3 June 1940
  2. ^ Match details | Scottish League Championship Decider, Better Meddle
  3. ^ 2–1 Vs Falkirk in Championship Decider, 01/06/1940, FitbaStats Rangers
  4. ^ "Scottish Highland Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

External links

Scottish War Emergency Cup

Main article: Scottish War Emergency Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 24 February Albion Rovers A 3–3 Pattillo (2), Ferguson 4,000
R1 L2 2 March Albion Rovers H 0–1 8,841

References

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