North Eastern Football League Cup

North Eastern League CupSport| Football

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Founded| 1941
Ceased| 1945
No. of teams| 8
Country| Scotland
Last
champion(s)| Aberdeen
Most titles| Aberdeen (5)
Related
competitions| North Eastern League

The North Eastern League Cup was a regional Scottish football competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of Scottish Football League. Held between 1941 and 1945, the competition was played in two stages each season (autumn and spring), mirroring the North Eastern League.

Aberdeen dominated the tournament, winning five times overall. Indeed, they appeared in six of the eight finals, only losing the second series in the 1941-42 season. Rangers 'A' (the Glasgow club's reserve team) won both series in the 1943-44 season and Dundee United won the remaining tournament.[1]

The North Eastern League Cup helped to contribute to the present-day Scottish League Cup: it was also merged with its Southern equivalent in the 1945–46 season, with the nationwide competition proving popular (the final, won by Aberdeen, attracted a crowd of crowd of 135,000 at Hampden Park).[2][3] It was thus continued on those lines on an official basis from then on.

As the war ended, regular league football returned in 1946, with the regional leagues and cups disbanded.

## 1941-42

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### First Series

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Dundee United | 6 - 7  | Aberdeen | 4-1  | 2-6

Ties played 13 and 20 Dec

### Second Series

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Aberdeen | 5-6  | Dundee United | 3-4  | 1-1 (a.e.t.)

Ties played 16 and 23 May

## 1942-43

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### First Series

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Dunfermline Athletic | 3 - 9  | Aberdeen | 2-3  | 1-6

Ties played 19 and 26 Dec

### Second Series

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Raith Rovers | 3 - 7  | Aberdeen | 1-1  | 2-6

Ties played 8, 15 and 22 May – the first tie on 8 May was abandoned due to poor weather

## 1943-44

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### First Series

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Falkirk 'A'  | 1 - 4  | Rangers 'A' | 1-3  | 0-1

Ties played 25 Dec and 31 Jan

### Second Series

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Rangers 'A' | 6 - 4  | Raith Rovers | 3-2  | 3-2

Ties played 6 and 13 May

## 1944-45

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### First Series

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Aberdeen | 5 - 0  | Dundee | 5-0  | 0-0

Tie played 1 Jan

### Second Series

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Aberdeen | 4 - 3  | Heart of Midlothian 'A'  | 3-3  | 1-0

Ties played 23 and 30 Jun

## References

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1. ^ "North Eastern Football League Cup". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
2. ^ "Rangers 2–3 Aberdeen". FitbaStats. 11 May 1946. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. ^ "Match Report: Aberdeen 3–2 Rangers". AFC Heritage Trust. 11 May 1946. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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Defunct football competitions in Scotland

National leagues|

| Senior|

* Scottish Football League
* Premier Division
* First Division
* Second Division
* Third Division
* Scottish Premier League
* War Emergency League

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Non league|

* Scottish Football Alliance
* Scottish Football Federation
* Scottish Football Union
* Scottish Junior Football League

Age groups|

* Scottish Premier Reserve League
* SPFL Development League

Regional leagues|

| Supplementary|

* Edinburgh League
* Glasgow and West of Scotland League
* Glasgow League
* Inter City League
* Inter City Midweek League
* Inter County League
* Lanarkshire League
* Renfrewshire League
* Scottish County League

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Junior|

* Ayrshire Junior League
* Central Junior League
* East Junior League
* Fife Junior League
* Glasgow Junior League
* Lanarkshire Junior League
* North Junior League
* Scottish Intermediate League
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* Superleague/Premiership
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* North Division
* Central Division
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* Scottish Junior West Region Leagues
* Premiership
* Championship
* League One
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* Ayrshire District
* Central 1st
* Central 2nd
* Tayside Junior League

Wartime|

* North Eastern League
* Southern League

Other|

* Combined Reserve League
* Ayrshire and Renfrewshire League
* Ayrshire Combination
* Ayrshire League
* Central Combination
* Central League
* Dumfries and Galloway leagues
* Eastern League
* Midland League
* Northern League
* Perthshire League
* Southern Counties League (Scotland)

Cup competitions|

| Cross border|

* Anglo-Scottish Cup
* British League Cup
* Coronation Cup
* Dubai Champions Cup
* Empire Exhibition Trophy
* Football World Championship
* Friendship Cup
* Texaco Cup

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National|

* Drybrough Cup
* Qualifying Cup
* SFA Challenge Cup
* North Region
* Saint Mungo Cup
* Spring Cup
* Summer Cup
* Supplementary Cup
* Tennents' Sixes

Regional|

* Ayrshire Cup
* Churchill Cup
* Dumbartonshire Cup
* Edinburgh Exhibition Cup
* Glasgow Charity Cup
* Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup
* Glasgow Exhibition Cup
* 1888
* 1901
* Glasgow North Eastern Cup
* Lanarkshire Cup
* Lord Provost's Cup
* Perthshire Cup
* Rosebery Charity Cup
* West of Scotland Junior Cup
* Wilson Cup

Wartime|

* North Eastern League Cup
* Southern League Cup
* Victory Cup
* 1919
* 1946
* War Emergency Cup
* War Fund Shield

Friendly|

* Allison Trophy
* ARR Craib Cup
* Caledonia Trophy
* Evening Telegraph Cup
* Festival Cup
* Glasgow International Tournament
* Ibrox Trophy
* Lord Provost Charity Cup
* Tennent Caledonian Cup

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