The 1946–47 Scottish League Cup was the inaugural staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen 4–0 in the Final.
Tournament details | |
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Country | Scotland |
Final positions | |
Champions | Rangers |
Runner-up | Aberdeen |
The tournament became an annual competition in the Scottish football calendar with the return of regular football following the Second World War. The previous season, the unofficial 1945–46 Southern League Cup had been contested by teams across the country and proved popular; the final (also between Aberdeen and Rangers) attracted a crowd of crowd of 135,000 at Hampden Park).[1][2] It was thus continued on those lines on an official basis from then on.
First round
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Heart of Midlothian (1) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 8 |
Clyde (1) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 7 |
Kilmarnock (1) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1.091 | 6 |
Partick Thistle (1) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0.688 | 3 |
Section 2
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Rangers (1) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9.000 | 12 |
Morton (1) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1.889 | 8 |
St Mirren (1) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 0.368 | 3 |
Queen's Park (1) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 1 |
Section 3
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Hibernian | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1.778 | 9 |
Celtic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1.100 | 7 |
Hamilton Academical | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0.875 | 5 |
Third Lanark | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0.571 | 3 |
Section 4
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1.182 | 8 |
Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1.364 | 7 |
Falkirk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | 5 |
Queen of the South | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 4 |
Section 5
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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East Fife | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — | 12 |
St Johnstone | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 5 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 0.450 | 4 |
Alloa Athletic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0.231 | 3 |
Section 6
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Dundee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 8 |
Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 2 |
Raith Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0.400 | 2 |
Section 7
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Dundee United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 10 |
Cowdenbeath | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | 7 |
Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0.867 | 4 |
Arbroath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 0.500 | 3 |
Section 8
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Airdrieonians | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 6 |
Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 4 |
Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 0.526 | 2 |
Quarter-finals
editFirst leg
editSecond leg
editAberdeen won 4–2 on aggregate
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate
Heart of Midlothian won 5–3 on aggregate
Hibernian won 5–4 on aggregate
Semi-finals
editFinal
editRangers | 4–0 | Aberdeen |
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Duncanson Gillick Williamson |
References
edit- ^ "Rangers 2–3 Aberdeen". FitbaStats. 11 May 1946. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Match Report: Aberdeen 3–2 Rangers". AFC Heritage Trust. 11 May 1946. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Hampden's 100,000+ Crowd Records". ScottishLeague. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.