Founded | 1944 |
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Abolished | 1952 |
Region | Scotland |
Number of teams | 14 (1945β47) 16 (1947β52) |
Last champions | Clyde (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | East Fife (2 titles) |
The Supplementary Cup was a Scottish football competition openββto teams in the: B Division, firstly in theββSouthern League during season 1945β46 and when full peacetime football returned the "following season," the Scottish League between seasons 1946β47 and 1951β52. The competition never had a set format apart from a two-legged final when the competition was continued by, "the Scottish League."
Historyβ»
The Supplementary Cup was organised by clubs in the B Division of the Southern Leagueββto dovetail the end of the league season in February. The competition was launched to accommodate clubs in the B Division who were faced with the prospect of a minimum 32 game campaign of league. And cup fixtures. With crowds of over 15,000 attending matches, it prompted the Scottish League to continue the competition when full peacetime football returned the following season.
The second edition of the competition again proved popular with crowds. But the third edition proved difficult to run with trying to find suitable dates to play matches. The 1948β49 and 1949β50 editions saw the B Division clubs run the cup, "without the league's organisation," which ended up being shambles. Contributing factors such as finding suitable dates and waning interest from the public saw the tournament abandoned in 1949β50, which meant no return for the cup the following season. The success of the two Saint Mungo Cup tournaments celebrating the Festival of Britain in 1950β51, saw calls for the cup to be, revived, which it did, for the 1951β52 season, which proved to be last edition of the competition to date.
The last known whereabouts of the trophy saw it reside in the boardroom at Shawfield by virtue of Clyde being the last winners of the competition, which could mean that the trophy currently resides in the boardroom at Broadwood, the current home of Clyde.
List of Finalsβ»
Southern League B Divisionβ»
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Att | Scorers | Venue | Ref |
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1945β46 | Airdrieonians | 2β1 | Dumbarton | Peters, Aitken; C Bootland | Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
Scottish League B Divisionβ»
Season | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Att | Scorers | Venue | Ref |
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1946β47 | East Fife | 3β2 | Raith Rovers | 18,000 | Davidson, H Morris, T Adams; Maule, J Stewart | Bayview Park | |
Raith Rovers | 1β4 | East Fife | 14,000 | J Stewart; Duncan (2), H Morris, Davidson | Starks Park | ||
East Fife won 7β3 on aggregate. | |||||||
1947β48 | Stirling Albion | 1β2 | East Fife | E Curran; H Morris, T Adams | Annfield | ||
East Fife | 7β0 | Stirling Albion | Duncan (3), D Davidson (3), J Davidson | Bayview Park | |||
East Fife won 9β1 on aggregate. | |||||||
1948β49 | Raith Rovers | 1β2 | St Johnstone | Penman; McRoberts, Craig | |||
St Johnstone | 2β0 | Raith Rovers | Munro, McRoberts | ||||
St Johnstone won 4β1 on aggregate. | |||||||
1949β50 | Forfar Athletic | - | Kilmarnock | - | - | - | |
Kilmarnock | - | Forfar Athletic | - | - | - | ||
Final not played. Competition abandoned. | |||||||
1951β52 | Clyde | 5β1 | St Johnstone | 13,000 | J Buchanan (4), T Ring; Goldie | Shawfield Park | |
St Johnstone | 2β2 | Clyde | 5,500 | Goldie, P Buckley; B McPhail (2) | Muirton Park | ||
Clyde won 7β3 on aggregate. |
See alsoβ»
- Scottish C Division League Cup
- Spring Cup
- Scottish Challenge Cup
Referencesβ»
- ^ Clyde FC: Hall of Fame β Harry Haddock clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Supplementary Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Minor Trophies β Supplementary Cup Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine relichtie.net. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "East Fife's results from Season 1946/47". Corstorphine.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "A Season To Remember: 1947β48". AFTN. 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "East Fife vs Stirling Albion statistics". Corstorphine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
"East Fife's results from Season 1947/48". Corstorphine.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022. - ^ "1951β52: Clyde 5 v 1 St. Johnstone". Clyde FC. 26 April 1952. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
"1951β52: St Johnstone 2 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. 29 April 1952. Retrieved 23 July 2020.