1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland)
# 1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

The Southern League Cup 1940–41 was the first edition of the regional war-time football tournament.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Celtic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 8 |
| Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 7 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Airdrieonians | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 4 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| St Mirren | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 |
| Hamilton Academical | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 8 |
| Albion Rovers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Morton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 2 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | +1 | 7 |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 4 |
| Third Lanark | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 8 |
| Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| Clyde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 |
| Queen's Park | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 |

## Semi-finals

| Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 0 | Celtic | Easter Road, Edinburgh |
| - | - | - | - |
| Rangers | 4 – 1 | St Mirren | Hampden Park, Glasgow |

## Final

### Teams

Heart of Midlothian: :

| GK | Willie Waugh |
| - | - |
| RB | Duncan McClure |
| LB | Archie Miller |
| RH | Jimmy Philp |
| CH | Jimmy Dykes |
| LH | Tommy Brown |
| OR | Tommy Dougan |
| IR | Tommy Walker |
| CF | George Hamilton |
| IL | Alex Massie |
| OL | Robert Christie |
| Replay: | Unchanged |

Rangers: :

| GK | Jerry Dawson |
| - | - |
| RB | Dougie Gray |
| LB | Jock Shaw |
| RH | Bobby Bolt |
| CH | Willie Woodburn |
| LH | Scot Symon |
| OR | Torry Gillick |
| IR | Willie Thornton |
| CF | Jimmy Smith |
| IL | David Marshall |
| OL | Charlie Johnston |
| Replay: | Alex Venters replaced Marshall. |
