North Eastern Football League Cup


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, 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' won both series in the 1943-44 season and Dundee United won the remaining tournament.
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. 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

First Series

Second Series

1942–43

First Series

Second Series

1943–44

First Series

Second Series

1944–45

First Series

Second Series