The 1945–46 Southern League Cup was the sixth and final edition of the regional war-time

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tournament. The

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and North Eastern League Cup had ended the previous season, teams from those competitions joined the Southern League and Southern League Cup. With the Southern League now acting effectively as a national league the competition was split into two Divisions, The league cup was therefore also split into two divisions.

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won the tournament, defeating Rangers 3–2 in the final at

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before a crowd of 135,000. This was the last edition of the competition, but the trophy itself was used again for the 1946 Victory Cup played only a few weeks later (won by Rangers), therefore Aberdeen only possessed the cup for a short time. The same teams met in first official

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final the following year.

Group stage

Division A

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Division B

Group A

Group B

=Play-off

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

Teams

References

External links

Southern League Cup
at Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2015) {{DEFAULTSORT:Southern League Cup (Scotland) 1945-46

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1945–46 in Scottish football