Summer Cup (Scottish football)

The Summer Cup was a Scottish football competition open to teams in the top division, first of the wartime Southern League from 1940 to 1945 and then of the Scottish League from 1963 to 1965.

Summer Cup (Scottish football)
SportFootball
Founded1940
No. of teams16 (1940–44, 1963–65)
14 (1944–45)
CountryScotland
Most recent
champion(s)		Motherwell
Most titlesHibernian (2 titles)
Motherwell (2 titles)

History

When the competition was first introduced in 1940 it was organised by the Southern League and was one of two wartime cup competitions run by the League, along with the Southern League Cup. The competition ran from May to June, when the league season had already finished.

The Summer Cup was reintroduced in 1963 as a national cup competition for Scottish Football League Division One clubs because running costs for clubs in the top division were getting more expensive. Both Celtic and Rangers declined to take part in either season the competition was played.

The trophy currently resides in the boardroom at Easter Road, the home of Hibernian.[1] Hibs chairman Harry Swan had helped to establish the competition and, when Hibernian won the first final, team manager Willie McCartney suggested that the trophy should be presented to Swan.[1] Swan's family subsequently gifted the trophy to Hibernian in perpetuity.[1][2]

List of Finals

Southern League
Season Winner Score Runner-up Attendance Scorers Venue Ref
1940–41Hibernian3–2Rangers37,200Bobby Baxter, Willie Finnigan (2);
Torry Gillick, Willie McIntosh		Hampden Park, Glasgow[1][3][4][5][6]
1941–42Rangers0–0 1Hibernian60,000noneHampden Park, Glasgow[3][7][8]
1942–43St Mirren1–0Rangers45,000Alec LinwoodHampden Park, Glasgow[3][9][10][11]
1943–44Motherwell1–0Clyde40,000Hampden Park, Glasgow[3][12][13]
1944–45Partick Thistle2–0Hibernian20,000Jackie Johnson (2)Hampden Park, Glasgow[3][14][15]
  • 1Rangers won the final and the cup on a Coin Toss after a goalless draw and 2 corners each.

Scottish Division One
Season Home Team Score Away Team Attendance Scorers Venue Ref
1963–64Aberdeen3–2Hibernian20,000Ernie Winchester, Andy Kerr (2);
Jim Scott (2)		Pittodrie, Aberdeen[16][17]
[18][19]
Hibernian2–1 (aet)Aberdeen28,000Stan Vincent, Eric Stevenson;
Charlie Cooke		Easter Road, Edinburgh
Aberdeen1–3HibernianErnie Winchester;
Willie Hamilton, Jim Scott, Peter Cormack		Pittodrie, Aberdeen
Hibernian won Final replay after 4–4 on aggregate.---
1964–65Motherwell3–1Dundee United12,000Pat Delaney (2), Joe McBride;
Finn Døssing		Fir Park, Motherwell[16][20][21]
[22][23] [24][25]
Dundee United1–0Motherwell18,371Mogens BergTannadice, Dundee
Motherwell won 3–2 on aggregate.---

Performance by club
Club Wins Years won Runners-up Years runner-up
Hibernian21940–41, 1963–6421941–42, 1944–45
Motherwell21943–44, 1964–650–
Rangers11941–4221940–41, 1942–43
Partick Thistle11944–450–
St Mirren11942–430–
Aberdeen0–11963–64
Clyde0–11943–44
Dundee United0–11964–65

References
  1. The Summer Cup (1940–41 – Hibernian) Hibs-Historical-Trust. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. "Summer Cup undermined by typhoid, tours and indifferences". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. Summer Cup (1940–45) Scottish-Football-Historical-Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. 3-2 Vs Rangers in Summer Cup (12/07/1941), FitbaStats Hibernian
  5. 2-3 Vs Hibernian in Summer Cup (12/07/1941), FitbaStats Rangers
  6. 1940–41 Summer Cup Final London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. 0-0 Vs Hibernian in Summer Cup (04/07/1942), FitbaStats Rangers
  8. 1941–42 Summer Cup Final London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  9. St Mirren FC – season 1942–43 St Mirren Info. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  10. 0-1 Vs St Mirren in Summer Cup (03/07/1943), FitbaStats Rangers
  11. 1942–43 Summer Cup Final London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  12. Motherwell FC: Club History (1940–53) motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  13. 1943–44 Summer Cup Final London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  14. 1944–45 Summer Cup Final London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  15. Thistle Get the Cup, But Not All the Honour, Evening Times, 30 June 1945 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  16. Summer Cup Scottish-Football-Historical-Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2017
  17. Scottish League FAQS scottishleague.net. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  18. Aberdeen Lead Inadequate, The Glasgow Herald, 3 August 1964
  19. Summer Cup Final Drawn, The Glasgow Herald, 6 August 1964
  20. Motherwell FC: Club History (1954–65) motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  21. 1965 Summer Cup, MotherWELLnet
  22. Dundee Utd. Not Yet Out of Summer Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 31 May 1965
  23. Motherwell 3 Dundee Utd 1, Summer Cup (Final 1st Leg), Arab Archive
  24. Motherwell Beaten But Win Cup, The Glasgow Herald, June 3 1965
  25. Dundee Utd 1 Motherwell 0: Summer Cup (Final 2nd Leg)), Arab Archive
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