1943–44 in Scottish football
| 1943–44 in Scottish football | ||
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| Southern League champions | ||
| Rangers | ||
| North-Eastern League (Autumn) champions | ||
| Raith Rovers | ||
| North-Eastern League (Spring) champions | ||
| Aberdeen | ||
| Summer Cup winners | ||
| Motherwell | ||
| Southern league Cup winners | ||
| Rangers | ||
| North-Eastern League Cup (Autumn) winners | ||
| Rangers 'A' | ||
| North-Eastern League Cup (Spring) winners | ||
| Rangers 'A' | ||
| Junior Cup winners | ||
| Irvine Meadow XI |
The 1943–44 season was the 71st season of competitive football in Scotland and the fifth season of special wartime football during World War II.
Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in Scotland. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players instead. The Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended and in their place regional league competitions were set up. Appearances in these tournaments do not count in players' official records.
League competition was split into two regional leagues, the Southern League and the North-Eastern League. No country-wide cup competition took place, the Glasgow Cup,East of Scotland Shield and Renfrewshire Cup continued and Southern and North-Eastern League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of the League Cup.
Due to the war official international football was suspended and so officially the Scotland team was inactive. However unofficial internationals featuring scratch teams representing Scotland continued. Appearances in these matches are not, however, included in a players total international caps.
Scotland faced England in a wartime international on 16 October 1943 at Maine Road, Manchester in front of 60,000 fans. The Scotland team were crushed 8–0 by a rampant England. The Scotland team that day comprised: Joe Crozier, Jimmy Carabine, Archie Miller, Adam Little, George Young, Billy Campbell, Willie Waddell, Torrance Gillick, Alex Linwood, Tommy Walker, and Johnny Deakin.
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