1938–39 Scottish Cup

1938–39 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Clyde
Runners-up	Motherwell

The 1938–39 Scottish Cup was the 61st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. This was the last edition to be played until 1946-47, as World War II forced all major football competitions in the country to be postponed. The Cup was won for the first time by Clyde, who defeated Motherwell in the final.^[1]

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ayr United
Blairgowrie	3 – 2	Dumbarton
Bo'ness United	1 – 4	Hamilton Academical
Burntisland	3 – 8	Celtic
Clyde	2 – 0	St Johnstone
Cowdenbeath	3 – 3	Partick Thistle
Dundee	2 – 0	St Bernard's
Dundee United	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir
Duns	4 – 1	Girvan
East Fife	1 – 2	Montrose
Edinburgh City	3 – 3	Stranraer
Falkirk	5 – 0	Brechin City
Falkirk Amateurs	2 – 4	Elgin City
Forfar Athletic	0 – 3	Hibernian
Hearts	14 – 2	Penicuik Athletic
Huntly	1 – 8	Motherwell
Kilmarnock	6 – 1	Berwick Rangers
King's Park	5 – 5	Babcock & Wilcox
Leith Athletic	0 – 2	Airdrieonians
Nithsdale Wanderers	5 – 5	Buckie Thistle
Queen of the South	5 – 4	Arbroath
Queen's Park	4 – 1	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Raith Rovers	0 – 1	Rangers
St Mirren	7 – 0	East Stirlingshire
Third Lanark	8 – 2	Clachnacuddin

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Buckie Thistle	5 – 2	Nithsdale Wanderers
Babcock & Wilcox	3 – 2	Kings Park
Partick Thistle	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Stranraer	1 – 2	Edinburgh City

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	5 – 1	Queen's Park
Blairgowrie	3 – 3	Buckie Thistle
Dundee	0 – 0	Clyde
Dundee United	1 – 5	Motherwell
Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Duns
Falkirk	7 – 0	Airdrieonians
Hearts	14 – 1	Elgin City
Hibernian	3 – 1	Kilmarnock
Montrose	1 – 7	Celtic
Queen of the South	5 – 0	Babcock & Wilcox
Rangers	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical
Third Lanark	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Edinburgh City	1 – 3	St Mirren

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Buckie Thistle	4 – 1	Blairgowrie
Clyde	1 – 0	Dundee

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Buckie Thistle	0 – 6	Third Lanark
Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Falkirk	2 – 3	Aberdeen
Hearts	2 – 2	Celtic
Motherwell	4 – 2	St Mirren
Rangers	1 – 4	Clyde

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Alloa Athletic	3 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic
Celtic	2 – 1	Hearts

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	2 – 0	Queen of the South
Clyde	1 – 0	Third Lanark
Hibernian	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic
Motherwell	3 – 1	Celtic

Semi-finals

25 March 1939

Aberdeen	1–1	Motherwell

Attendance: 81,756

25 March 1939

Clyde	1–0	Hibernian

Attendance: 39,812

Replays

29 March 1939

Motherwell	3–1	Aberdeen

Attendance: 40,539

Final

22 April 1939

Clyde	4–0	Motherwell
Martin Wallace Noble

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 94,000

Teams


CLYDE:
GK		Jock Brown
RB		Jimmy Kirk
LB		Jimmy Hickie
RH		Harry Beaton (Captain)
CH		Eddie Falloon
LH		Ned Weir
RW		Tom Robertson
IR		Davie Noble
CF		Willie Martin
IL		Dougie Wallace
LW		John Gillies
Manager:
Paddy Travers


MOTHERWELL:
GK		Andrew Murray
RB		Hugh Wales
LB		Ben Ellis
RH		Tommy McKenzie
CH		John Blair
LH		Willie Telfer
RW		Duncan Ogilvie
IR		Hutton Bremner
CF		Davie Mathie
IL		George Stevenson
LW		Johnny McCulloch
Manager:
John 'Sailor' Hunter

References

^ Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest, BBC Sport, 27 May 2019

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

[39cup-1] Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest, BBC Sport, 27 May 2019

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1938–39 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39

1938–39 in Scottish football
« 1937–38 1939–40 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	(Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton St Bernard's Stenhousemuir

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

See also

References

External links