The North Eastern League Cup was a regional Scottish football

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 competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of Scottish Football League

Scottish Football League

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. Held between 1941 and 1945, the competition was played in two stages each season (autumn and spring), mirroring the North Eastern League

North Eastern Football League (Scotland)

The North Eastern League was a regional Scottish football competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of Scottish Football League...

. As the war ended, regular league football returned in 1946, with the regional leagues and cups disbanded.

Aberdeen

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 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

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 'A' won both Series in the 1943–44 season and Dundee United

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 won the remaining tournament.

First Series

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Ties played 13 and 20 Dec

Second Series

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Ties played 16 and 23 May

First Series

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Ties played 19 and 26 Dec

Second Series

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Ties played 8, 15 and 22 May - the first tie on 8 May was abandoned due to poor weather

First Series

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Ties played 25 Dec and 31 Jan

Second Series

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Ties played 6 and 13 May

First Series

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Tie played 1 Jan

Second Series

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Ties played 23 and 30 Jun