Tournaments | Celtic Games | Honours | Club Records | World War Two

Background

The 1946 Victory Cup Final, played on 15 June 1946 was said to be the last of the makeshift football tournaments designed for the abnormal conditions of the Second World War. The Victory Cup was gifted by the Scottish Football Association to the Scottish League for competition during the war - the Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen had won the trophy, then called the Southern League Cup, one month before by defeating Rangers.

However, the Scottish F.A. decided that Aberdeen should hand the trophy back and that the winners of Rangers or Hibs should retain the trophy for good. On the way to the Final, Rangers defeated Stenhousemuir, Airdrie, Falkirk and then Celtic by 2-0 in the semi-final. Hibs defeated Dundee, Hearts, Partick Thistle and Clyde in the semi-final. Rangers went on to win the final by a score of 3-1.

Note: this is a different tournament to the one-off "Victory in Europe Cup" in 1945.

Matches (with Celtic involved)

April

20th St Johnstone 2-8 Celtic, Scottish Victory Cup
24th Celtic 5-0 St Johnstone, Scottish Victory Cup

May

4th Celtic 3-0 Queen of the South, Scottish Victory Cup
18th Raith Rovers 0-2 Celtic, Scottish Victory Cup

June

1st Celtic 0-0 Rangers, Scottish Victory Cup Semi-Final
5th Celtic 0-2 Rangers, Scottish Victory Cup Semi-Final Replay