Glasgow
& District Reserve Football League
1942-1945
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See also |
By 1942, several clubs had enough players
to organize reserve sides. Rangers, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian had
managed to field two teams in the Southern League and North Eastern League,
so in 1942, eight western club formed the Glasgow & District Reserve
League. The first two seasons saw the league played over two series.
Kilmarnock, who were not operating since 1940,
entered their first team in the league’s last season. Research by Brian McColl, Tom McGouran and Ian Nannestad |
Champions
First Series 1942-43 Motherwell ‘A’ 1943-44 Motherwell ‘A’ 1944-45 Motherwell ‘A’ |
Second Series
Motherwell
‘A’ Morton
‘A’ |
League Cup Motherwell
‘A’ |
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Membership
Airdrieonians 'A' Celtic
'A' Dumbarton
'A' Kilmarnock Morton
'A' Motherwell
'A' Partick Thistle 'A' Queen's
Park Strollers St
Mirren 'A' Third
Lanark 'A' |
1942-1945 1942-1945 1944-45 1943-1945 1942-1945 1944-45 1942-1945 1942-1945 1942-1945 |
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1942-43 First
series |
Cel |
Dum |
Mwll |
QPS |
St M |
ThL |
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Celtic ‘A’ |
X |
3 Oct 7-3 |
5 Sep 1-2 |
19 Sep 0-5 |
21 Nov 3-3 |
17 Oct 0-4 |
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Dumbarton ‘A’ |
7 Nov 11-1 |
X |
24 Oct 4-5 |
17 Oct 3-5 |
5 Sep 5-2 |
19 Sep 5-3 |
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Motherwell ‘A’ |
31 Oct 8-2 |
12 Sep 6-2 |
X |
3 Oct 4-0 |
17 Oct 8-1 |
26 Sep 9-2 |
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Queen’s Park Strollers |
14 Nov 3-7 |
26 Sep 4-6 |
7 Nov 1-1 |
X |
31 Oct 3-1 |
5 Sep 1-1 |
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St Mirren ‘A’ |
24 Oct 0-2 |
14 Nov 1-7 |
19 Sep 2-6 |
12 Sep 2-0 |
X |
10 Oct 4-3 |
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Third Lanark ‘A’ |
12 Sep 2-3 |
21 Nov 1-3 |
14 Nov 3-3 |
24 Oct 0-2 |
3 Oct 2-0 |
X |
14
Nov Queen’s Park v Celtic at Celtic Park
14
Nov Third Lanark v Motherwell at Fir Park
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1942-43
First Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Motherwell
'A' Dumbarton
'A' Queen's
Park Strollers Celtic
'A' Third
Lanark 'A' St
Mirren 'A' |
10 10 10 10 10 10 |
8 5 4 4 2 2 |
2 0 2 1 2 1 |
0 5 4 5 6 7 |
52 49 24 26 18 16 |
18 35 25 41 26 39 |
18 10 10 9 6 5 |
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1942-43 Second series |
Cel |
Dum |
Mwll |
QPS |
St M |
ThL |
|
Celtic ‘A’ |
X |
20 Mar 1-6 |
3 Apr 2-5 |
6 Feb 3-2 |
|
6 Mar 4-1 |
|
Dumbarton ‘A’ |
20 Feb 0-1 |
X |
27 Feb 1-6 |
27 Mar 2-1 |
14 Apr 4-1 |
13 Mar 3-1 |
|
Motherwell ‘A’ |
24 Apr 0-1 |
17 Apr 3-3 |
X |
13 Mar 5-1 |
6 Mar 1-2 |
20 Mar 6-2 |
|
Queen’s Park Strollers |
10 Apr 2-3 |
6 Mar 2-1 |
20 Feb 1-3 |
X |
30 Jan 4-2 |
3 Apr 3-0 |
|
St Mirren ‘A’ |
13 Mar 1-3 |
13 Feb 0-1 |
10 Apr 1-5 |
20 Mar 2-1 |
X |
8 May 5-5 |
|
Third Lanark ‘A’ |
|
1 May 2-2 |
3 Jan 2-6 |
13 Feb 1-4 |
27 Feb 0-4 |
X |
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|
1942-43
Second Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Motherwell
'A' Celtic
'A' Dumbarton
'A' Queen's
Park Strollers St
Mirren 'A' Third
Lanark 'A' |
10 8 10 10 9 9 |
7 6 4 5 3 0 |
1 0 2 0 1 2 |
2 2 4 5 5 7 |
39 18 23 23 18 14 |
16 17 20 22 23 37 |
15 12 10 10 7 2 |
LEAGUE CUP 1942-43
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Section A |
Cel |
Mwll |
QPS |
|
Celtic ‘A’ |
X |
5 Dec 0-3 |
9 Jan 3-1 |
|
Motherwell ‘A’ |
19 Dec 3-0 |
X |
16 Jan 5-4 |
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Queen’s Park Strollers |
12 Dec 1-2 |
28 Nov 2-3 |
X |
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
Motherwell ‘A’ |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
6 |
8 |
|
Celtic ‘A’ |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
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Queen’s Park Strollers |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
13 |
0 |
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Section B |
Dum |
St M |
ThL |
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Dumbarton ‘A’ |
X |
12 Dec 9-2 |
28 Nov 6-4 |
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St Mirren ‘A’ |
23 Jan 1-0* |
X |
6 Feb 3-2 |
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Third Lanark ‘A’ |
16 Jan 5-6 |
5 Dec 5-1 |
X |
St Mirren ‘A’ v Dumbarton ‘A’ abd in 65 mins
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|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
Dumbarton ‘A’ |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
12 |
6 |
|
St Mirren ‘A’ |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
16 |
4 |
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Third Lanark ‘A’ |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
16 |
2 |
Final - 2 legs
30 Jan Motherwell ‘A’ v Dumbarton ‘A’ 2-1
6 Feb Dumbarton ‘A’ v Motherwell ‘A’ 1-4
Motherwell win 6-2 on aggregate
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1943-44 First series |
Cel |
Dum |
Mwll |
QPS |
St M |
ThL |
|
Celtic ‘A’ |
X |
16 Oct 1-1 |
20 Nov 1-1 |
11 Sep 2-2 |
25 Sep 3-3 |
18 Dec 3-3 |
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Dumbarton ‘A’ |
4 Sep 3-2 |
X |
6 Nov 1-2 |
20 Nov 3-0 |
2 Oct 3-2 |
18 Sep 4-3 |
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Motherwell ‘A’ |
9 Oct 5-5 |
11 Sep 6-1 |
X |
|
11 Sep 4-3 |
|
|
Queen’s Park Strollers |
23 Oct 2-4 |
27 Nov 2-3 |
4 Sep 2-4 |
X |
18 Sep 0-2 |
2 Oct 0-2 |
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St Mirren ‘A’ |
19 Feb 2-4 |
11 Sep 8-3 |
|
16 Oct 1-1 |
X |
4 Dec 4-2 |
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Third Lanark ‘A’ |
30 Oct 4-3 |
13 Nov 2-4 |
16 Oct 1-3 |
25 Sep 4-4 |
9 Oct 0-2 |
X |
|
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1943-44
First Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Motherwell
'A' Dumbarton
'A' Celtic
'A' St
Mirren 'A' Third
Lanark 'A' Queen's
Park Strollers |
10 10 10 10 10 10 |
8 6 2 4 1 0 |
2 1 6 2 2 3 |
0 3 2 4 7 7 |
41 26 26 26 24 13 |
18 28 24 28 31 27 |
18 13 10 10 4 3 |
|
1943-44 Second series |
Cel |
Dum |
Mor |
Mwll |
QPS |
St M |
ThL |
|
Celtic ‘A’ |
X |
15 Apr 4-2 |
Not Played? |
22 Jan 2-2 |
11 Mar 1-0 |
18 Mar 1-1 |
26 Feb 0-0 |
|
Dumbarton ‘A’ |
29 Jan 3-4 |
X |
26 Feb 3-5 |
8 Jan 1-2 |
18 Nov 2-2 |
12 Feb 3-7 |
22 Jan 4-5 |
|
Morton ‘A’ |
Not Played? |
19 Feb 7-2 |
X |
5 Feb 3-4 |
8 Apr 6-0 |
|
8 Jan 4-2 |
|
Motherwell ‘A’ |
25 Mar 4-1 |
|
11 Mar 3-4 |
X |
15 Jan 1-0 |
29 Jan 4-0 |
12 Feb 2-2 |
|
Queen’s Park Strollers |
8 Jan 2-1 |
4 Mar post |
12 Feb 5-3 |
1 Apr 1-4 |
X |
26 Feb 2-4 |
29 Jan 1-3 |
|
St Mirren ‘A’ |
1 Apr 1-2 |
15 Jan 2-1 |
22 Jan 1-3 |
|
5 Feb 0-1 |
X |
29 Apr 3-1 |
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Third Lanark ‘A’ |
5 Feb 4-2 |
11 Mar 2-2 |
15 Apr 2-7 |
8 Apr 2-6 |
19 Feb 1-4 |
25 Mar 0-4 |
X |
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|
1943-44
Second Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Morton
'A' Celtic
'A' Motherwell
'A' St
Mirren 'A' Queen's
Park Strollers Third
Lanark 'A' Dumbarton
'A' |
11 12 10 10 11 12 10 |
8 6 6 5 4 3 0 |
0 3 2 1 1 3 2 |
3 3 2 4 6 6 8 |
49 30 30 24 18 24 23 |
30 27 16 20 26 39 40 |
16 15 14 11 9 9 2 |
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1944-45 |
Air |
Cel |
Dum |
Hib |
Kil |
Mor |
Mot |
PT |
QPS |
St M |
TL |
|
Airdrieonians ‘A’ |
X |
25 Nov 2-3 17 Mar 2-1 |
|
11 Nov 2-3 |
23 Dec 1-1 |
|
2 Sep 1-2 13 Jan 1-3 |
3 Mar 2-1 |
30 Sep 5-3 |
18 Nov 5-4 |
28 Oct 3-3 31 Mar 3-3 |
|
Celtic
‘A’ |
9 Dec 2-2 |
X |
16 Sep 2-2 |
|
4 Nov 3-2 24 Mar 2-0 |
11 Nov 2-1 |
24 Feb 1-2 |
2 Sep 2-1 10 Mar 1-2 |
21 Oct 3-0 |
13 Jan 3-4 |
18 Nov 8-1 |
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Dumbarton
‘A’ |
6 Dec 5-1 |
28 Oct 2-3 |
X |
16 Dec 0-6 |
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24 Feb 2-3 |
9 Sep 1-1 |
14 Oct 1-6 |
24 Mar 4-2 |
2 Dec 1-2 |
23 Sep 6-2 7 Apr 4-1 |
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Hibernian
‘A’ |
24 Feb 3-1 7 Apr 4-3 |
14 Oct 2-1 |
2 Sep 6-2 |
X |
30 Sep 2-0 |
28 Oct 2-0 |
25 Nov 0-0 |
|
16 Sep 7-1 |
23 Dec 2-0 31 Mar 7-0 |
24 Mar 4-3 |
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Kilmarnock |
9 Sep 4-2 |
|
7 Oct 6-0 |
3 Mar 2-4 |
X |
|
21 Oct 1-1 10 Mar 2-0 |
|
18 Nov 5-1 |
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|
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Morton
‘A’ |
2 Dec 6-2 10 Mar 2-1 |
16 Dec 1-3 |
21 Oct 2-0 |
23 Sep 2-2 |
6 Jan 2-2 |
X |
|
18 Nov 6-1 17 Mar 0-2 |
4 Nov 4-4 |
|
7 Oct 3-0 |
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Motherwell
‘A’ |
7 Oct 4-1 |
3 Mar 7-0 |
9 Dec 7-3 17 Mar 6-0 |
18 Nov 3-1 |
14 Oct 5-2 |
30 Sep 4-0 31 Mar 2-2 |
X |
28 Oct 2-1 |
2 Sep 7-0 |
11 Nov 3-4 |
10 Feb 3-2 |
|
Partick Thistle ‘A’ |
4 Nov 3-2 |
30 Sep 2-3 |
25 Nov 5-2 |
9 Dec 0-3 |
3 Feb 3-1 31 Mar 6-2 |
16 Sep 2-0 |
24 Mar 5-2 7 Apr 0-4 |
X |
7 Oct 4-1 |
21 Oct 3-0 |
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Queen’s
Park Strollers |
|
6 Jan 3-1 31 Mar 4-0 |
11 Nov 3-3 |
2 Dec 0-9 |
24 Feb 2-2 |
|
16 Dec 0-2 |
23 Sep 1-2 |
X |
28 Oct 3-1 |
9 Sep 1?-3? |
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St Mirren ‘A’ |
3 Feb 4-3 |
|
4 Nov 3-0 10 Mar 1-1 |
7 Oct 1-1 |
2 Sep 4-4 |
25 Nov 0-7 24 Mar 1-1 |
16 Sep 0-1 |
24 Feb 1-5 |
9 Dec 3-4 7 Apr 3-1 |
X |
14 Oct 7-1 |
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Third
Lanark ‘A’ |
16 Sep 4-2 |
|
23 Dec 3-2 |
21 Oct 1-2 10 Mar 3-2 |
9 Dec 3-3 |
3 Mar 2-1 |
4 Nov 1-10 |
13 Jan 03 |
25 Nov 3-0 17 Mar 5-1 |
30 Sep 1-2 |
X |
All
Kilmarnock home matches were played at Blair Park, Hurlford
as Rugby Park was under military requisition from June 1940-April 1945
9
Sep ?
v St Mirren ?-0
10
Feb Airdrieonians v Dumbarton 5-0 abd
10
Feb Queen’s Park v Morton 2-2 abd
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1944-45 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Motherwell
'A' Hibernian
'A' Partick Thistle 'A Celtic
'A' Morton
'A' St
Mirren 'A' Third
Lanark 'A' Kilmarnock Dumbarton
'A' Airdrieonians 'A' Queen's
Park Strollers |
24 23 24 22 23 24 22 23 23 23 23 |
18 18 15 12 9 7 8 5 6 4 5 |
4 3 0 2 5 5 3 7 3 5 3 |
2 2 9 8 9 12 11 11 14 14 15 |
86 82 72 56 56 47 51 54 50 49 42 |
26 28 46 53 43 66 79 56 84 70 83 |
40 39 30 26 23 19 19 17 15 13 13 |