[1] Milne also scored goals at a good rate for Hibs, finishing as their top scorer in the next two seasons.
It was under these circumstances that in November 1939 Milne returned to play for Dundee United who had joined the Eastern Division of the recently set up emergency league.
Milne showed flashes of the form he had shown in his previous spell at Tannadice, as United reached the cup final; he scored a hat-trick in the second round of the competition in a 7-1 win over Third Lanark and was in the starting line-up in the final which his side narrowly lost to Rangers.
[4] He only played in three league matches, scoring one goal, for Hibs after the war before being sold to St Mirren for £1650.
[4][5] Milne played for the Paisley club for four seasons, before moving to Northern Ireland in the summer of 1950 to become a player/coach of Coleraine.