The Southern League Cup was a regional Scottish football competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of national competitions.
In the final season, due to additional teams, the competition doubled in size with quarter-finals for the eight group winners.
Rangers dominated the tournament, appearing in every final and winning four out of the six.
On two occasions, the winners were decided by which team had more corner kicks after the finals ended in draws.
The Southern League Cup helped to contribute to the present-day Scottish League Cup: it was merged with its North Eastern equivalent in the 1945–46 season, with the nationwide competition proving popular (the final, won by Aberdeen, attracted a crowd of crowd of 135,000 at Hampden Park).