All official Scottish football ceased on the 4th September 1939 due to the outbreak of WWII three days earlier. The SFA and SFL instructed the formation of ‘unofficial’ regional divisions with relaxed player registration rules allowing ‘guest’ players to appear for clubs. Any honours won by clubs or appearances and goals by players were not deemed ‘official’ and would not be counted in the same way as peace time competitions. Saints were placed in the Southern League. The Emergency War Cup would also be played this season.

DATE	OPPOSITION	ATT	V	COMP	SCORE	O	SCORERS
12/08/1939	Rangers	35,000	A	SD1	1-5	L	McLINTOCK
19/08/1939	QUEEN OF STH	9,000	H	SD1	3-3	D	BRADY (3,  1P)
22/08/1939	RANGERS	25,000	H	SD1	0-0	D
26/08/1939	Albion Rovers	7,000	A	SD1	0-0	D
02/09/1939	COWDENBEATH	8,000	H	SD1	4-0	W	BRADY (3), ASHE
23/09/1939	MORTON	5,000	H	RCF	1-1	D	BRADY (P)
07/10/1939	Morton	5,000	A	RCF-R	5-5	D
14/10/1939	Morton	5,000	A	RCF-R2	1-2	L	BRADY

PLAYER	SD1	GLS	RCP	GLS	TOTAL APP	TOTAL GLS
ASHE, Tommy	3	1	1	0	4	1
BAYNE, James	1	0	–	–	1	0
BRADY, Tommy	3	6	2	2	5	8
BRUCE, David	5	0	–	–	5	0
CRAVEN, Joe	5	0	1	0	6	0
CUNNINGHAM, Finlay	4	0	1	0	5	0
DEAKIN, Johnny	5	0	1	0	6	0
FERGUSON, Robert	5	0	2	0	7	0
HANLIN, Alex	0	0	1	0	1	0
KELLY, Willie	5	0	2	0	7	0
LINDSAY, Hugh	3	0	–	–	3	0
McLINTOCK, William	5	1	–	–	5	1
MILLIKEN, William	4	0	–	–	4	0
RENNIE, Gordon	4	0	–	–	4	0
SMITH, Sam	0	0	1	0	1	0
STEEL, Billy	1	0	–	–	1	0
STEWART, W	0	0	1	0	1	0
WILSON, Fulton T	1	0	–	–	1	0
YOUNG, Bill S	2	0	1	0	2	0

POS	CLUB	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Rangers	5	4	1	0	14	3	11	9
2	Falkirk	5	4	0	1	20	10	10	8
3	Hearts	5	2	2	1	14	9	5	6
4	Aberdeen	5	3	0	2	9	9	0	6
5	Partick This	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	6
6	Celtic	5	3	0	2	7	8	-1	6
7	Albion	5	2	1	2	12	7	5	5
8	Motherwell	5	2	1	2	14	12	2	5
9	Third Lanark	5	2	1	2	9	8	1	5
10	Kilmarnock	5	2	1	2	10	9	1	5
11	Queen of Sth	5	2	1	2	10	9	1	5
12	St Mirren	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	5
13	Hamilton Acc	5	2	1	2	7	11	-4	5
14	Arbroath	5	2	0	3	9	9	0	4
15	St Johnstone	5	2	0	3	7	8	-1	4
16	Hibernian	5	2	0	3	11	13	-2	4
17	Alloa Ath	5	2	0	3	8	13	-5	4
18	Ayr Utd	5	2	0	3	10	17	-7	4
19	Clyde	5	1	0	4	10	14	-4	2
20	Cowdenbeath	5	1	0	4	6	18	-12	2

UNOFFICIAL WARTIME COMPETITIONS

DATE	OPPOSITION	ATT	V	COMP	SCORE	O	SCORERS
21/10/1939	ALBION ROVERS	5,000	H	WLG	1-2	L	CUNNINGHAM (P)
28/10/1939	Queen of Sth	3,300	A	WLG	1-1	D	CUNNINGHAM
04/11/1939	CLYDE		H	WLG	1-1	D	LINWOOD
11/11/1939	Rangers	6,500	A	WLG	0-4	L
18/11/1939	QUEEN’S PARK	5,000	H	WLG	3-0	W	LINWOOD (3)
25/11/1939	Morton		A	WLG	2-3	L	BOYD, LINWOOD
02/12/1939	Celtic		A	WLG	1-2	L	BRADY (P)
09/12/1939	MOTHERWELL		H	WLG	1-3	L	BRADY (P)
16/12/1939	Ayr Utd		A	WLG	3-2	W	STEAD (2), BOYD
23/12/1939	AIRDRIEONIANS	3,000	H	WLG	3-2	D	DEAKIN (2), KELLY
30/12/1939	THIRD LANARK	5,000	H	WLG	5-3	W	YORSTON (3, 2 PENS), LINWOOD (2)
01/01/1940	KILMARNOCK		H	WLG	3-3	D	YORSTON (P), DEAKIN, CASKIE
02/01/1940	Hamilton Acc		A	WLG	4-3	W	YORSTON, LINWOOD, BRADY (2, 1 P)
06/01/1940	Dumbarton		A	WLG	4-3	W	BRADY (2 PENS)
10/02/1940	RANGERS	10,000	H	WLG	4-6	L	LINWOOD (2), STEAD, YORSTON
17/02/1940	Queen’s Park		A	WLG	3-1	W	LINWOOD, BRADY, CASKIE
24/02/1940	QUEEN OF STH	10,000	H	EWC1/1	6-0	W	LINWOOD (4), CASKIE (2)
02/03/1940	Queen of Sth	3,800	A	EWC1/2	1-4	L	BRADY
09/03/1940	Hamilton Acc	8,000	A	EWC2	2-0	W	DEAKIN, BRADY (P)
16/03/1940	AYR UTD		H	WLG	2-0	W	BRADY (2)
23/03/1940	Rangers	60,000	A	EWC3	1-3	L	BRADY (P)
30/03/1940	Third Lanark		A	WLG	1-2	L	BRADY
03/04/1940	Albion Rovers		A	WLG	1-2	L	MOONEY
06/04/1940	Kilmarnock		A	WLG	1-3	L	LINWOOD
09/04/1940	QUEEN OF STH		H	WLG	1-1	D	BRADY
13/04/1940	HAMILTON ACC		H	WLG	2-1	W	LINWOOD, DEAKIN
16/04/1940	Clyde		A	WLG	1-3	L	CUNNINGHAM (P)
20/04/1940	DUMBARTON		H	WLG	1-2	L	DEAKIN
23/04/1940	MORTON		H	WLG	0-3	L
27/04/1940	PARTICK THIS		H	WLG	3-1	W	BRADY (2, 1P), LINWOOD
04/05/1940	CELTIC		H	WLG	2-1	W	LINWOOD, BRADY
11/05/1940	Motherwell		A	WLG	4-1	W	LINWOOD (3), McMENEMY
13/05/1940	Airdrie		A	WLG	2-4	L	LINWOOD, OG
18/05/1940	Partick This		A	WLG	1-3	L	STEAD

POS	CLUB	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Rangers	30	22	4	4	72	36	36	48
2	Queen of Sth	30	17	6	7	77	55	22	40
3	Hamilton Acc	30	15	8	7	78	55	23	38
4	Motherwell	30	15	8	7	64	56	8	38
5	Morton	30	14	5	11	64	46	18	33
6	Albion Rovers	30	15	2	13	62	60	2	32
7	Clyde	30	11	9	10	68	51	17	31
8	Kilmarnock	30	13	5	12	63	63	0	31
9	Airdrieonians	30	14	2	14	63	61	2	30
10	St Mirren	30	11	4	15	59	66	-7	26
11	Partick This	30	10	6	14	57	74	-17	26
12	Third Lanark	30	10	5	15	53	78	-25	25
13	Celtic	30	9	6	15	55	61	-6	24
14	Queen’s Park	30	7	7	16	55	82	-27	21
15	Ayr Utd	30	7	5	18	50	66	-16	19
16	Dumbarton	30	7	4	19	48	78	-30	18

COMBINED PLAYERS STATS

PLAYER	SD1	GLS	RCP	GLS	WLG	GLS	EWC	GLS	TOTAL APP	TOTAL GLS
ASHE, Tommy	3	1	1	0	6	0	–	–	10	1
BAYNE, James	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
BOYD, James	–	–	–	–	3	2	–	–	3	2
BRADY, Tommy	3	6	2	2	11	14	4	3	20	25
BRUCE, David	5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
CASKIE, Jimmy	–	–	–	–	17	2	2	2	19	4
CRAVEN, Joe	5	0	1	0	10	0	2	0	18	0
CUNNINGHAM, Finlay	4	0	1	0	4	3	–	–	9	3
DEAKIN, Johnny	5	0	1	0	8	5	2	1	16	6
FERGUSON, Robert	5	0	2	0	2	0	–	–	9	0
HANLIN, Alex	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
HILL, John	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	1	0
JOHNSTONE, George	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	0	4	0
KELLY, Willie	5	0	2	0	13	1	2	0	22	1
LINDSAY, Hugh	3	0	–	–	1	0	–	–	4	0
LINWOOD, Alex	–	–	–	–	17	19	4	4	21	23
LOGAN, David	–	–	–	–	11	0	2	0	13	0
McDOWALL, Les	–	–	–	–	9	0	3	0	12	0
McLINTOCK, William	5	1	–	–	2	0	–	–	7	1
McMENEMY, John	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1
MILLIKEN, William	4	0	–	–	9	0	–	–	13	0
MILNE, John	–	–	–	–	2	0	–	–	2	0
MOONEY, John	–	–	–	–	8	1	2	0	10	1
RENNIE, Gordon	4	0	–	–	2	0	–	–	6	0
SMITH, Sam	–	–	1	0	3	0	–	–	4	0
STEAD, Angus	–	–	–	–	13	4	2	0	15	4
STEEL, Billy	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
STEWART, W	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
TWELL, Donald	–	–	–	–	2	0	–	–	2	0
URQUHART, George	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	1	0
WILSON, Alex	–	–	–	–	8	0	2	0	10	0
WILSON, Fulton T	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0
YORSTON, Benny	–	–	–	–	8	6	2	0	10	6
YOUNG, Bill S	2	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	3	0

GOALSCORERS	SD1	RCP	WLG	EWC	TOTAL
BRADY, Tommy	6	2	14	3	25
LINWOOD, Alex	–	–	19	4	23
DEAKIN, Johnny	–	–	5	1	6
YORSTON, Benny	–	–	6	–	6
CASKIE, Jimmy	–	–	2	2	4
STEAD, Angus	–	–	4	–	4
CUNNINGHAM, Finlay	–	–	3	–	3
BOYD, James	–	–	2	–	2
ASHE, Tommy	1	–	–	–	1
KELLY, Willie	–	–	1	–	1
McLINTOCK, William	1	–	–	–	1
McMENEMY, John	–	–	1	–	1
MOONEY, John	–	–	1	–	1