When the competition was first introduced in 1940 it was organised by the
Southern League and was one of two wartime cup competitions run by the League, along with the
Southern League Cup. The competition ran from May to June, when the league season had already finished. It was discontinued after 1945. Just as the one-off
Scottish War Emergency Cup of 1940 was a predecessor of sorts to the wartime Summer Cup, the
1946 Victory Cup could be seen as its successor due to the similar format used, although the trophy actually used for the Victory Cup was that of the Southern League Cup, which did have a 1946 edition completed a few weeks earlier. The Summer Cup was reintroduced in 1963 as a national cup competition for
Scottish Football League Division One clubs because running costs for clubs in the top division were getting more expensive. Both
Celtic and
Rangers declined to take part in either season the competition was played. The trophy currently resides in the boardroom at
Easter Road, the home of
Hibernian. == List of Finals ==