Editing Scottish Football League (section)

==Cup competitions==
{{main|Scottish League Cup|Scottish Challenge Cup}}
The Scottish Football League organised two knock-out cup competitions: the [[Scottish League Cup]] and the [[Scottish Challenge Cup]]. The League Cup was established in 1946, succeeding the wartime Southern League Cup. Unlike the [[Scottish Cup]], organised by the [[Scottish Football Association]], the League Cup was only open to Scottish Football League clubs. Scottish Premier League clubs continued to participate in the League Cup after the top tier clubs broke away in 1998. Until the mid-1990s, the competition winner was eligible to participate in the [[UEFA Cup]], but this was discontinued due to a loss of European places.

The Scottish Challenge Cup was instituted in 1990, to celebrate the League's centenary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchcuphist.html |title=Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |year=2009 |access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref> The Challenge Cup was only open to Scottish Football League clubs outside the top division of the [[Scottish football league system]]. From 2011, two [[Highland Football League]] clubs were allowed to participate each year in the Challenge Cup, to give a round number of 32 clubs participating.<ref name = "new ramsdens">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13671944 |title=Highland duo enter new Ramsdens Cup |work=BBC Sport |date=6 June 2011 |access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref> Both the League Cup and the Challenge Cup continued under the auspices of the [[Scottish Professional Football League]].