Due to the war official international football was suspended and so officially the Scotland team was inactive.

With the 1939-40 season only a few games old, the Second World War broke out and football was suspended.

By this time, however, the First World War had broken out and football was suspended until 1919.

By the end of the season, England was at war and normal football was suspended.

Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England.

Between 1914 and 1919 competitive football was suspended in England.

His career was then interrupted by the outbreak of war as competitive football was suspended in 1915.

During the following season, 1936-37, national football was suspended because of the Spanish Civil War.

Between 1912 and 1930 their most successful period was 1914-18 when all football was suspended because of the First World War.

Due to the war, in 1915 first-class football was suspended.