Scottish League Challenge Cup 2001/02
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| Association | Scottish FA |
| First edition | 1990/91 |
| Teams | 30th |
| Game mode | Knockout system |
| Title holder | Airdrieonians FC (3rd title) |
| Record winner | Airdrieonians FC (3 wins) |
| Website | scottishfootballleague.com |
The Scottish League Challenge Cup was played for the 11th time in 2001/02 . The Scottish football competition, officially known as Bell's Challenge Cup was held, began on 7 August 2001 and ended with the final on 14 October 2001 at Broadwood Stadium of Cumbernauld . The defending champion Airdrieonians FC was able to successfully defend the competition. In the final, the Diamonds beat Alloa Athletic 2-1 with goals from Owen Coyle and Mark Roberts . The clubs of the Scottish Football League took part in the competition.
1 round
The matches took place on August 7, 2001.
| Home team | Visiting team | Result | |
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| Airdrieonians FC | - | Queen of the South | 2-0 |
| Albion Rovers | - | Montrose FC | 2: 0 a.d. |
| Berwick Rangers | - | Elgin City | 3-0 |
| Brechin City | - | Stirling Albion | 4: 1 |
| Cowdenbeath FC | - | Ross County | 0: 2 a.d. |
| East Fife FC | - | Raith Rovers | 2: 3 |
| East Stirlingshire FC | - | Alloa Athletic | 0: 1 |
| FC Falkirk | - | FC Arbroath | 4: 1 |
| Inverness CT | - | Forfar Athletic | 3: 2 a.d. |
| Greenock Morton | - | Clyde FC | 1: 3 |
| Partick Thistle | - | FC Queen's Park | 5-0 |
| Peterhead FC | - | Hamilton Academical | 2-0 |
| FC St. Mirren | - | Ayr United | 1: 3 |
| FC Stenhousemuir | - | FC Stranraer | 1: 4 |
2nd round
The matches took place on August 14, 2001.
| Home team | Visiting team | Result | |
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| Albion Rovers | - | Airdrieonians FC | 1: 4 |
| Alloa Athletic | - | Inverness CT | 3: 2 a.d. |
| Brechin City | - | Peterhead FC | 4-0 |
| Clyde FC | - | Berwick Rangers | 5-0 |
| Dumbarton FC | - | Ross County | 0: 2 |
| FC Falkirk | - | Clydebank FC | 0: 0 1 |
| Raith Rovers | - | Partick Thistle | 3: 5 a.d. |
| FC Stranraer | - | Ayr United | 3: 2 |
1 Clydebank FC won on penalties .
Quarter finals
The matches took place on August 21, 2001.
| Home team | Visiting team | Result | |
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| Alloa Athletic | - | FC Stranraer | 4: 3 a.d. |
| Clyde FC | - | Partick Thistle | 1-0 |
| Clydebank FC | - | Airdrieonians FC | 1: 2 |
| Ross County | - | Brechin City | 0: 2 |
Semifinals
The matches took place on August 28, 2001.
| Home team | Visiting team | Result | |
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| Airdrieonians FC | - | Brechin City | 1: 1 1 |
| Clyde FC | - | Alloa Athletic | 0: 1 |
1 Airdrieonians FC won on penalties .
final
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Allan Ferguson - Craig McPherson , Sandy Stewart , Allan McManus , Kevin James - Paul Armstrong , Lee Gardner (73rd Robert Dunn ), Neil MacFarlane , Stuart Taylor - Owen Coyle , Mark Roberts Trainer: Ian McCall ( Scotland ) |
Derek Soutar - Andy Seaton , Gregg Watson , Steven Thomson , Keith Knox (79th Harry Curran ), Craig Valentine - James Fisher (72nd Martin Christie ), Ian Little , Ross Hamilton - Richard Walker (57th Gareth Evans ), Gareth Hutchison Coach: Terry Christie ( Scotland ) |
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 1-0 Owen Coyle (76th) 2-0 Mark Roberts (85th)
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2: 1 Gareth Evans (90th)
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