Scottish League Challenge Cup 2012/13

Scottish League Challenge Cup
Association	Scottish FA
First edition	1990/91
Teams	32
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Queen of the South (3rd title)
Record winner	FC Falkirk (4 wins)
Website	scottishfootballleague.com

The Scottish League Challenge Cup was played for the 22nd time in 2012/13 . The cup competition, which was officially held as the Ramsdens Challenge Cup , began on July 28, 2012 and ended on April 7, 2013. The defending champion was FC Falkirk, who won last year in the final against Hamilton Academical . The clubs of the Scottish Football League and two clubs from the Highland Football League participated in the competition, this year FC Inverurie Loco Works and FC Wick Academy . Queen of the South won the title for the third time, in the final the club from Dumfries Partick defeated Thistle on penalties .

1 round

The matches were held on 28/29. July 2012.

North-east region

Home team		Visiting team	Result
Cowdenbeath FC	-	Alloa Athletic	3: 1 n.e.
Elgin City	-	Arbroath	5: 7
FC Falkirk	-	Stirling Albion	3-0
Forfar Athletic	-	Dunfermline Athletic	3: 2
Montrose FC	-	FC Inverurie Loco Works	4: 2
Peterhead FC	-	East Fife FC	1: 2
FC Wick Academy	-	Raith Rovers	2: 4
Brechin City	-	Glasgow Rangers	1: 2 a.d.

South-west region

Home team		Visiting team	Result
Annan Athletic	-	Livingston FC	1-0
Berwick Rangers	-	FC Queen's Park	2: 3 n.e.
Clyde FC	-	Partick Thistle	0: 1
Dumbarton FC	-	Queen of the South	0: 1
East Stirlingshire FC	-	Ayr United	3: 1
Hamilton Academical	-	Airdrie United	0: 1
Greenock Morton	-	Albion Rovers	2-0
FC Stranraer	-	FC Stenhousemuir	1: 2

2nd round

The 2nd round was drawn on July 30, 2012 in Glasgow . The matches took place on August 14 and 21, 2012

North-east region

Home team		Visiting team	Result
Cowdenbeath FC	-	East Fife FC	3-0
Raith Rovers	-	Montrose FC	5: 2
FC Arbroath	-	Forfar Athletic	3: 2
FC Falkirk	-	Glasgow Rangers	0: 1

South-west region

Home team		Visiting team	Result
Annan Athletic	-	FC Stenhousemuir	0: 3
FC Queen's Park	-	Partick Thistle	4: 5
Greenock Morton	-	Queen of the South	1: 2 a.d.
East Stirlingshire FC	-	Airdrie United	3-0

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were drawn on August 22, 2012 in Glasgow . The matches took place on September 9th and 19th, 2012

Home team		Visiting team	Result
FC Arbroath	-	FC Stenhousemuir	1-0
East Stirlingshire FC	-	Cowdenbeath FC	1: 2
Partick Thistle	-	Raith Rovers	3-0
Glasgow Rangers	-	Queen of the South	3: 4 n.e.

Semifinals

The semi-finals were drawn on September 19, 2012 in Glasgow . The matches were held on October 14, 2012

Home team		Visiting team	Result
Queen of the South	-	FC Arbroath	2: 1 a.d.
Cowdenbeath FC	-	Partick Thistle	0: 1

final

Partick Thistle		Queen of the South
	April 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm in Almondvale Stadium , Livingston Result: 1: 1 n.v., 5: 6 i. E. Spectators: 9,452 Referee: Allan Crawford Match report
	Scott Fox - Stephen O'Donnell , Aaron Sinclair , Aaron Muirhead , Conrad Balatoni - Stuart Bannigan (94th Ross Forbes ), Sean Welsh , Chris Erskine , Steven Lawless (60th Christie Elliot ) - James Craigen , Steven Craig (66th Kris Doolan ) Trainer: Alan Archibald	Lee Robinson - Chris Mitchell , Marc Fitzpatrick , Mark Durnan , Chris Higgins - Derek Young , Stephen McKenna , Nicky Clark (101st Kevin Smith ), Dan Carmichael - Derek Lyle (77th Gavin Reilly ), Michael Paton (115th Steven Black ) Coach: Allan Johnston
	1: 1 Kris Doolan (120th + 2)	0-1 Nicky Clark (101st)
	penalties shoot
	Stephen O'Donnell 1-1 Chris Erskine 2-2 Sean Welsh 3-3 Aaron Sinclair 4-4 Ross Forbes 5-5 Kris Doolan Conrad Balatoni	0: 1 Derek Young Daniel Carmichael 1: 2 Marc Fitzpatrick 2: 3 Lee Robinson 3: 4 Gavin Reilly 4: 5 Chris Mitchell 5: 6 Chris Higgins
	James Craigen (33.), Aaron Sinclair (55.), Christie Elliot (120.)	Chris Higgins (38th), Daniel Carmichael (72nd), Lee Robinson (73rd), Stephen McKenna (120th)
	Aaron Muirhead (119th)

Web links

• official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ramsdens Cup ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scottishfootballleague.com 
2. ↑ Ramsden's Cup First Round Draw ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scottishfootballleague.com 
3. ↑ Ramsden's Cup Second Round Draw ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scottishfootballleague.com 
4. ↑ Ramsden's Cup Third Round Draw ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scottishfootballleague.com 
5. ↑ Ramsden's Cup Semi-Final Draw ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scottishfootballleague.com