Scottish League Cup 2007-08

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The 2007-08 Scottish League Cup was the 61st staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

The current holders are Rangers who defeated Dundee United in the 2007-08 final, winning 3-2 penalties after the match was drawn 2-2 after extra-time.

Contents 1 First round 2 Second round 3 Third round 4 Quarter-finals 5 Semi-finals 6 Final 7 Top scorers 8 Media coverage 9 External links

[edit] First round

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Stenhousemuir Gemmill  15' (pen.) Bolochoweckyj  105' Wood  111' Lyle  90' McCulloch  16', 92' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed 3,395 C Brown
Brechin City 0 – 1 Stirling Albion McKenna  31' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Glebe Park, Brechin 403 A Freeland
Clyde 0 – 3 Raith Rovers Tod  21' Carcary  70' Weir  80' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 892 B Winter
Cowdenbeath 2 – 0 Dumbarton Clarke  69' Dalziel  77' McBride  25', 84' Nugent  82' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 322 M Tumilty
Dundee 2 – 0 Greenock Morton Zemlik  47' Swankie  52' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Dens Park, Dundee 2,942 E Smith
Forfar Athletic 0 – 1 Peterhead Istead  15' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Station Park, Forfar 388 C Charleston
Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 East Stirlingshire Offiong  30' McLeod  76' McBride  57' (pen) Struthers  86' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 554 C Boyle
Livingston 5 – 0 Ayr United Craig  3' Snodgrass  36' MacKay  39',  83' (pen) Lowing  75' (o.g.) Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 City Stadium, Livingston 1,300 W Collum
Queen's Park 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Canning  26' Trouten  40' Mackie  65' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Hampden Park, Glasgow 429 J McKendrick
Ross County 3 – 1 Elgin City Dowie  23' Barrowman  72',  90' Charlesworth  44' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 7 August 2007 Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,100 D Somers
Arbroath 4 – 2 Albion Rovers Brazil  1',  6' Scott  20' Sellars  22' Hunter  80' Chisholm  88' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 8 August 2007 Gayfield Park, Arbroath 525 S Nicholls
East Fife 1 – 0 Queen of the South McDonald  63' Harris  56' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 8 August 2007 Bayview Stadium, Methil 693 S O'Reilly
Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Airdrie United Harkins  14' Murray  88' McKenna  61' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 8 August 2007 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 2,125 C Richmond
Stranraer 1 – 2 Montrose Keogh  54' Stein  17' Gibson  34' Thomson  54', 90' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 8 August 2007 Links Park, Montrose 280 A Muir

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] Second round

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Berwick Rangers 2 – 3 Hamilton Academical Diack  31' Parratt  65' (o.g.) Winters  15' Wake  55',  75' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Shielfield, Berwick-upon-Tweed 402 D Somers
Dundee 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) 6 – 5 (pen.) Livingston Robertson  33' Lyle  86' (pen.) Mitchell  8' Craig  49' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Dens Park, Dundee 2,355 C MacKay
Gretna 3 – 1 Cowdenbeath Barr  52' Yantorno  85' Jenkins  88' O'Neil  13' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Fir Park, Motherwell 342 B Winter
Inverness CT 3 – 1 Arbroath Niculae  34',  74' Wyness  64' Scott  71' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 1,246 S Finnie
Montrose 1 – 2 Falkirk Wood  83' Higdon  17' Thomson  60' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Links Park, Montrose 642 A Freeland
Peterhead 0 – 3 Kilmarnock Nish  30' Wright  48' Naismith  55' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Balmoor, Peterhead 1,118 M Tumilty
Queen's Park 1 – 2 Hibernian Dunlop  62' Morais  56' Fletcher  58' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Hampden Park, Glasgow 2,343 E Smith
Partick Thistle 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 5 – 4 (pen.) St. Johnstone Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Firhill, Glasgow 1,765 M McCurry
Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Hearts Ellis  39' (o.g.) Kingston  53' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 2,059 J Underhill
St. Mirren 0 – 1 East Fife O'Reilly  63' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 28 August 2007 St Mirren Park, Paisley 1,782 S Conroy
Dundee United 2 – 1 Ross County Hunt  65' (pen.) J Robertson  88' Barrowman  78' Report Date Stadium Attendance Referee Report link 29 August 2007 Tannadice Park, Dundee 3,114 C Allan
Motherwell 3 – 1 Raith Rovers McLean  45' McCormack  74' Porter  90' Carcary  48' Date Stadium Attendance Referee 29 August 2007 Fir Park, Motherwell 3,571 W Collum rep=

Source: BBC Sport
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] Third round

25 September 2007	Falkirk	0 – 1	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk Attendance: 2,804 Referee: C Thomson
		Report	Wilkie  60'

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25 September 2007	Hamilton	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park, Hamilton Attendance: 2,627 Referee: K Clarke
	McCarthy  16' McArthur  37'	Report

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25 September 2007	Hearts	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Attendance: 10,500 Referee: B Winter
	Nadé  34' (pen.) Berra  97' Elliot  100'  102'	Report	Simmons  84'

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25 September 2007	Inverness CT	3 – 0	Gretna	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 1,717 Referee: A Freeland
	Bayne  21' Wilson  67' Wyness  80'	Report

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26 September 2007	Dundee	1 – 2	Celtic	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 8,203 Referee: I Brines
	McDonald  71'	Report	McDonald  27' Vennegoor of Hesselink  60'

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26 September 2007	East Fife	0 – 4	Rangers	East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 7,413 Referee: W Collum
		Report	Novo  14' Boyd  35'  66' (pen.) Cuéllar  54'

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26 September 2007	Hibernian	2 – 4	Motherwell	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 7,000 Referee: M Tumilty
	Donaldson  11' Antoine-Curier  85'	Report	Clarkson  17' Lasley  20' McCormack  24' Porter  83'

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26 September 2007 19:45	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Firhill, Glasgow Attendance: 3,337 Referee: S Dougal
		Report	Young  42' Considine  64'

[edit] Quarter-finals

31 October 2007 19:45	Aberdeen	4 – 1	Inverness CT	Pittodrie, Aberdeen Attendance: 7,270 Referee: J Underhill
	Nicholson  10' (pen.)  22'  78' (pen.) Miller  45'	Report	Bayne  68'

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31 October 2007	Celtic	0 – 2	Hearts	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 21,492 Referee: K Clark
		Report	Velicka  77',  86'

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31 October 2007	Dundee United	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance: 4,567 Referee: M McCurry
	Hunt  10',  77',  85'	Report	Offiong  79' (pen.)

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31 October 2007	Motherwell	1 – 2	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,283 Referee: I Brines
	Quinn  90'	Report	Novo  22' Boyd  53'

[edit] Semi-finals

January 30, 2008	Rangers	2 – 0	Hearts	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 31,989 Referee: M McCurry
	Ferguson  50' Darcheville  69'	Report

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February 5, 2008	Aberdeen	1 – 4	Dundee United	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 12,046 Referee: S Dougal
	Considine  18' Miller  35', 68'	Report	Dods  22' Kalvenes  59' Conway  65' Gomis  77'

[edit] Final

Main article: 2008 Scottish League Cup Final

March 16, 2008 15:00	Dundee United	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,019 Referee: K Clark
	Hunt  34' de Vries  95'	Report	Boyd  86'  113'

	Penalties Willo Flood Craig Conway Mark de Vries David Robertson Lee Wilkie	2 – 3	Penalties Jean-Claude Darcheville Steven Whittaker Steven Davis Lee McCulloch Kris Boyd

[edit] Top scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Hunt, NoelNoel Hunt	5	Dundee United
Boyd, KrisKris Boyd		Rangers
Barrowman, AndrewAndrew Barrowman	3	Ross County
Nicholson, BarryBarry Nicholson		Aberdeen
Elliot, CalumCalum Elliot	2	Hearts
Velicka, AndriusAndrius Velicka		Hearts

[edit] Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup is currently broadcast on BBC Scotland.

[edit] External links

• BBC Scottish Cups page

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