2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final explained

2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final
Event:2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup
Team1:St Mirren
Team1score:2
Team2:Hamilton Academical
Team2score:1
Date:6 November 2005
Stadium:Excelsior Stadium
City:Airdrie
Referee:S. Dougal
Attendance:9,613
Previous:2004
Next:2006

The 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Bell's Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between St Mirren and Hamilton Academical on 6 November 2005 at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.[1] It was the 15th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.

St Mirren emerged winners after defeating Hamilton Academical 2–1 with goals from Simon Lappin and John Sutton[2] to win the tournament for the first time after being losing finalists in 1993.

Route to the final

See also: 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup.

St Mirren

width=80Round ! width=160Opposition ! width=80Score
First round Forfar Athletic (h) 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Second round Queen of the South (a) 2–1
Quarter-final Stenhousemuir (h) 3–2
Semi-final Greenock Morton (h) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)
The first round draw paired St Mirren with Forfar Athletic at Love Street with the home team winning 1–0 after extra time.[3] The second round was a trip to Dumfries to face Queen of the South at Palmerston Park with The Buddies producing 2–1 win[4] to progress to the quarter-finals. The opponents drawn were Stenhousemuir at home in the quarter-finals and St Mirren won 3–2.[5] The reward for reaching the semi-final was a home game at against Renfrewshire rivals, Greenock Morton with St Mirren edging out the opponents to win 4–2 on penalties after 0–0 after extra time.[6] St Mirren reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time, since losing the 1993 final against Falkirk.

Hamilton Academical

width=80Round ! width=160Opposition ! width=80Score
First round Queen's Park (a) 3–0
Second round Ross County (a) 1–0
Quarter-final Dundee (h) 2–0
Semi-final St Johnstone (a) 2–1
Hamilton Academical were drawn against Queen's Park at home in the first round and Hamilton came out 3–0 winners[3] The second round draw saw Accies drawn against Ross County away from home with Hamilton emerging 1–0 winners.[4] The quarter-final draw brought Dundee to New Douglas Park which saw Hamilton produce a 2–0[5] and awarded Accies their third consecutive clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition provided in the semi-final draw was St Johnstone and another away game which saw Hamilton triumph with a 2–1 victors[6] to proceed to the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the third time in the club's history since winning both the 1991 and 1992 tournaments.

Match

St Mirren:
GK 1 Chris Smith
RWB 2
CB 3
CM 4
CB 5 Kevin McGowne (c)
CB 6
CM 7
CM 8
CF 9 Stewart Kean
CF 10
LWB 11
Substitutes:
FW 12
DF 14 Alan Reid
MF 15
MF 16
GK 17 Craig Hinchliffe
Manager:
Gus MacPherson
Hamilton Academical:
GK 1 David McEwan
CB 2
LB 3
RB 4 Steven Thomson (c)
CB 5 Mark McLaughlin
CM 6
LM 7
CM 8
CF 9
RM 10 Scott MacKenzie
CF 11
Substitutes:
DF 12
MF 14
FW 15
FW 16 Brian Carrigan
GK 17 Raymond Jellema
Manager:
Billy Reid
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals . . 16 June 2013.
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4403942.stm St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026002701/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/1/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup round 1 Results - 2005/06
  4. https://archive.today/20130103041258/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/2/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup round 2 Results - 2005/06
  5. https://archive.today/20130102223635/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/3/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup round 3 Results - 2005/06
  6. https://archive.today/20130103042124/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/4/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup Semi-finals Results - 2005/06