2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final explained
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
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
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
width=50% valign=top | MATCH RULES- 90 minutes
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
- Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
- Five named substitutes
- Maximum of 3 substitutions
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Notes and References
- Web site: Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals . . 16 June 2013.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4403942.stm St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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