2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup Explained

2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup
Country:Scotland
Defending Champions:Rangers
Champions:Hibernian
Runner-Up:Rangers
Matches:57
Prevseason:2007–08

The 2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup was the 26th season of the competition. The holders Rangers were defeated by under-19 league winners Hibernian in the final.

Calendar

RoundFirst match dateFixtureswidth=100Clubs
align=left First Round align=left 14 September 2008 5
align=left Second Round align=left 12 October 2008 18
align=left Third Round align=left 7 November 2008 16 32 → 16
align=left Fourth Round align=left 5 December 2008 8 16 → 8
align=left Quarter-finals align=left 15 February 2009 4 8 → 4
align=left Semi-finals align=left 28 March 2009 2 4 → 2
align=left Final align=left 29 April 2009 1 2 → 1

First round

width=150Home teamwidth=80Scorewidth=150Away team
Falkirk2 – 1Dunfermline Athletic
Fraserburgh1 – 3Deveronvale
Spartans8 – 2Berwick Rangers
Stranraer4 – 3Newton Stewart
Wigtown & Bladnoch0 – 9Annan Athletic

Second round

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Annan Athletic1 – 4Gala Fairydean
Ayr United2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 pen.) 		Kilmarnock
Clachnacuddin4 – 0Cove Rangers
East Stirlingshire1 – 5Dumbarton
Edinburgh City3 – 2Airdrie United
Falkirk6 – 0Spartans
Huntly2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 pen.)		Deveronvale
Keith1 – 3Inverurie Loco Works
Nairn County3 – 7Brora Rangers
Preston Athletic3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 pen.)		Civil Service Strollers
Queen's Park5 – 0Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South2 – 0Threave Rovers
Stenhousemuir1 – 0Clyde
St Mirren3 – 1Montrose
Stirling Albion0 – 2Dundee
Partick Thistle1 – 0Arbroath
Ross County3 – 0Elgin City
St Cuthbert Wanderers0 – 7Stranraer

Third round

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Civil Service Strollers2 – 0Deveronvale
Cowdenbeath4 – 3 (a.e.t.)Partick Thistle
Dumbarton3 – 2Edinburgh City
Falkirk1 – 0Aberdeen
Hamilton Academical5 – 0Clachnacuddin
Heart of Midlothian7 – 0Queen of the South
Inverness CT8 – 2Annan Athletic
Inverurie Loco Works0 – 6Raith Rovers
Livingston2 – 1Dundee
Motherwell4 – 0Kilmarnock
Queen's Park3 – 2St Johnstone
Rangers6 – 0Brora Rangers
Ross County5 – 1Dalbeattie Star
Stenhousemuir0 – 2Hibernian
Stranraer0 – 11Celtic
St Mirren1 – 0Dundee United

Fourth round

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St Mirren0 – 2Inverness CT
Falkirk3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Heart of Midlothian
Queen's Park2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 pen.)		Hamilton Academical
Rangers3 – 1Dumbarton
Ross County0 – 8Hibernian
Celtic7 – 0Cowdenbeath
Raith Rovers6 – 1Civil Service Strollers
Motherwell2 – 1Livingston

Quarter-finals

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Hamilton Academical0 – 2Falkirk
Hibernian5 – 0Raith Rovers
Motherwell3 – 4 (a.e.t.)Rangers
Inverness CT0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(6 – 5 pen.)		Celtic

Semi-finals

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Final

RANGERS:
GK
RB Darren Cole
CB Ross Perry
CB Danny Wilson
LB Gregg Wylde
RM Kyle Hutton
CM Stephen Stirling
CM Jamie Ness
LM
CF Archie Campbell
CF
Substitutes:
GK
DF Scott Durie
MF Gordon Dick
MF Dylan McGeouch
FW Isa Bagci
Manager:
Billy Kirkwood
HIBERNIAN:
GK Thomas Flynn
RB Ally Park
CB
CB Scott Smith
LB Callum Booth
RM Ollie Russell
CM David Wotherspoon
CM Lee Currie
LM Fergus Bell
CF Kurtis Byrne
CF
Substitutes:
GK Lewis Graham
DF Matthew Welch
MF Darren Kelly
MF Keith Murray
FW
Manager:
Alistair Stevenson
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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