2014 Scottish Challenge Cup final explained

2014 Scottish Challenge Cup final
Event:2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup
Team1:Raith Rovers
Team1score:1
Team2:Rangers
Team2score:0
Details:After extra time
Date:6 April 2014
Stadium:Easter Road
City:Edinburgh
Referee:Kevin Clancy
Attendance:19,983
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Ramsdens Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match that took place at Easter Road on 6 April 2014, between Raith Rovers and Rangers. The match was televised by BBC ALBA.[1] It was the 23rd final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, it was the first Challenge Cup final since the formation of the SPFL. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final. The match was both clubs' first appearance in the final of the competition, whilst it was Raith Rovers' first cup final in 20 years since winning the League Cup in 1994.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Route to the final

See also: 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup.

The competition is a knock-out tournament and in 2013–14 was contested by 32 teams; the 30 clubs that played in the Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League, Highland League club Formartine United by invitation (the highest placed team in that league from the previous season with an SFA licence) & the winner of a preliminary round tie between Spartans & Threave Rovers (the highest placed teams in the previous season's East of Scotland & South of Scotland leagues with SFA licences), the winner of the tie being Spartans. For the first and second rounds only, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north/east and south/west. Teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated.

Raith Rovers

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First round Stirling Albion (h) 2–1
Second round Dunfermline Athletic (a) 2–0
Quarter-final Falkirk (h) 1–0
Semi-final Annan Athletic (h) 3–0

Rangers

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First round Albion Rovers (a) 4–0
Second round Berwick Rangers (h) 2–0
Quarter-final Queen of the South (a) 3–0
Semi-final Stenhousemuir (a) 1–0

Match details

RAITH ROVERS:
GK20
RB2 Jason Thomson (c)
CB4
CB5
LB3
RM7
CM8
CM6
LM11
CF29 John Baird
CF10
Substitutes:
GK17 Ross Laidlaw
DF14
DF19
FW15
FW9
Manager:
Grant Murray
RANGERS:
GK1
RB2 Richard Foster
CB6 Lee McCulloch (c)
CB3
LB5
RM4 Fraser Aird
CM8
CM10
CM11 Nicky Law
LM7
CF9
Substitutes:
GK17 Steve Simonsen
DF14
MF15
FW16
FW12
Manager:
Ally McCoist
Match officials[6]
    • Stephen Mitchell
    • Joseph Lawson
  • Fourth official

Greg Aitken

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raith v Rangers: Easter Road hosts Ramsdens Cup final . BBC Sport . BBC . 30 October 2013 . 12 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Raith Rovers 1 Rangers 0 (aet). 6 April 2014. Daily Telegraph. Roddy . Forsyth. Telegraph Media Group. London. 8 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Raith Rovers 1 Rangers 0 (aet): Former Gers kid John Baird pops up to secure Ramsdens Cup glory for Kirkcaldy men. 6 April 2014. Daily Record. Gary. Ralston. Trinity Mirror. Glasgow. 8 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Glory for Raith . 6 April 2014. Scotsman. Johnston Press. Stuart. Bathgate. Edinburgh. 8 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Ramsden Cup: Raith Rovers 1-0 Rangers (aet) . 6 April 2014. BBC Sport. BBC. 8 April 2014. Andrew . Southwick.
  6. http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/ramsdens-cup-final-officials/ Ramsdens Cup final officials