2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final explained

2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final
Event:2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
Team1:Rangers
Team1score:4
Team2:Peterhead
Team2score:0
Date:10 April 2016
Stadium:Hampden Park
City:Glasgow
Referee:George Salmond
Attendance:48,133[1]
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Petrofac Training Cup final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 10 April 2016 at Hampden Park, between Rangers and Peterhead. Rangers won the match by 4 goals to nil.[2] [3] [4] It was the 25th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League and the third Challenge Cup final since the SPFL was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final.

Route to the final

See also: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup.

The competition is a knock-out tournament and in 2015–16 was contested by 32 teams.[5] Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League, while the winners of the Highland League (Brora Rangers) and the Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City) were also invited.[5] For the first and second rounds only, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north and south.[5] Teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated.

Rangers

width=100Round ! width=160Opposition ! width=80Score
First round Hibernian (a) 6–2
Second round Ayr United (a) 2–0
Quarter-final Livingston (h) 1–0
Semi-final St Mirren (h) 4–0

Peterhead

width=100Round ! width=160Opposition ! width=80Score
First round Brechin City (a) 3–0
Second round Falkirk (a) 5–3
Quarter-final Stenhousemuir (h) 3–0
Semi-final Queen's Park (a) 2–1

Match details

RANGERS:
GK25
RB2
CB27
CB4
LB5 Lee Wallace (c)
DM6
CM23
CM16
RW19
CF9 Kenny Miller
LW15
Substitutes:
GK1
MF8
MF17
MF22
MF7 Nicky Law
FW14
FW29
Manager:
Mark Warburton
PETERHEAD:
GK1
RB6 Ryan Strachan
CB4 Scott Ross
CB5 Ally Gilchrist
LB3 Steven Noble (c)
RM8 Jamie Redman
CM22
CM14
LM18
CF9
CF10
Substitutes:
GK21 Paul Jarvie
DF2 Nathan Blockley
MF17 Scott Ferries
MF7
MF11
FW20
FW15
Manager:
Jim McInally
Match officials[6]
    • Anthony Cooper
    • Gordon Crawford
  • Fourth official

Don Robertson

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: Rangers 4-0 Peterhead. 8 June 2018. BBC Sport. 10 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Rangers 4-0 Peterhead: Gers win Petrofac Training Cup final. Stephen. Halliday. 10 April 2016. The Scotsman. Johnston Press. Edinburgh. 5 May 2016.
  3. Web site: SPFL fixture amendments . www.spfl.co.uk . Scottish Professional Football League . 30 November 2015 . 30 November 2015.
  4. Web site: Challenge Cup final: Hampden to stage Rangers v Peterhead . BBC Sport . BBC . 15 December 2015 . 15 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Petrofac Training Cup format . www.spfl.co.uk . Scottish Professional Football League . 22 June 2015 . 30 November 2015 . 30 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630144519/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/petrofac-training-cup-format/ . dead .
  6. http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/ramsdens-cup-final-officials/ Ramsdens Cup final officials