Keyline Challenge Cup Tournament Explained

The D&K Lafferty Cup Tournament, commonly known as the 'Oban Tournament', is a pre-season football tournament held by Oban Saints AFC in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The tournament is played in a round-robin format of matches lasting 30 minutes and regularly attracts Scottish league clubs, with SPFL teams (previously SPL) Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United,^[1] and (previously SFL) Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone participating in 2008. The tournament was in its fifteenth year as of 2008,^[2] with the majority of teams from the previous year returning to compete again.^[3]

Previous winners include:

• 1999: Clyde^{[4] [5]}
• 2000: Clyde^{[6] [5]}
• 2001: Clyde^{[7] [5]}
• 2002: Heart of Midlothian^{[8] [5]}
• 2003: Nairn County
• 2004: Dundee United
• 2005: Dumbarton
• 2006: Heart of Midlothian
• 2007: Alloa Athletic
• 2008: Dundee United
• 2009: Alloa Athletic
• 2010: Dundee United
• 2011: Alloa Athletic
• 2012: Heart of Midlothian
• 2013: Hamilton Academical
• 2014: Hamilton Academical
• 2015: Heart of Midlothian
• 2016: Hamilton Academical
• 2017: Hamilton Academical
• 2018: Dundee United
• 2019: Hamilton Academical^[9]

External links

• 2008 tournament
• 2007 tournament
• 2006 tournament
• 2005 tournament
• 2004 tournament
• 2003 tournament

Notes and References

1. News: United send top team to Oban . 2007-07-13 . . 2008-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606135720/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2007/07/13/story9991126t0.shtm . 2011-06-06 .
2. Web site: Pre Season Fixtures . Alloa Athletic F.C. . 2008-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080317183424/http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/newsArticle.asp?n=67 . 2008-03-17 .
3. News: Hamilton line up Liverpool friendly . 2008-05-29 . The Scotsman . 2008-06-27.
4. News: Oban Tournament 1999 . Clyde FC . 31 July 2020.
5. News: Oban Tournament Preview 2002 . Clyde FC . 12 July 2002 . 31 July 2020.
6. News: Oban Tournament 2000 . Clyde FC . 31 July 2020.
7. News: Oban Tournament 2001 . Clyde FC . 31 July 2020.
8. News: Oban Tournament 2002 . Clyde FC . 31 July 2020.
   News: Clyde Finish Second In Oban . Clyde FC . 13 July 2002 . 31 July 2020.
9. News: Oban Tournament Winners . HAFC . 13 July 2002 . 31 July 2020.