Scottish Challenge Cup 2006-07

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The Scottish Challenge Cup 2006-07 was the 16th staging of the Scottish Challenge Cup, which is played amongst all 30 members of the Scottish Football League. Ross County and Clyde were this years finalists. The match was played at McDiarmid Park, Perth.

1 First Round
- 1.1 North & East Region
- 1.2 South & West Region
2 Second Round
3 Quarter Finals
4 Semi Finals
5 Final
- 5.1 Teams
6 Top Scorers

[edit] First Round

[edit] North & East Region

August 15, 2006	Brechin City	1-2	Arbroath	Glebe Park, Brechin Ref: Scott MacDonald Attendance: 506
	Callaghan pen 35'	Report	Cook 36', Rennie 51'

August 15, 2006	Cowdenbeath	4-0	Stirling Albion	Central Park, Cowdenbeath Ref: Stephen Finnie Attendance: 497
	Clarke 15', Fotheringham 25', Paatelainen 53', Dalziel 63'	Report

August 16, 2006	East Fife	0-3	Ross County	Bayview Stadium, Fife Ref: Mike Tumilty Attendance: 304
		Report	Dowie 21', Gunn 70', 72'

August 16, 2006	Elgin City	2-0	Stenhousemuir	Borough Briggs, Elgin Ref: Willie Collum Attendance: 276
	Charlesworth 79', 90'	Report

August 15, 2006	Forfar Athletic	2-1	Dundee	Station Park, Forfar Ref: Calum Murray Attendance: 840
	Gribben 51', Coyle 75'	Report	Swankie 90'

August 16, 2006	Montrose	2-0	Peterhead	Links Park, Montrose Ref: David Somers Attendance: 335
	Henslee 52', Michie 56'	Report

August 15, 2006	St Johnstone	3-1 AET	Raith Rovers	McDiarmid Park, Perth Ref: Chris Boyle Attendance: 1261
	Milne 24', 112', James 97'	Report	One 8'

Bye - Alloa Athletic

[edit] South & West Region

August 16, 2006	Airdrie United	0-3	Gretna	New Broomfield, Airdrie Ref: Kenny Clark Attendance: 1093
		Report	Deuchar 12', 76' Tosh 71'

August 15, 2006	Ayr United	2-1	Livingston	Somerset Park, Ayr Ref: Mike McCurry Attendance: 949
	Hislop OG 28', Vareille 75'	Report	Craig 17'

August 15, 2006	Dumbarton	1-2	Greenock Morton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Ref: Euan Norris Attendance: 932
	McNaught 114'	Report	Weatherson 117', 119'

August 15, 2006	East Stirling	0-5	Queens Park	Firs Park, Falkirk Ref: Attendance:
			Ronald 24', Livingstone OG 25', Bowers 37', Paton 51', Molloy 54'	Firs Park, Falkirk Ref: Attendance:

August 15, 2006	Hamilton Academical	3-1	Berwick Rangers	New Douglas Park, Hamilton Ref: Steve Conroy Attendance: 590
	Tunbridge 24', Payo 54' Offiong 90'	Report	Horn 2'

August 15, 2006	Partick Thistle	1-2	Albion Rovers	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Ref: Colin Hardy Attendance: 1208
	Ferguson 21'	Report	McBride 3', Chaplain 28'

August 15, 2006	Queen of the South	1-0	Stranraer	Palmerston Park, Dumfries Ref: Dougie McDonald Attendance: 1389
	O'Neil pen 52'	Report

Bye - Clyde

[edit] Second Round

August 29, 2006	Albion Rovers	5-2	Elgin City	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Ref:Colin Hardie Attendance: 180
	Donnelly pen 14', Lennon 19' Chaplain 60', 64' Savage 71'	Report	Kaczan 56', MacKay 88'

August 29, 2006	Forfar Athletic	1-3	Arbroath	Station Park, Forfar Ref: Mike Tumilty Attendance: 628
	Lunan 14'	Report	Brazil 27', Stein 64' Sellars 72'

August 29, 2006	Greenock Morton	3-2	Cowdenbeath	Cappielow, Greenock Ref: Willie Collum Attendance: 1175
	McLaughlin 10', McGowan 12', Millar 16'	Report	Clarke 48' Fotheringham 61'

August 30, 2006	Gretna	3-1	Hamilton Academical	Raydale Park, Gretna Ref: Martin Sproule Attendance: 841
	David Graham 3', Townsley 42' McGuffie pen 51'	Report	Neill 17'

August 30, 2006	Montrose	0-3	Clyde	Links Park, Montrose Ref:Crawford Allan Attendance: 427
		Report	McHale pen 40', Ferguson 62', Imrie 90'

August 30, 2006	Queen of the South	2-2 AET 4-5 pens	Ayr United	Palmerston Park, Dumfries Ref: John Underhill Attendance: 1239
	O'Neil 63', Lauchlan 78'	Report	Robertson pen 50', Weaver 90'

August 29, 2006	Ross County	2-1 AET	Alloa Athletic	Victoria Park, Dingwall Ref: Stephen Finnie Attendance: 750
	McKinlay 62', pen 120'	Report	Townsley 1'

August 29, 2006	St Johnstone	3-0	Queens Park	McDiarmid Park, Perth Ref: Eddie Smith Attendance: 135
	Scotland 19', 59' MacDonald 38'	Report

[edit] Quarter Finals

September 12, 2006	Albion Rovers	3-3 AET 5-3 pens	Arbroath	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Ref: Attendance: 320
	Savage 20', Chisholm 42' Chaplain 58'	Report	Martin 16', 44', Sellars 87'	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Ref: Attendance: 320

September 12, 2006	Clyde	1-0	Ayr United	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Ref: Kenny Clark Attendance: 682
	McHale 60'	Report

September 12, 2006	Greenock Morton	3-2	St Johnstone	Cappielow, Greenock Ref: David Sommers Attendance: 2300
	Harding 49', McGowan 54', 89'	Report	Mensing 7', 80'

September 12, 2006	Ross County	3-2 AET	Gretna	Victoria Park, Dingwall Ref: Alan Freeland Attendance: 1200
	Williams 35', Ciani 40' Anderson 96'	Report	McMenamin 73', Jenkins 77'

[edit] Semi Finals

September 27, 2006	Ross County	4-1	Albion Rovers	Victoria Park, Dingwall Ref: Craig Thomson Attendance: 1050
	Higgins 11', 50' Gunn 85', McKinlay pen 87'	Report	Dowie(Own Goal) 56'

September 27, 2006	Clyde	3-1	Greenock Morton	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Ref: Calum Murray Attendance: 2296
	Michael McGowan 13' Higgins 41', Bryson 79'	Report	Higgins(Own Goal) 63'

[edit] Final

November 12, 2006	Ross County	1-1 AET 5-4 on Pens	Clyde	McDiarmid Park, Perth Ref: Craig Thomson Attendance: 4062
	Andy Dowie 80'	Report	Roddy Hunter 43'

[edit] Teams


ROSS COUNTY :
GK	1	Craig Samson
RB	2	Gary Irvine
CB	3	Alex Keddie
CB	4	Andy Dowie	39'	80'
LB	5	Kevin McKinlay
RM	6	Craig Gunn
CF	7	Michael Gardyne
CM	8	Derek Adams
CF	9	Amick Ciani	17'	115'
CM	10	Don Cowie(Captain)		102'
LM	11	Martin Scott	25'	117'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Joe Malin
DF	14	Mark McCulloch
DF	15	Hugh Robertson		102'
MF	16	Stuart Anderson		117'
FW	17	Jason Crooks		115'
Manager:
Scott Leitch


CLYDE:
GK	1	David Hutton
CB	2	Neil McGregor	119'
LWB	3	Eddie Malone	93'
CB	4	Chris Higgins	117'
CB	5	Craig McKeown
CM	6	Paul McHale(Captain)
CM	7	Craig Bryson		107'
CM	8	Stephen O'Donnell	51'
CF	9	Andy Ferguson		79'
CF	10	Roddy Hunter	43'	79'
RWB	11	Ryan McCann	115'
Substitutes:
FW	12	Sean McKenna		79'
DF	14	Robert Harris
FW	15	Kevin Bradley		79'
MF	16	Joe Miller		107'
GK	17	Peter Cherrie
Manager:
Joe Miller

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

Man of the Match - Paul McHale

[edit] Top Scorers

4 goals

Scott Chaplain - Albion Rovers

3 goals

Craig Gunn - Ross County
Kevin McKinlay - Ross County
Paul McGowan - Greenock Morton

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