1990–91 Scottish Challenge Cup

1990–91 B&Q Centenary Cup
Country Scotland
Teams 28
Champions Dundee
Runner-up Ayr United
Matches played 27
Goals scored 91 (3.37 per match)
1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Scottish Challenge Cup was the inaugural season of the competition, which was also known as the B&Q Centenary Cup for sponsorship reasons. It was competed for by the 28 member clubs of the Scottish Football League Division One and Two.

The final was played on 11 November 1990,[1][2] between Ayr United and Dundee at Fir Park in Motherwell. Dundee won 3–2 after extra time[2] to become the first winners of the cup.

Contents

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First round Tuesday 2 October 1990 12 28 → 16
Second round Tuesday 16 October 1990 8 16 → 80
Quarter-finals Tuesday 23 October 1990 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals Tuesday 30 October 1990 2 4 → 2
Final Sunday 11 November 1990 1 2 → 1

First round

Dundee, East Stirlingshire, Hamilton Academical and Stranraer entered the second round.

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Airdrieonians 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Partick Thistle
Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic
Arbroath 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Queen's Park
Ayr United 3 – 0 Brechin City
Clyde 4 – 3 Dumbarton
Clydebank 1 – 2 East Fife
Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers
Falkirk 0 – 3 Raith Rovers
Kilmarnock 4 – 1 Stirling Albion
Meadowbank Thistle 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Morton
Montrose 2 – 0 Berwick Rangers
Stenhousemuir *0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South

Source: statto.com
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Airdrieonians 0 – 2 Clyde
Alloa Athletic 3 – 5 Dundee
East Fife 2 – 1 Stranraer
Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Arbroath
Montrose 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Ayr United
Morton 0 – 0* (a.e.t.) Cowdenbeath
Queen of the South 5 – 0 East Stirlingshire
Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Hamilton Academical

Source: statto.com
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

23 October 1990
 Ayr United 4 – 1 Queen of the South Somerset Park, Ayr
23 October 1990
 Clyde 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
23 October 1990
 East Fife 1 – 2 Kilmarnock Bayview Park, Methil
23 Ocotber 1990
 Raith Rovers 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy

Semi-finals

30 October 1990
 Ayr United 2 – 0 Clyde Somerset Park, Ayr
30 October 1990
 Kilmarnock 0 – 2 Dundee Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Final

11 November 1990
 Ayr United 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Dundee Fir Park, Motherwell
Attendance: 11,506[2]
Referee: Kenny Hope
D Smyth
I McAllister		 Report W Dodds , ,

References

  1. ^ Scottish Challenge Cup 1990-1991, statto.com. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. ^ a b c News - The Scottish Football League, scottishfootballleague.com. 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2011-06-29.

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