2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup

2000–01 Bell's Challenge Cup
Country Scotland
Teams 30
Champions Airdrieonians
Runner-up Livingston
Matches played 29
Goals scored 97 (3.34 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup was the 10th season of the competition, which was also known as the Bell's Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons. It was competed for by the 30 member clubs of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Alloa Athletic, who defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–4 on penalties in the 1999 final.[1]

The final was played on 19 November 2000,[2] between Airdrieonians and Livingston at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld. Airdrieonians won 3–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw after extra time,[2] to win the tournament for the second time after winning it in 1994.

Contents

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First round Tuesday 15 August 2000 14 30 → 16
Second round Tue 29 Aug/Sat 2 Sep 2000 8 16 → 80
Quarter-finals Tuesday 12/19 September 2000 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals Tuesday 26 September 2000 2 4 → 2
Final Sunday 19 November 2000 1 2 → 1

First round

Hamilton Academical and Stenhousemuir received random byes into the second round.

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Airdrieonians 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Queen of the South
Albion Rovers 0 – 1 Clydebank
Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Brechin City 3 – 1 Ayr United
Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Falkirk
East Stirlingshire 3 – 0 East Fife
Elgin City 2 – 4 Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
2 – 4 (pen.)		 Peterhead
Partick Thistle 0 – 2 Livingston
Queen's Park 2 – 0 Montrose
Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Greenock Morton
Ross County 2 – 1 Clyde
Stirling Albion 2 – 3 Arbroath
Stranraer 4 – 2 Berwick Rangers

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

Second round

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Brechin City 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
4 – 2 (pen.)		 Queen's Park
Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir
East Stirlingshire 3 – 2 Greenock Morton
Ross County 0 – 3 Livingston
Arbroath 2 – 0 Dumbarton
Clydebank 1 – 0 Peterhead
Hamilton Academical 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Airdrieonians
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Stranraer

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

Quarter-finals

12 September 2000
 East Stirlingshire 4 – 0 Stenhousemuir Firs Park, Falkirk
Ferguson  1'
Hislop  2'
Hislop  3'
Davidson (O.G) > 4'		 Report
12 September 2000
 Livingston 3 – 1 Brechin City Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
McCormick  47'
Britton  66'
Keith  85'		 Report Leask  23'
12 September 2000
 Stranraer 3 – 2 Arbroath Stair Park, Stranraer
Harty  10',  36'
Geraghty  16'		 Report Mercer  45'
McGlashan  48'
19 September 2000
 Airdrieonians 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 pen.)		 Clydebank New Broomfield, Airdrie
Prest  55' Report Jacquin  65'

Semi-finals

26 September 2000
 Livingston 2 – 1 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Bingham  21' (pen.)
Anderson  44'		 Report McKechnie  4'
26 September 2000
 Stranraer 2 – 4 (a.e.t.) Airdrieonians Stair Park, Stranraer
Harty  8'
George  20'		 Report Prest  3'
Fernández  10'
Taylor  101'
McKeown  113'

Final

Main article: 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
19 November 2000
15:00
 Airdrieonians 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 pen.)		 Livingston Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Attendance: 5,623
Referee: J Rowbotham
Prest  28'
McGuire  78'		 Report Crabbe  15'
Anderson  50'

References

  1. ^ Scottish Challenge Cup 1999-2000, statto.com. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  2. ^ a b Scottish Challenge Cup 2000/01, Soccerbase. Retrieved 2011-06-28.

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