2007–08 Scottish League Cup

The 2007–08 Scottish League Cup was the 62nd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

Rangers won the cup by defeating Dundee United in the Final, winning 3–2 on penalties after the match was drawn 2–2 after extra-time.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Berwick Rangers !Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir Gemmill  15' (pen.) Bolochoweckyj  105' Wood  111' Lyle  90' McCulloch  16', 92' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed Attendance 3,395 Referee C Brown
Brechin City !Brechin City 0–1 Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion McKenna  31' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Glebe Park, Brechin Attendance 403 Referee A Freeland
Clyde !Clyde 0–3 Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers Tod  21' Carcary  70' Weir  80' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Attendance 892 Referee B Winter
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton !Dumbarton Clarke  69' Dalziel  77' McBride  25', 84' Nugent  82' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Central Park, Cowdenbeath Attendance 322 Referee M Tumilty
Dundee !Dundee 2–0 Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton Zemlik  47' Swankie  52' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Dens Park, Dundee Attendance 2,942 Referee E Smith
Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic 0–1 Peterhead !Peterhead Istead  15' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Station Park, Forfar Attendance 388 Referee C Charleston
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical 2–1 East Stirlingshire !East Stirlingshire Offiong  30' McLeod  76' McBride  57' (pen) Struthers  86' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium New Douglas Park, Hamilton Attendance 554 Referee C Boyle
Livingston !Livingston 5–0 Ayr United !Ayr United Craig  3' Snodgrass  36' MacKay  39',  83' (pen) Lowing  75' (o.g.) Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium City Stadium, Livingston Attendance 1,300 Referee W Collum
Queen's Park !Queen's Park 2–1 Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic Canning  26' Trouten  40' Mackie  65' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance 429 Referee J McKendrick
Ross County !Ross County 3–1 Elgin City !Elgin City Dowie  23' Barrowman  72',  90' Charlesworth  44' Report Report link Date 7 August 2007 Stadium Victoria Park, Dingwall Attendance 1,100 Referee D Somers
Arbroath !Arbroath 4–2 Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers Brazil  1',  6' Scott  20' Sellars  22' Hunter  80' Chisholm  88' Report Report link Date 8 August 2007 Stadium Gayfield Park, Arbroath Attendance 525 Referee S Nicholls
East Fife !East Fife 1–0 Queen of the South !Queen of the South McDonald  63' Harris  56' Report Report link Date 8 August 2007 Stadium Bayview Stadium, Methil Attendance 693 Referee S O'Reilly
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle 2–1 Airdrie United !Airdrie United Harkins  14' Murray  88' McKenna  61' Report Report link Date 8 August 2007 Stadium Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Attendance 2,125 Referee C Richmond
Stranraer !Stranraer 1–2 Montrose !Montrose Keogh  54' Stein  17' Gibson  34' Thomson  54', 90' Report Report link Date 8 August 2007 Stadium Links Park, Montrose Attendance 280 Referee A Muir

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

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Berwick Rangers !Berwick Rangers 2–3 Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical Diack  31' Parratt  65' (o.g.) Winters  15' Wake  55',  75' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Shielfield, Berwick-upon-Tweed Attendance 402 Referee D Somers
Dundee !Dundee 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (pen.) Livingston !Livingston Robertson  33' Lyle  86' (pen.) Mitchell  8' Craig  49' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Dens Park, Dundee Attendance 2,355 Referee C MacKay
Gretna !Gretna 3–1 Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath Barr  52' Yantorno  85' Jenkins  88' O'Neil  13' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance 342 Referee B Winter
Inverness Caledonian Thistle !Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Arbroath !Arbroath Niculae  34',  74' Wyness  64' Scott  71' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance 1,246 Referee S Finnie
Montrose !Montrose 1–2 Falkirk !Falkirk Wood  83' Higdon  17' Thomson  60' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Links Park, Montrose Attendance 642 Referee A Freeland
Peterhead !Peterhead 0–3 Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock Nish  30' Wright  48' Naismith  55' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Balmoor, Peterhead Attendance 1,118 Referee M Tumilty
Queen's Park !Queen's Park 1–2 Hibernian !Hibernian Dunlop  62' Morais  56' Fletcher  58' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance 2,343 Referee E Smith
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.) St Johnstone !St Johnstone Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Firhill, Glasgow Attendance 1,765 Referee M McCurry
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion 0–2 Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian Ellis  39' (o.g.) Kingston  53' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium Forthbank Stadium, Stirling Attendance 2,059 Referee J Underhill
St Mirren !St Mirren 0–1 East Fife !East Fife O'Reilly  63' Report Report link Date 28 August 2007 Stadium St. Mirren Park, Paisley Attendance 1,782 Referee S Conroy
Dundee United !Dundee United 2–1 Ross County !Ross County Hunt  65' (pen.) J Robertson  88' Barrowman  78' Report Report link Date 29 August 2007 Stadium Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance 3,114 Referee C Allan
Motherwell !Motherwell 3–1 Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers McLean  45' McCormack  74' Porter  90' Carcary  48' Date 29 August 2007 Stadium Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance 3,571 Referee W Collum rep=

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

Third round

Falkirk v Dundee United

25 September 2007

Falkirk	0–1	Dundee United
	Report	Wilkie  60'

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk Attendance: 2,804 Referee: C Thomson

Hamilton v Kilmarnock

25 September 2007

Hamilton	2–0	Kilmarnock
McCarthy  16' McArthur  37'	Report

New Douglas Park, Hamilton Attendance: 2,627 Referee: K Clarke

Hearts v Dunfermline Athletic

25 September 2007

Hearts	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic
Nadé  34' (pen.) Berra  97' Elliot  100'  102'	Report	Simmons  84'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Attendance: 10,500 Referee: B Winter

Inverness CT v Gretna

25 September 2007

Inverness CT	3–0	Gretna
Bayne  21' Wilson  67' Wyness  80'	Report

Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 1,717 Referee: A Freeland

Dundee v Celtic

26 September 2007

Dundee	1–2	Celtic
McDonald  71'	Report	McDonald  27' Vennegoor of Hesselink  60'

Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 8,203 Referee: I Brines

East Fife v Rangers

26 September 2007

East Fife	0–4	Rangers
	Report	Novo  14' Boyd  35'  66' (pen.) Cuéllar  54'

East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 7,413 Referee: W Collum

Hibernian v Motherwell

26 September 2007

Hibernian	2–4	Motherwell
Donaldson  11' Antoine-Curier  85'	Report	Clarkson  17' Lasley  20' McCormack  24' Porter  83'

Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 7,000 Referee: M Tumilty

Partick Thistle v Aberdeen

26 September 2007 19:45

Partick Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen
	Report	Young  42' Considine  64'

Firhill, Glasgow Attendance: 3,337 Referee: S Dougal

Quarter-finals

Aberdeen v Inverness CT

31 October 2007 19:45

Aberdeen	4–1	Inverness CT
Nicholson  10' (pen.)  22'  78' (pen.) Miller  45'	Report	Bayne  68'

Pittodrie, Aberdeen Attendance: 7,270 Referee: J Underhill

Celtic v Hearts

31 October 2007

Celtic	0–2	Hearts
	Report	Velicka  77',  86'

Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 21,492 Referee: K Clark

Dundee United v Hamilton Academical

31 October 2007

Dundee United	3–1	Hamilton Academical
Hunt  10',  77',  85'	Report	Offiong  79' (pen.)

Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance: 4,567 Referee: M McCurry

Motherwell v Rangers

31 October 2007

Motherwell	1–2	Rangers
Quinn  90'	Report	Novo  22' Boyd  53'

Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,283 Referee: I Brines

Semi-finals

Rangers v Hearts

30 January 2008

Rangers	2–0	Hearts
Ferguson  50' Darcheville  69'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 31,989 Referee: M McCurry

Aberdeen v Dundee United

5 February 2008

Aberdeen	1–4	Dundee United
Considine  18' Miller  35', 68'	Report	Dods  22' Kalvenes  59' Conway  65' Gomis  77'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 12,046 Referee: S Dougal

Final

Dundee United v Rangers

16 March 2008 15:00

Dundee United	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Hunt  34' de Vries  95'	Report	Boyd  86'  113'
	Penalties
Willo Flood Craig Conway Mark de Vries David Robertson Lee Wilkie	2 – 3 Dundee United went first	Jean-Claude Darcheville Steven Whittaker Steven Davis Lee McCulloch Kris Boyd

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,019 Referee: K Clark

Top scorers

Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup is currently broadcast on BBC Scotland.

External links

• BBC Scottish Cups page