1996 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

1996 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
Event 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup
Stranraer St Johnstone
1 0
Date 3 November 1996
Venue Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee K. W. Clark (Paisley)[1]
Attendance 5,522[1]

The 1996 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was an association football match between Stranraer and St Johnstone on 3 November 1996 at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld.[2] It was the seventh final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.

The match was Stranraer's first national cup final in its 126-year history, whilst it was St Johnstone's first in 27 years since losing the Scottish League Cup Final in October 1969. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier Division, with St Johnstone from the First Division and Stranraer from the Second Division. The only goal of the game was from Tommy Sloan which was enough for Stranraer to win the match 1–0.[1]

Route to the final

Stranraer

Round Opposition Score
First round Berwick Rangers (a) 2–0
Second round Clyde (h) 2–1
Quarter-final East Fife (a) 1–0
Semi-final Greenock Morton (h) 3–0

Stranraer faced Berwick Rangers away from home at Shielfield Park, producing a 2–0[3] win and clean sheet. The second round draw saw Clyde travel to Stair Park with the home team winning 2–1.[3] The reward for reaching the quarter-final was an away game against East Fife in Methil with Stranraer edging out the opposition in a 1–0 victory[3] and second clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition was a home game against Greenock Morton, and Stranraer produced a third clean sheet in a 3–0 win[3] against the club, sending The Blues into their first ever Scottish Challenge Cup Final.[3]

St. Johnstone

Round Opposition Score
First round Albion Rovers (a) 2–1
Second round Ayr United (a) 3–0
Quarter-final Dundee (a) 5–1
Semi-final Montrose (h) 4–2

St Johnstone faced a trip to Albion Rovers' home of Cliftonhill in Coatbridge in the first round which saw the team emerge 2–1 winners.[3] The second round was another game on the road against Ayr United for St Johnstone with the visitors producing a 3–0 victory[3] to progress to the quarter-finals. A trip to Tayside neighbours Dundee was the reward for reaching the quarter-finals with The Saints triumphing 5–1 winners.[3] The semi-final draw paired the club with Montrose and St Johnstone's only home game of the tournament with the club winning 4–2[3] at McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone reached the Scottish Challenge Cup Final for the first time.[3]

Pre-match

Analysis

Stranraer had played two home games and two away games in the matches preceding the final, whereas, St Johnstone played only one game at their home of McDiarmid Park and played the other three games away from home. Stranraer scored a total of eight goal and conceded only one goal before the final, in the process keeping three clean sheets. St Johnstone amassed a total of fourteen goals scored and conceded only four, but kept only one clean sheet. This was the first appearance for both Stranraer and St Johnstone in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final since its inauguration in 1990.[3]

Final

3 November 1996
15:00 GMT
Stranraer 1 – 0 St Johnstone
Griffin  (o.g.)' Report
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Attendance: 5,522
Referee: Kenny Clark

Teams

Stranraer:
GK 1Scotland Barney Duffy
MF 2Scotland Graham Duncan
DF 3Scotland Tom Black
DF 4Scotland Jim Hughes
DF 5Scotland Tony Gallagher
DF 6Scotland John McCaffrey
FW 7Scotland Tommy Sloan
MF 8Scotland Alan Lansdowne
FW 9Scotland Gordon Young
MF 10Scotland Ian McAuley
MF 11Scotland Robert Docherty
Substitutes:
DF 12Scotland Derek Crawford
FW 14Scotland John McMillan
DF 15Scotland John Robertson
Manager:
Scotland Campbell Money
St Johnstone:
GK 1Scotland Alan Main
DF 2Scotland John McQuillan
DF 3Scotland Allan Preston
MF 4Austria Attila Sekerlioglu
DF 5Scotland Jim Weir
DF 6Northern Ireland Danny Griffin
MF 7Scotland Steve Tosh
MF 8Scotland John O'Neil
FW 9Scotland Roddy Grant
FW 10Scotland Ian Ferguson
MF 11Wales Leigh Jenkinson
Substitutes:
DF 12Scotland Andy Whiteford
MF 14Scotland Gary Farquhar
FW 15Sweden Peter Fyhr
Manager:
Scotland Paul Sturrock

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bell's Cup, scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Scottish Challenge Cup, statto.com. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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