2008–09 Scottish League Cup

The 2008–09 Scottish League Cup was the 63rd season of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Celtic won the cup beating Rangers 2–0 after extra time thanks to a goal from Darren O'Dea and an Aiden McGeady penalty.

2008–09 Co-operative Insurance Cup
CountryScotland
Dates5 August 2008 – 15 March 2009
Teams42
Defending championsRangers
ChampionsCeltic
Runners-upRangers
Matches played41
Goals scored135 (3.29 per match)

Calendar

Round First match date[1] Fixtures Clubs
First round5 August 20081442 → 28
Second round26 August 20081228 → 16
Third round23 September 2008816 → 80
Quarter-finals28 October 200848 → 4
Semi-finals27 January 200924 → 2
Final15 March 200912 → 1

First round

The First round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on 2008-07-22.[2]

2008-08-05 Montrose 0–2 Cowdenbeath Links Park, Montrose
19:45 Report McGregor 6'
Fairbairn 81'
Attendance: 382
Referee: A Muir
2008-08-05 Ross County 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Dall 43'
Hart 76'
Report di Giacomo 23' 112'
Noble 86'
Attendance: 869
Referee: C Allan
2008-08-05 Dumbarton 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Annan Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
19:30 Logan 115'
Geggan Yellow card 103' Yellow-red card 104'
Penalty Shootout
Clark soccer ball with check mark
Logan soccer ball with check mark
Tiernan soccer ball with check mark
O'Byrne soccer ball with check mark
Murray soccer ball with check mark
Report Jack 103' (pen.)

Penalty Shootout
Jardine soccer ball with check mark
Johnstone soccer ball with check mark
Parker soccer ball with check mark
Adamson soccer ball with check mark
Inglis soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 462
Referee: G Hilland
2008-08-05 Peterhead 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
19:45 Report Phinn 46'
Kirk 50'
Attendance: 1,291
Referee: G Salmond
2008-08-05 Stranraer 3–6 Greenock Morton Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 Frizzel 37'
McColm 72'
Gibson 84'
Report McGuffie 5'
Wake 12' 85'
Russell 23' 32'
Paartalu 40'
Attendance: 317
Referee: S Finnie
2008-08-05 Alloa Athletic 2–0 Elgin City Recreation Park, Alloa
19:45 Scott 71'
Kelly 78'
Report Attendance: 269
Referee: C Brown
2008-08-05 Clyde 4–1 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Roddy MacLennan 15'
Gibson 63'
McSwegan 86' 88'
Report Harkins 82' Attendance: 690
Referee: Stuart Dougal
2008-08-05 Albion Rovers 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Raith Rovers Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge
19:45 Report Davidson Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 78' Attendance: 415
Referee: S Nicholls
2008-08-05 Partick Thistle 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:30 McKeown 39'
Gray 70' 97'
Chaplain 112'
Report Fotheringham 13'
Lilley 65'
Smith 103'
Attendance: 1,192
Referee: E Smith
2008-08-05 Stenhousemuir 1–5 St Johnstone Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 Love 12' Report Sheerin 23' (pen.)
Milne 78'
Holmes 79' 83'
Hardie 88'
Attendance: 687
Referee: C Boyle
2008-08-06 Ayr United 2–1 Berwick Rangers Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Aitken 40'
Williams 45'
Report Greenhill 12' Attendance: 745
Referee: S. Conroy
2008-08-06 East Fife 0–3 Brechin City Bayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Report Twigg 44'
White 65'
Ward
Attendance: 523
Referee: B. Winter
2008-08-06 Arbroath 3–2 Stirling Albion Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45 McMullan 48'
Wright 64'
Bishop 80'
Report A. Graham 5'
Harty 63'
Attendance: 448
Referee: J. McKendrick
2008-08-06 East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 B. Graham 90' Report Fox 80'
G. Smith 113'
Attendance: 360
Referee: C.Charleston

Source: Scottish Football League

Second round

The second round draw was conducted at The Signet Library, Edinburgh on 2008-08-11.[3]

26 August 2008 St Mirren 7–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45 Robb 18'
Mehmet 33', 50', 52'
Dorman 39'
Dargo 75'
Mason 77'
Report Attendance: 1,747
Referee: Steve O'Reilly
26 August 2008 Livingston 2–1 (a.e.t.) St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Griffiths 58'
Cuenca 95'
Report Craig 46' Attendance: 979
Referee: Steven Nicholls
26 August 2008 Dundee 1–2 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 McHale 80' Report Maxwell 78'
Harkins 87' (pen)
Attendance: 2,507
Referee: Willie Collum
26 August 2008 Hibernian 3–4 (a.e.t.) Greenock Morton Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45 Keenan 80'
Shiels 84'
Pinau 91'
Report Russell 29', 115' (pen)
Masterton 66'
Harding 118'
Attendance: 14,874
Referee: Iain Brines
26 August 2008 Hamilton Academical 3–1 Clyde New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Grady 17'
Thomas 81'
Stevenson 90' (pen)
Report Clarke 19'
Ohnesorge Yellow card 66' Red card
Attendance: 1,146
Referee: David Somers
26 August 2008 Cowdenbeath 1–5 Dundee United Central Park, Cowdenbeath
19:45 Dempster 74' Report Daly 30', 47', 80'
Goodwillie 41', 60'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Euan Norris
26 August 2008 Raith Rovers 1–3 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45 Walker Red card 58'
Campbell 74'
Report Higdon 16'
J. Stewart 35' (pen)
M. Stewart 84'
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2008 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Alloa Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45 Kirk 8' Report McKeown Red card 84' Attendance: 1,326
Referee: S McLean
27 August 2008 Arbroath 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45 Tosh 21'
Sellars 87' (pen)
Report Vigurs 18'
Wood 64'
Barrowman Yellow card 120' Red card
Attendance: 596
Referee: A Muir
27 August 2008 Ayr United 0–1 Aberdeen Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Report Maguire 40' Attendance: 2,979
Referee: Brian Winter
27 August 2008 Brechin City 0–2 Kilmarnock Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45 Report Wright 58'
Bryson 65'
Attendance: 802
Referee: Steve Conroy
27 August 2008 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Airdrie United Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45 Report McDonald Yellow card 107' Red card Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Eddie Smith

Source: Scottish Football League

Third round

The Third round draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 2008-09-01.[4]

23 September Celtic 4–0 Livingston Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Loovens 24'
Samaras 64' 85' (pen.) Scott Brown 81'
Report Attendance: 23,569
Referee: W Collum
23 September Dundee United 2–0 Airdrie United Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45 Goodwillie 33'
Robertson 42'
Report Attendance: 3,444
Referee: M Tumilty
23 September Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 St Mirren East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45 Bayne 69'
Wiles 74'
Report Attendance: 2,186
Referee: C Murray
23 September Falkirk 2–1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45 McCann 29'
Lovell 73'
Report Kean 58' Attendance: 2,058
Referee: E Smith
24 September Kilmarnock 4–2 Aberdeen Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Sammon 2' 33'
Fernandez 12'
Taouil 17' (pen.)
Report McDonald 6'
Miller 26' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: D McDonald
24 September Motherwell 1–2 (a.e.t.) Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45 Murphy 66'
Porter Red card 45'
Report Graham 53'
Ettien 95'
Mensing
Attendance: 5,590
Referee: I Brines
24 September Partick Thistle 1–2 (a.e.t.) Rangers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 McKeown 33' Report Boyd 25'
Mendes 116'
Attendance: 6,497
Referee: S Conroy

Source: Scottish Football League

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 September 2008.[5]

Dundee United1–0Dunfermline Athletic
S Robertson 16' Report
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: D McDonald

Falkirk1–0Inverness Caledonian Thistle
McCann 36' Report
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: S Conroy

Rangers2–0Hamilton Academical
Boyd 24'
Lafferty 50'
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,083
Referee: E Smith

Kilmarnock1–3Celtic
Invincibile 69' Report McDonald 11'
Nakamura 45'
McGeady 72'
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 6,319
Referee: C Thomson

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was conducted at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on 12 November 2008 by First Minister Alex Salmond, a representative of sponsors Co-operative Insurance and the Presiding Officer of the Parliament, Alex Fergusson.[6]

Rangers3–0Falkirk
Novo 8' 40'
Boyd 88'
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 24,507
Referee: C Richmond

Final

Celtic2–0 (a.e.t.)Rangers
O'Dea 91'
McGeady 120' (pen.)
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 51,193
Referee: D McDonald

Awards

A team, player and young player were chosen by the Scottish sports press as the top performers in each round.

RoundTeamPlayerYoung playerRef
R1Greenock Morton
R2Greenock MortonStephen Robertson (Airdrie United)Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
R3Dunfermline AthleticConor Sammon (Kilmarnock)David Goodwillie (Dundee United)[7]
QFScott Robertson (Dundee United)Scott Arfield (Falkirk)

Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup was available on SBS and Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup was broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC Red Button.

References

  1. "CIS Insurance Cup (match dates)". SFL. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  2. "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, first round draw)". SFL. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, second round draw)". SFL. 11 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  4. "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Third round draw)". Scottish Football League. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  5. "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Quarter-final draw)". Scottish Football League. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  6. "Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008–09". Scottish Football League. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  7. "Dundee United star David Goodwillie keen to make cup impact this time round". Daily Record. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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