2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup

September 2014 April 2026 2000–01 Bell's Challenge Cup Scotland 30 Airdrieonians Livingston 29 97 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup was the tenth 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; and lost 3–2 to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the First round.Scottish Challenge Cup 1999–2000, statto.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011. The final was played on 19 November 2000,Scottish Challenge Cup 2000/01, Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 June 2011. between Airdrieonians and Livingston at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld. Airdrieonians won 3–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw after extra time, to win the tournament for the second time after winning it in 1994. Schedule Round First match date Fixtures Clubs First round Tuesday 15 August 2000 14 30 → 16 Second round Tue 29 Aug/Sat 2 September 2000 8 16 → 8 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. 15 August 2000 2 – 1 y Airdrieonians Calderón 66Clark 92 Queen of the South Atkinson 47Hodge 0 85 New Broomfield, Airdrie 15 August 2000 0–1 Albion Rovers Clydebank Coyne 34 Cliftonhill, Coatbridge 15 August 2000 2–3 Alloa Athletic Hamilton 1, 7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stewart 53, 82Bavidge 85 Recreation Park, Alloa 15 August 2000 3–1 Brechin City Duffy 23 o.g.Sturrock 45Grant 79 Ayr United McGinlay 50 Glebe Park, Brechin 15 August 2000 2 – 1 y Cowdenbeath Brown 18Juskowiak 113 Falkirk Hutchison 5 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 15 August 2000 3–0 East Stirlingshire Hislop 24McKechnie 71Lynes 83 East Fife Firs Park, Falkirk 15 August 2000 2–4 Elgin City Green 62, 63 Dumbarton Flannery 44, 51, 65Brown 78 Borough Briggs, Elgin 15 August 2000 1 – 1 y Forfar Athletic McPhee 49 Peterhead Clark 14 2–4 Station Park, Forfar 15 August 2000 0–2 Partick Thistle Livingston Britton 82Wilson 90 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 15 August 2000 2–0 Queen's Park Gallagher 8, 40 pen. Montrose Hampden Park, Glasgow 15 August 2000 0–4 Raith Rovers Greenock Morton Whalen 25, 61Matheson 56Kerr 81 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 15 August 2000 2–1 Ross County Bone 16Henderson 61 Clyde Cannie 71 pen. Victoria Park, Dingwall 15 August 2000 2–3 Stirling Albion O'Neill 28McAulay 77Millar 0 55 Arbroath Rowe 18McGlashan 46, 56 pen.King 0 76 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 15 August 2000 4–2 Stranraer Wright 2WalkerGeraghty 49Harty 56 Berwick Rangers McMartin 68Oliver 70 Stair Park, Stranraer Source: Soccerbase Second round 29 August 2000 1 – 1 y Brechin City Sturrock 27 Queen's Park Finlayson 20 4–2 Glebe Park, Brechin 29 August 2000 1–2 Cowdenbeath McDowell 68 Stenhousemuir Gibson 69Menelows 72 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 29 August 2000 3–2 East Stirlingshire Gordon 48Lynes 62Todd 80 Greenock Morton Boukraa 13Matheson 81 Firs Park, Falkirk 29 August 2000 0–3 Ross County Livingston Bingham 50Britton 54, 80 Victoria Park, Dingwall 2 September 2000 2–0 Arbroath Mallan 88Brownlie 90 pen. Dumbarton Gayfield Park, Arbroath 2 September 2000 1–0 Clydebank McCormick 15 Peterhead Cooper 0 31 2 September 2000 0 – 1 y Hamilton Academical Airdrieonians Pacífico 97 2 September 2000 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Bavidge 57 Stranraer Rae 35Harty 48 pen. Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Source: Soccerbase Quarter-finals 12 September 2000 East Stirlingshire 4–0 Report Stenhousemuir Ferguson 1 Hislop 2 Hislop 3 Davidson 4 o.g. Firs Park, Falkirk 12 September 2000 Livingston 3–1 Report Brechin City McCormick 47Britton 66Keith 85 Leask 23 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 12 September 2000 Stranraer 3–2 Report Arbroath Harty 10 36Geraghty 16 Mercer 45McGlashan 48 Stair Park, Stranraer 19 September 2000 Airdrieonians 1–1 yes 4–3 http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=611 Clydebank Prest 55 Jacquin 65 New Broomfield, Airdrie Semi-finals 26 September 2000 Livingston 2–1 Report East Stirlingshire Bingham 21 pen.Anderson 44 McKechnie 4 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 26 September 2000 Stranraer 2 – 4 Report Airdrieonians Harty 8George 20 Prest 3Fernández 10Taylor 101McKeown 113 Stair Park, Stranraer Final 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup Final 19 November 2000 15:00 Airdrieonians 2–2 yes 3–2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1031544.stm Livingston Prest 28 McGuire 78 Crabbe 15 Anderson 50 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld J Rowbotham 5,623 References External links Scottish Football League Scottish Challenge Cup on Scottish Football League website ESPN Soccernet https://web.archive.org/web/20121026002942/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/league/_/league/sco.challenge/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 26 October 2012 Scottish League Challenge Cup homepage on ESPN Soccernet BBC Sport – Scottish Cups Challenge Cup on BBC Sport Category:Scottish Challenge Cup seasons Challenge Cup