2003 Scottish Challenge Cup final

March 2018 March 2018 2003 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup InvernessCaledonian Thistle 2 AirdrieUnited 0 26 October 2003 McDiarmid Park Perth Willie Young 5,428 2002 2004 The 2003 Scottish Challenge Cup final was played on 26 October 2003, at McDiarmid Park in Perth and was the 13th staging of the final in the history of the tournament. It was played between Inverness Caledonian Thistle of the First Division and Airdrie United of the Second Division. Inverness Caledonian Thistle emerged winners after defeating Airdrie United 2–0 to win the competition for the first time. Route to the final 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup Inverness Caledonian Thistle Round Opposition Score First round Gretna (a) 5–0 Second round Peterhead (a) 2–1 Quarter-final Ross County (h) 1–0 Semi-final Raith Rovers (a) 4–0 The first round draw saw Inverness Caledonian Thistle travel to Raydale Park to face Gretna with Caley Thistle emerging 5–0 victors.Scottish League Challenge Cup round 1 Results - 2003/04 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013553/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2003/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/1/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 26 October 2012 , ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12. The second round was another away game with Peterhead providing the opposition, Inverness won 2–1 to progress to the quarter-finals.Scottish League Challenge Cup round 2 Results - 2003/04 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013750/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2003/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/2/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 26 October 2012 , ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12. A home game at the Caledonian Stadium against rivals Ross County was the reward for reaching the quarter-finals, with the home side edging out the opposition to win 1–0.Scottish League Challenge Cup round 3 Results - 2003/04, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12. The semi-final draw paired the club with Raith Rovers away from home at Stark's Park. Inverness Caledonian Thistle triumphed to win 4–0Scottish League Challenge Cup Semi-finals Results - 2003/04, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12. and book a place in the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time after losing the 1999 final to Alloa Athletic. Airdrie United Round Opposition Score First round Montrose (h) 2–0 Second round Greenock Morton (a) 2–1 Quarter-final Forfar Athletic (a) 2–0 Semi-final Brechin City (a) 2–1 Airdrie United were drawn against Montrose at home in the first round and produced a 2–0 victory over the club. The second round saw United drawn against Greenock Morton away from home at Cappielow and produced 2–1 win to progress to the quarter-finals. Another away game awaited Airdrie United in the quarter-finals as they were drawn against Forfar Athletic which saw the club produce a 2–0 win and a second clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition provided was Brechin City at Glebe Park, again away from home with Airdrie United emerging 2–1 winners after extra time. Airdrie United reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the first time in the club's history. Pre-match Analysis Inverness Caledonian Thistle scored a total of twelve goals in the rounds preceding the final whilst conceding only one goal in the process. Compared with Airdrie United who scored eight goals in total and conceded two, although only managing two clean sheets compared to Inverness Caledonian Thistle's three. Both teams played three games away from their respective homes of Caledonian Stadium and New Broomfield, whilst only playing one home game each. Inverness Caledonian Thistle reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time in its history after losing on penalties in the 1999 final to Alloa Athletic after a 4–4 draw after extra time, whereas it was Airdrie United's first time in the final under their new identity. Match details 75% 26 October 2003 15:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Report Airdrie United Bingham 79 Hislop 89 McDiarmid Park, Perth Willie Young 5,428 INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE: GK 1SCO Mark BrownDF 2 SCO Ross Tokely DF 3 SCO Stuart Golabek DF 4SCO Bobby Mann (c)DF 5SCO Stuart McCaffrey MF 6 SCO Russell Duncan MF 7 SCO Barry Wilson MF 8SCO Richie Hart 86FW 9 SCO Paul Ritchie 58MF 10SCO Roy McBain FW 11 SCO David Bingham 90Substitutes:DF 12SCO Grant Munro MF 14 SCO Darran Thomson 90FW 15SCO Steven Hislop 58FW 16SCO Liam Keogh 86GK 17 SCO Michael FraserManager:SCO John RobertsonAIRDRIE UNITED: GK 1SCO Mark McGeownDF 2 SCO Stephen Docherty (c) 64DF 3SCO Sandy Stewart DF 4 SCO Scott Wilson 73DF 5 SCO Allan McManusMF 6 SCO Willie Wilson FW 7 FRA Jerome Vareille 83MF 8SCO Marvyn WilsonFW 9SCO Mark Roberts MF 10SCO David DunnMF 11 SCO Alan Gow Substitutes:FW 12SCO Paul Ronald 73DF 14BEN Felicien Singbo 64MF 15SCO Stephen McKeown 83FW 16SCO Martin Glancy GK 17SCO Lee HollisManager:SCO Sandy Stewart MATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions References 2003 Category:Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. matches Category:Airdrieonians F.C. matches Final Category:Sport in Perth, Scotland Category:October 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football in Perth and Kinross