2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final

September 2020 June 2012 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final 170px The match programme cover 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup St Mirren 2 Hamilton Academical 1 6 November 2005 Excelsior Stadium Airdrie S. Dougal 9,613 2004 2006 The 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Bell's Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between St Mirren and Hamilton Academical on 6 November 2005 at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchcuphist.html Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals RSSSF 16 June 2013 It was the 15th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League. St Mirren emerged winners after defeating Hamilton Academical 2–1 with goals from Simon Lappin and John SuttonSt Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies, BBC Sport. 2005-11-06. Retrieved 2009-12-31. to win the tournament for the first time after being losing finalists in 1993. Route to the final 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup St Mirren Round Opposition Score First round Forfar Athletic (h) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Second round Queen of the South (a) 2–1 Quarter-final Stenhousemuir (h) 3–2 Semi-final Greenock Morton (h) 0–0 (a.e.t.)(4–2 pen.) The first round draw paired St Mirren with Forfar Athletic at Love Street with the home team winning 1–0 after extra time.Scottish League Challenge Cup round 1 Results - 2005/06, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09. The second round was a trip to Dumfries to face Queen of the South at Palmerston Park with The Buddies producing 2–1 winScottish League Challenge Cup round 2 Results - 2005/06, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09. to progress to the quarter-finals. The opponents drawn were Stenhousemuir at home in the quarter-finals and St Mirren won 3–2.https://archive.today/20130102223635/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/3/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup round 3 Results - 2005/06, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09. The reward for reaching the semi-final was a home game at against Renfrewshire rivals, Greenock Morton with St Mirren edging out the opponents to win 4–2 on penalties after 0–0 after extra time.https://archive.today/20130103042124/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/4/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup Semi-finals Results - 2005/06, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09. St Mirren reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time, since losing the 1993 final against Falkirk. Hamilton Academical Round Opposition Score First round Queen's Park (a) 3–0 Second round Ross County (a) 1–0 Quarter-final Dundee (h) 2–0 Semi-final St Johnstone (a) 2–1 Hamilton Academical were drawn against Queen's Park at home in the first round and Hamilton came out 3–0 winners The second round draw saw Accies drawn against Ross County away from home with Hamilton emerging 1–0 winners. The quarter-final draw brought Dundee to New Douglas Park which saw Hamilton produce a 2–0 and awarded Accies their third consecutive clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition provided in the semi-final draw was St Johnstone and another away game which saw Hamilton triumph with a 2–1 victors to proceed to the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the third time in the club's history since winning both the 1991 and 1992 tournaments. Match 5 November 2005 15:00 GMT St Mirren 2–1 Report Hamilton Academical Lappin 22 Sutton 80 Tunbridge 47 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie Stuart Dougalhttps://archive.today/20130103074556/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/5/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup Final Results - 2005/06, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 9,613 _whitestripes FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF St Mirren _red_hoops _redhoops _red_hoops FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 Hamilton Academical St Mirren: GK 1SCO Chris SmithRWB 2 IRL David van Zanten CB 3 SCO Kirk Broadfoot CM 4SCO Andy Millen 76CB 5SCO Kevin McGowne (c) CB 6 SCO John Potter CM 7 SCO Hugh Murray CM 8SCO Charlie Adam 69CF 9 SCO Stewart KeanCF 10ENG John Sutton LWB 11 SCO Simon Lappin Substitutes:FW 12ENG Billy Mehmet 69DF 14 SCO Alan ReidMF 15SCO Mark Corcoran MF 16SCO Mark Reilly 76GK 17 SCO Craig HinchliffeManager:SCO Gus MacPhersonHamilton Academical: GK 1SCO David McEwanCB 2 SCO Stuart Balmer 81LB 3SCO Derek Fleming RB 4 SCO Steven Thomson (c) CB 5 SCO Mark McLaughlinCM 6 SCO Alex Neil LM 7 AUS Scott Tunbridge CM 8SCO Marvyn Wilson CF 9ENG Graeme Jones 38RM 10SCO Scott MacKenzieCF 11 SCO Pat Keogh 77Substitutes:DF 12SCO John Robertson 81MF 14SCO Brown Ferguson FW 15SCO Mark Gilhaney 77FW 16SCO Brian Carrigan 38GK 17SCO Raymond JellemaManager:SCO Billy Reid MATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions References 2005 Category:St Mirren F.C. matches Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. matches Final Category:November 2005 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Category:Football in North Lanarkshire