2008 Scottish Challenge Cup final

November 2019 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2008–09 Scottish Challenge Cup Airdrie United 2 Ross County 2 After extra timeAirdrie United won 3–2 on penalties 16 November 2008 McDiarmid Park Perth Calum Murray 4,091 2007 2009 The 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup final was played on 16 November 2008 and was the 18th Scottish Challenge Cup final. The final was contested by Ross County who beat Greenock Morton 4–1 in their semi-finalhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7662484.stm Ross County 4-1 Morton 12 October 2008 BBC Sport 12 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081014051643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7662484.stm 14 October 2008 live and Airdrie United who beat Partick Thistle 1–0.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/7662480.stm Partick Thistle 0-1 Airdrie Utd 12 October 2008 BBC Sport 12 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015153400/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7662480.stm 15 October 2008 live The match was played at McDiarmid Park, Perth. Airdrie won the game 3–2 on penalties, after the match ended 2–2 following extra time. Both teams had appeared in a Challenge Cup final before, Ross County had been in two, defeating Clyde on penalties in the 2006 finalhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6137982.stm Ross County 1-1 Clyde (aet) BBC Sport 12 October 2008 2006-11-12 but losing the 2004 final to Falkirk.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/3984441.stm Falkirk 2-1 Ross County 7 November 2004 BBC Sport 12 October 2008 whereas Airdrie's only final ended in defeat, losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the 2003 final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/3209013.stm Inverness CT claim cup win BBC Sport 12 October 2008 2003-10-26 Route to the final 2008–09 Scottish Challenge Cup Airdrie United Round Opposition Score First round Dumbarton (h) 3–2 Second round East Fife (a) 2–0 Quarter-final Cowdenbeath (a) 2–1 Semi-final Partick Thistle (a) 1–0 Ross County Round Opposition Score First round St Johnstone (h) 2–1 Second round Raith Rovers (a) 2–1 Quarter-final Clyde (a) 1–0 Semi-final Greenock Morton (h) 4–1 Match details 16 November 2008 15:00 Airdrie United 2–2 yes Report Ross County McKenna 80 Dowie 103 o.g. Nixon 59 o.g. Higgins 113 McDiarmid Park, Perth Calum Murray 4,091 Lynch McLaughlin Hazley McDonald Smyth 3–2 Winters Higgins Hart Morrison Scott _reddiamond _largereddiamondwhite _reddiamond FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF DD0000 Airdrie United _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _adidas_snake_white_white_shoulder_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _white_stripes _3_stripes_red 000066 000066 000066 000066 FFFFFF Ross County AIRDRIE UNITED: GK 1SCO Stephen RobertsonRB 2 NIR Marc Smyth 17LB 3SCO Paul Lovering 48CM 4ENG Kevin McDonald 91CB 5 SCO Bobby DonnellyCB 6 SCO David Nixon 70RM 7 SCO Steven McDougall 68CM 8SCO Stephen McKennaCF 9 SCO Paul di Giacomo CM 10SCO Scott McLaughlinLM 11 ENG Joe Cardle 83Substitutes:MF 12SCO Darren Smith 70DF 14NIR Matthew Hazley 48FW 15SCO Simon Lynch 68FW 16 SCO Stuart Noble GK 17 SCO Lee HollisManager:SCO Kenny BlackROSS COUNTY: GK 1ENG Tony BullockRB 2 SCO Mark McCullochLB 3 SCO Alex Keddie 96CB 4SCO Andy DowieCB 5 SCO Scott Boyd 108RM 6SCO Michael Gardyne 105CM 7 SCO Richie HartCM 8SCO Richard Brittain 105CF 9ANT Dyron Daal CF 10 SCO Sean Higgins 120+1LM 11 SCO Adam Strachan 114Substitutes:MF 12SCO Martin Scott 105DF 14SCO Steven Watt MF 15SCO Scott Morrison 114FW 16SCO David Winters 105GK 18SCO Joe Malin Manager:SCO Derek Adams 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 2008 Category:Ross County F.C. matches Category:Airdrieonians F.C. matches Final Category:Sport in Perth, Scotland Category:November 2008 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football in Perth and Kinross