1996 Scottish Challenge Cup final

Football match April 2013 March 2023 1996 Scottish Challenge Cup final 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup Stranraer 1 St Johnstone 0 3 November 1996 Broadwood Stadium Cumbernauld K. W. Clark (Paisley) 5,522 1995 1997 The 1996 Scottish Challenge Cup final was an association football match between Stranraer and St Johnstone on 3 November 1996 at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotchcuphist.html Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 27 May 2013 It was the seventh final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League. The match was Stranraer's first national cup final in its 126-year history, whilst it was St Johnstone's first in 27 years since losing the Scottish League Cup Final in October 1969. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier Division, with St Johnstone from the First Division and Stranraer from the Second Division. The only goal of the game was from Tommy Sloan, which was enough for Stranraer to win the match 1–0.Bell's Cup, scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2013. Route to the final 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup Stranraer Round Opposition Score First round Berwick Rangers (a) 2–0 Second round Clyde (h) 2–1 Quarter-final East Fife (a) 1–0 Semi-final Greenock Morton (h) 3–0 Stranraer faced Berwick Rangers away from home at Shielfield Park, producing a 2–0Scottish Challenge Cup, statto.com. Retrieved 16 June 2011. win and clean sheet. The second round draw saw Clyde travel to Stair Park with the home team winning 2–1. The reward for reaching the quarter-final was an away game against East Fife in Methil with Stranraer edging out the opposition in a 1–0 victory and second clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition was a home game against Greenock Morton, and Stranraer produced a third clean sheet in a 3–0 win against the club, sending The Blues into their first ever Scottish Challenge Cup final. St. Johnstone Round Opposition Score First round Albion Rovers (a) 2–1 Second round Ayr United (a) 3–0 Quarter-final Dundee (a) 5–1 Semi-final Montrose (h) 4–2 St Johnstone faced a trip to Albion Rovers' home of Cliftonhill in Coatbridge in the first round which saw the team emerge 2–1 winners. The second round was another game on the road against Ayr United for St Johnstone with the visitors producing a 3–0 victory to progress to the quarter-finals. A trip to Tayside neighbours Dundee was the reward for reaching the quarter-finals with The Saints triumphing 5–1 winners. The semi-final draw paired the club with Montrose and St Johnstone's only home game of the tournament with the club winning 4–2 at McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the first time. Pre-match Analysis Stranraer had played two home games and two away games in the matches preceding the final, whereas, St Johnstone played only one game at their home of McDiarmid Park and played the other three games away from home. Stranraer scored a total of eight goal and conceded only one goal before the final, in the process keeping three clean sheets. St Johnstone amassed a total of fourteen goals scored and conceded only four, but kept only one clean sheet. This was the first appearance for both Stranraer and St Johnstone in the Scottish Challenge Cup final since its inauguration in 1990. Final 3 November 1996 15:00 GMT Stranraer 1–0 Report St Johnstone Griffin o.g. Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Kenny Clark 5,522 Teams Stranraer: GK 1SCO Barney DuffyMF 2SCO Graham DuncanDF 3SCO Tom Black DF 4SCO Jim HughesDF 5SCO Tony Gallagher DF 6SCO John McCaffreyFW 7SCO Tommy SloanMF 8SCO Alan LansdowneFW 9SCO Gordon Young MF 10SCO Ian McAuleyMF 11SCO Robert DochertySubstitutes:DF 12SCO Derek Crawford FW 14SCO John McMillan DF 15SCO John Robertson Manager:SCO Campbell MoneySt Johnstone: GK 1SCO Alan MainDF 2SCO John McQuillanDF 3SCO Allan PrestonMF 4AUT Attila Sekerlioglu DF 5SCO Jim WeirDF 6NIR Danny GriffinMF 7SCO Steve ToshMF 8SCO John O'NeilFW 9SCO Roddy GrantFW 10SCO Ian Ferguson MF 11WAL Leigh JenkinsonSubstitutes:DF 12SCO Andy WhitefordMF 14SCO Gary Farquhar FW 15SWE Peter Fyhr Manager:SCO Paul Sturrock References 1996 Final Category:St Johnstone F.C. matches Category:Stranraer F.C. matches Category:November 1996 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football in North Lanarkshire Category:Cumbernauld