2013 Scottish Challenge Cup final

June 2013 April 2023 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup Queen of the South 1 Partick Thistle 1 After extra timeQueen of the South won 6–5 on penalties 7 April 2013 Almondvale Stadium Livingston Crawford Allan 9,452 2012 2014 The 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Ramsdens Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Queen of the South and Partick Thistle on 7 April 2013 at Almondvale Stadium in Livingston. It was the 22nd final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final. The match was Queen of the South's fourth appearance in the final of the competition, the last in 2010, whilst it was Partick Thistle's first cup final in 42 years since the League Cup in 1971. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier League; Partick Thistle from the First Division and Queen of the South from the Second Division. The scoreline was 0–0 after 90 minutes of normal time which forced 30 minutes of extra time to be played. Queen of the South scored the first goal of the game in the 101st minute from Nicky Clark. Partick Thistle were awarded a penalty kick with only two minutes left to play and missed; Aaron Muirhead, who missed the penalty, was then sent off for headbutting Chris Higgins. Partick equalised the score to 1–1 in the final minute of the match from Kris Doolan and take the game to penalties. Queen of the South emerged victorious after winning the shoot-out 6–5.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22043859 Queen of the South 1-1 Partick Thistle (6-5 pens) BBC Route to the final 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup The competition is a knock-out tournament and in 2012–13 was contested by 32 teams; the 30 clubs that played in the First, Second and Third Divisions of the Scottish Football League and two Highland Football League clubs by invitation. For the first and second rounds only, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north/east and south/west. Teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated. Queen of the South Round Opposition Score First round Dumbarton (a) 1–0 Second round Greenock Morton (a) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Quarter-final Rangers (a) 2–2 (a.e.t.)(4–3 pens.) Semi-final Arbroath (h) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Partick Thistle Round Opposition Score First round Clyde (a) 1–0 Second round Queen's Park (a) 5–4 Quarter-final Raith Rovers (h) 3–0 Semi-final Cowdenbeath (a) 1–0 Match Details 7 April 2013 16:05 BST Queen of the South 1–1 (a.e.t.) Report Partick Thistle Clark 101 Doolan 120 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 9,452 Crawford Allan Young Carmichael Fitzpatrick Robinson Reilly Mitchell Higgins 6–5 O'Donnell Erskine Welsh Taylor-Sinclair Forbes Doolan Balatoni _domzale1617A _domzale1617A _domzale1617A _whitesides 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 2955E4 2955E4 Queen of the South _redborder _redborder _partick1112h _partick1112dom _partick1112h FFDD00 FFFF00 FFDD00 000000 000000 Partick Thistle GK 1 ENG Lee Robinson 72DF 2 SCO Chris Mitchell DF 3 SCO Marc Fitzpatrick DF 4 SCO Mark DurnanDF 5 SCO Chris Higgins 28MF 6 SCO Derek YoungMF 8 SCO Stephen McKenna 120MF 10SCO Nicky Clark 101MF 7 SCO Daniel Carmichael 72FW 9 SCO Derek Lyle 77FW 11SCO Michael Paton 115Substitutes:GK 12ENG James AtkinsonDF 16SCO Steven Black 115MF 17SCO Allan JohnstonFW 14SCO Gavin Reilly 77FW 15SCO Kevin Smith 101Manager:SCO Allan Johnston GK 1 SCO Scott FoxDF 2 SCO Stephen O'Donnell DF 3 SCO Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 55DF 5 SCO Aaron Muirhead 0 119MF 4 SCO Stuart Bannigan 94MF 6 ENG Conrad BalatoniMF 7 SCO Sean WelshFW 8 ENG James Craigen 34MF 11SCO Chris ErskineFW 9 SCO Steven Craig 66FW 10SCO Steven Lawless 60Substitutes:GK 12BEL Glenn DanielsFW 17SCO Mark McGuiganFW 14SCO Kris Doolan 66MF 15SCO Ross Forbes 94FW 16ENG Christie Elliott 120 60Manager:SCO Alan Archibald Match officialsPartick Thistle v Queens, 7 April 2013 – Details https://web.archive.org/web/20130517071758/http://ptfc.co.uk/teams/senior/seasons/2012-2013/fixtures_results/0704_queens 17 May 2013 , ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle F.C. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013. Assistant referees: Stuart MacMillan Graeme Stewart Fourth official: Paul RobertsonMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. References 2013 3 Scottish Challenge Cup Final 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final 2013 Final Scottish Challenge Cup Final Category:Livingston, West Lothian Category:Football in West Lothian