2012–13 Scottish League Cup

August 2020 July 2012 Scottish Communities League Cup 2012–13 300px Scotland 4 August 2012 – 17 March 2013 42 St Mirren Heart of Midlothian 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish League Cup was the 67th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons,http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/scottish-communities-league-cup/ Scottish Communities League Cup Scottish Football League 21 March 2011 19 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120604162254/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/scottish-communities-league-cup/ 4 June 2012 dead after the Scottish Government continued their 1.7 million sponsorship for a second season.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/scottish-government-to-continue-cup-sponsorship/ Scottish Government to continue Cup sponsorship Scottish Football League 20 July 2012 20 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120905190838/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/scottish-government-to-continue-cup-sponsorship/ 5 September 2012 dead Format The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn). Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round in order to avoid congestion of fixtures. First round: 28 of the 30 sides from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter, except Ross County and Dunfermline. After Rangers were placed into the Third Division, they entered at this round.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18911227 Scottish League Cup draw includes Rangers BBC Sport BBC 19 July 2012 19 July 2012 Second round: The 15 winners of the first round are joined by 6 of the 7 of last season's SPL sides not in Europe, plus newly promoted Ross County. Third round: The 11 winners of the second round are joined by the five SPL sides participating in European competition. Quarter-finals: The 8 winners of the third round play. Semi-finals: The 4 winners of the quarter-finals play. Final: The 2 winners of the semi-finals play. Schedule Round 1: Saturday 4 August Round 2: Tuesday 28/Wednesday 29 Augusthttp://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s49 Key dates Scottish Premier League 6 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130705063057/http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s49 5 July 2013 dead Round 3: Tuesday 25/Wednesday 26 September Quarter-Finals: Tuesday 30/Wednesday 31 October Semi-Finals: Saturday 26/Sunday 27 January 2013 Final: Sunday 17 March 2013 Fixtures and results First round The first round draw was conducted on 20 July 2012http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/sclc-first-round-dates-announced/ SCLC First Round Dates announced Scottish Football League 20 July 2012 20 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120908101745/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/sclc-first-round-dates-announced/ 8 September 2012 dead at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir by the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/111803-rangers-draw-east-fife-in-first-round-of-scottish-communities-league-cup/ Rangers draw East Fife in first round of Scottish Communities League Cup STV 20 July 2012 20 July 2012 Rangers were entered into the draw pending an application for membership of the Scottish Football Association, which is needed to participate. eeeeee 31 July 2012 19:45 Peterhead 0 – 0 yes McAllister MacDonald McLaughlin 1 – 4 McBride Baird Irvine Conroy Dundee BBC Sport Balmoor Stadium 844 Brines 4 August 2012 15:00 Queen of the South 5 – 2 Alloa Athletic Mitchell 9Higgins 67Clark 83 85Lyle 89 Gordon 64Grehan 78 BBC Sport Palmerston Park 967 Colvin eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Stranraer 0 – 8 Livingston Morton 17 87McNulty 23 66 83Russell 39 80McCann 62 Stair Park BBC Sport 284 Hilland 4 August 2012 15:00 Raith Rovers 4 – 3 Berwick Rangers Graham 25 73Hill 58Clarke 85 Currie 9 65Addison 50 Stark's Park BBC Sport 1,071 Norris eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Stenhousemuir 4 – 0 Brechin City Gemmell 1Smith 76 90Kean 88 pen. Ochilview Park BBC Sport 282 Somers 4 August 2012 15:00 Montrose 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Boyle 31Watson 43 McKenzie 90 Links Park BBC Sport 312 Roache eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Ayr United 6 – 1 Clyde Winters 48Moffat 59 90 pen.Tiffoney 63Sinclair 68 90 Neill 82 Somerset Park BBC Sport 1,022 Anderson 4 August 2012 15:00 Queen's Park 3 – 2 yes Airdrie United Brough 60 104Shankland 88 Blockley 47Cook 66 Firhill Stadium BBC Sport 622 Finnie eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Dumbarton 2 – 0 Albion Rovers Prunty 45Lister 84 Dumbarton Football Stadium BBC Sport 479 Salmond 4 August 2012 15:00 Forfar Athletic 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Erskine 18Lawless 37 Station Park BBC Sport 693 Northcroft eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Falkirk 2 – 0 Elgin City Kingsley 67Taylor 89 Falkirk Stadium BBC Sport 1,594 Allan 4 August 2012 15:00 Hamilton Academical 2 – 0 Annan Athletic Routledge 66MacKinnon 80 New Douglas Park BBC Sport 620 Collum eeeeee 4 August 2012 15:00 Arbroath 1 – 1 yes Stirling Albion Currie 83 Ferry 42 pen. Gayfield Park 3 – 2 Doris Holmes Sheerin Currie Weir Davidson McSorley Ferry Ashe BBC Sport 579 Robertson 5 August 2012 15:00 East Stirlingshire 1 – 5 Greenock Morton Herd 34 McLaughlin 1Weatherson 11Stirling 37Wallace 67Tidser 86 Ochilview Park BBC Sport 581 Beaton eeeeee 7 August 2012 19:45 Rangers 4 – 0 East Fife McCulloch 15 62Shiels 34Wallace 47 Ibrox Stadium BBC Sport 38,160 McKendrick Second round The Second round draw was conducted on 9 August 2012.http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/115590-league-cup-second-round-draw-pits-falkirk-against-division-three-rangers/ League Cup second round draw pits Falkirk against Division Three Rangers STV Group STV 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121027090717/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/115590-league-cup-second-round-draw-pits-falkirk-against-division-three-rangers/ 27 October 2012 dead eeeeee 22 August 2012 19:30 Greenock Morton 0 – 2 yes Aberdeen Rae 109Vernon 115 Cappielow BBC Sport 2,817 Brines 28 August 2012 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 Montrose Barrowman 4 64Wallace 41 East End Park BBC Sport 903 Salmond eeeeee 28 August 2012 19:45 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 yes Partick Thistle Crawford 107 New Douglas Park BBC Sport 1,268 O'Reilly 28 August 2012 19:45 Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir Nelson 90 Ferguson 20 pen.Gemmell 43 Rugby Park BBC Sport 2,538 Collum eeeeee 28 August 2012 19:45 Livingston 3 – 2 yes Dumbarton Russell 39Barr 96Easton 102 Lister 36Gilhaney 110 Braidwood Motor Company Stadium BBC Sport 493 Crawford 28 August 2012 19:45 Ross County 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Duncan 84 Spence 25Graham 41 63Hill 51 Global Energy Stadium BBC Sport 1,147 McKendrick eeeeee 28 August 2012 19:45 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Hibernian Clark 13Reilly 42 Palmerston Park BBC Sport 2,658 Madden 29 August 2012 19:45 Arbroath 0 – 2 Inverness CT Shinnie 7 71 Gayfield Park BBC Sport 672 Finnie eeeeee 29 August 2012 19:45 St Mirren 5 – 1 Ayr United Guy 16Thompson 24McGowan 30McLean 38 pen.Teale 58 Moffat 39 BBC Sport St Mirren Park 2,306 Tumilty 29 August 2012 19:45 Queen's Park 2 – 1 Dundee Longworth 24 pen.Burns 76 Milne 5 BBC Sport Hampden Park 707 Colvin eeeeee 30 August 2012 19:45 Rangers 3 – 0 Falkirk McCulloch 18 52Little 32 Ibrox Stadium BBC Sport 26,450 Muir Third round The third round draw took place on 3 September 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 25 or Wednesday 26 September 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19463791 Motherwell drawn to face Rangers in League Cup BBC Sport BBC 3 September 2012 3 September 2012 eeeeee 25 September 2012 19:45 Celtic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers Hooper 12 37 58 60 Walker 28 Celtic Park BBC Sport 14,737 Muir 25 September 2012 19:45 Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 Livingston Grainger 45Žaliūkas 70 74 McNulty 56 Tynecastle Stadium BBC Sport 6,322 McLean eeeeee 25 September 2012 19:45 Queen of the South 0 – 1 Dundee United Russell 28 Palmerston Park BBC Sport 2,374 Norris 25 September 2012 19:45 St Johnstone 4 – 1 Queen's Park MacLean 18 40Davidson 76Craig 85 Keenan 30 McDiarmid Park BBC Sport 1,304 Clancy eeeeee 25 September 2012 19:45 St Mirren 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Mair 90 St Mirren Park BBC Sport 1,914 Allan 25 September 2012 19:45 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 yes Ferguson Rodgers Hodge Gemmell McMillan Kean Smith 5 – 6 Foran Shinnie Morrison Doran Shinnie Draper Roberts Inverness CT Ferguson 40 pen. McKay 23 Ochilview Park BBC Sport 705 Madden eeeeee 26 September 2012 19:15 Rangers 2 – 0 Motherwell McCulloch 50Shiels 56 Ibrox Stadium BBC Sport 29,413 Murray 26 September 2012 19:45 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Aberdeen Vernon 90 East End Park BBC Sport 3,057 Beaton Quarter-finals The quarter-final draw took place on 4 October 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 October 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19831253 Rangers to host Inverness in Scottish League Cup last eight BBC Sport BBC 4 October 2012 4 October 2012 eeeeee 30 October 2012 19:45 Aberdeen 2 – 2 yes St Mirren Vernon 22Magennis 90 Parkin 6McLean 69 Pittodrie Stadium BBC Sport 7,610 Allan Crawford 2−4 Hughes McGinn Hayes Smith McLean Teale Goodwin McAusland 30 October 2012 19:45 Celtic 5 – 0 St Johnstone Commons 28 32 57 pen.Hooper 38Mulgrew 61 Celtic Park BBC Sport 14,399 Bobby Madden eeeeee 31 October 2012 19:15 Dundee United 1 – 1 yes Heart of Midlothian Russell 35 Paterson 21 Tannadice Park BBC Sport 3,789 Calum Murray 4−5 Russell Mackay-Steven Rankin Gunning McLean Armstrong Dillon Grainger Sutton Webster Driver R. McGowan Robinson Žaliūkas 31 October 2012 19:45 Rangers 0 – 3 Inverness CT A Shinnie 27Warren 59G Shinnie 79 pen. Ibrox Stadium BBC Sport 28,033 Steven McLean Semi-finals The semi-final draw took place on 8 November 2012. The first match was played on Saturday 26 and the second was played on Sunday 27 January 2013.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20257232 Scottish Communities League Cup: St Mirren face Celtic in semi BBC Sport BBC 8 November 2012 17 November 2012 eeeeee 26 January 2013 15:00 Inverness CT 1 – 1 yes Heart of Midlothian Andrew Shinnie 49 Michael Ngoo 66 Easter Road BBC Sport 16,326 Euan Norris 4–5 Graeme Shinnie Andrew Shinnie Billy McKay Owain Tudur Jones Philip Roberts Marius Zaliukas Michael Ngoo Andy Webster Arvydas Novikovas Mehdi Taouil 27 January 2013 14:30 St Mirren 3 – 2 Celtic Gonçalves 8McGowan 63 pen.Thompson 69 Hooper 45Mulgrew 90+3 Hampden Park BBC Sport 24,417 William Collum Final 2013 Scottish League Cup Final 17 March 2013 15:00 St Mirren 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Gonçalves 37Thompson 46Newton 66 Stevenson 10 85 Hampden Park 44,036 Craig Thomson BBC Sport References External links Official site Results Soccerway Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup