2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

Event	2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup
Queen of the South Partick Thistle 1 1
After extra time Queen of the South won 6–5 on penalties
Date	7 April 2013
Venue	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Referee	Crawford Allan
Attendance	9,452

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; but 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.

Route to the final

See also: 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

Queen of the South v Partick Thistle

7 April 2013 16:05 BST

Queen of the South	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Partick Thistle
Clark  101'	Report	Doolan  120'
	Penalties
Young Carmichael Fitzpatrick Robinson Reilly Mitchell Higgins	6–5	O'Donnell Erskine Welsh Sinclair Forbes Doolan Balatoni

Almondvale Stadium, Livingston Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Crawford Allan

Queen of the South

Partick Thistle

GK 1 Lee Robinson  72' DF 2 Chris Mitchell DF 3 Marc Fitzpatrick DF 4 Mark Durnan DF 5 Chris Higgins  28' MF 6 Derek Young MF 8 Stephen McKenna  120' MF 10 Nicky Clark  101' MF 7 Daniel Carmichael  72' FW 9 Derek Lyle  77' FW 11 Michael Paton  115' Substitutes: GK 12 James Atkinson DF 16 Steven Black  115' MF 17 Allan Johnston FW 14 Gavin Reilly  77' FW 15 Kevin Smith  101' Manager: Allan Johnston

GK 1 Scott Fox DF 2 Stephen O'Donnell DF 3 Aaron Sinclair  55' DF 5 Aaron Muirhead  119' MF 4 Stuart Bannigan  94' MF 6 Conrad Balatoni MF 7 Sean Welsh FW 8 James Craigen  34' MF 11 Chris Erskine FW 9 Steven Craig  66' FW 10 Steven Lawless  60' Substitutes: GK 12 Glenn Daniels FW 17 Mark McGuigan FW 14 Kris Doolan  66' MF 15 Ross Forbes  94' FW 16 Christie Elliot  120'  60' Manager: Alan Archibald

Match officials Assistant referees: Stuart MacMillan Graeme Stewart Fourth official: Paul Robertson

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.