2014–15_Scottish_League_Cup

2014–15 Scottish League Cup

2014–15 Scottish League Cup

Football tournament season

The 2014–15 Scottish League Cup was the 69th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as The Scottish League Cup presented by QTS for sponsorship reasons.[2]

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Celtic won the cup after a 2–0 win against Dundee United in the final.[3]

Format

The competition was 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 Professional Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to avoid congestion of fixtures. Celtic, Motherwell, Aberdeen and St Johnstone are the teams that will enter the third round.

Fixtures and results

First round

The first round draw took place on Thursday 10 July 2014 at 2pm BST at the Bet Butler Stadium.[4][5] The 30 clubs that participated in the Championship, League One and League Two in the 2013–14 season entered the competition at this stage. The 12 clubs that participated in the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership received a bye.

2 August 2014 Queen of the South 5–0 Elgin City Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Russell 6', 61', 86'
Lyle 35', 90'		 Report Attendance: 939
Referee: Crawford Allan
2 August 2014 Brechin City 0–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Graham 59' Attendance: 379
Referee: Kevin Clancy
2 August 2014 Dunfermline Athletic 5–1 Annan Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Whittle 24'
Buchanan 36'
Moffat 47'
Wallace 71'
Martin 89'		 Report Hopkirk 57' Attendance: 1,544
Referee: John McKendrick
2 August 2014 Greenock Morton 2–1 Berwick Rangers Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 McKee 27', 64' Report L.Currie 63'
P.Currie Red card 87'		 Attendance: 931
Referee: Calum Murray
2 August 2014 Montrose 1–3 Falkirk Links Park, Montrose
15:00 Wood 24' Report Alston 30' (pen.)
Cooper 45'
Shepherd 88'		 Attendance: 584
Referee: John Beaton
2 August 2014 Raith Rovers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Conroy 34'
Elliot 65' (pen.), 103'
Young 118' (o.g.)		 Report Denholm 25', 75' Attendance: 1,143
Referee: Brian Colvin
2 August 2014 Albion Rovers 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Attendance: 536
Referee: Des Roache
2 August 2014 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Arbroath New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie 3'
Longridge 69'		 Report Buchan 90' Attendance: 730
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 August 2014 East Stirlingshire 0–4 Ayr United Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 McKenna Red card 61' Report Donnelly 50', 77'
McLaughlin 63' (pen.)
Gilmour 90'		 Attendance: 295
Referee: Greg Aitken
2 August 2014 Dundee 4–0 Peterhead Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Ferry 22'
Stewart 45'
MacDonald 78'
Tankulić 82'		 Report Attendance: 3,079
Referee: Willie Collum
2 August 2014 Clyde 1–2 Cowdenbeath Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00 Gray 45' Report Milne 51'
Miller 90'		 Attendance: 503
Referee: Mat Northcroft
2 August 2014 Stranraer 1–0 East Fife Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Malcolm 90' Report Smith Red card 58' Attendance: 275
Referee: Andrew Dallas
2 August 2014 Airdrieonians 1–3 Stenhousemuir Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Kirwan 90' Report Lithgow 8'
Sludden 20'
McMenamin 90'		 Attendance: 501
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 August 2014 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Stirling Albion Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Spence 27' Report Lithgow 8' Attendance: 684
Referee: Colin Steven
26 August 2014 Queen's Park 1–2 Rangers Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
19:45 Quinn 31' Report Boyd 7', 53' Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Alan Muir

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/

Second round

The second round draw took place on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 6:30pm BST at Murrayfield Stadium.[6] The 8 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership in the 2013–14 season but didn't qualify for Europe entered the competition at this stage except Dundee United the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.

26 August 2014 Greenock Morton 0–1 Partick Thistle Cappielow, Greenock
19:30 Report Doolan 45' Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 August 2014 Stenhousemuir 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 Millar 38' Report Oliver 6' McHattie 31'
26 August 2014 Hibernian 3–2 Dumbarton Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45 El Alagui 78', 84' Stanton 90' Report Megginson 52' Gilhaney 59' Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Don Robertson
26 August 2014 Falkirk 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45 Report Attendance: 1,128
Referee: Steve Aitken
26 August 2014 Hamilton Academical 4–1 Alloa Athletic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Andreu 17' Canning 66' Longridge 81' Brophy 87' Report Spence 40' Attendance: 649
Referee: John McKendrick
26 August 2014 Stranraer 1–2 Ross County Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 Sean Winter 3' Report de Leeuw 15' Boyce 69' Attendance: 297
Referee: Craig Charleston
26 August 2014 Dundee 4–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 Stewart 3' McGinn 43' MacDonald 59' Boyle 70' Report Attendance: 2,645
Referee: Kevin Clancy
26 August 2014 Livingston 1–0 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Hippolyte 119' Report Attendance: 620
Referee: George Salmond
26 August 2014 Kilmarnock 1–0 Ayr United Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 McKenzie 69' Report Attendance: 8,877
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2014 St Mirren 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45 Caldwell 50', 80' Report Spence 9' Attendance: 1,931
Referee: Steven McLean
16 September 2014 Rangers 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Macleod 78' Report Attendance: 15,208
Referee: Crawford Allan

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup Archived 14 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Third round

The third round draw took place on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 1pm BST at Pittodrie Stadium.[7] The 4 clubs that participated in the Scottish Premiership in the 2013–14 season and qualified for European competition entered the competition at this stage along with Dundee United the highest placed non-Europe qualifying side.

23 September 2014 Falkirk 1–3 Rangers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45 Loy 5' Report Tudur-Jones 7' (o.g.)
Shiels 65'
Black 90'		 Attendance: 5,259
Referee: Alan Muir
23 September 2014 Ross County 0–2 Hibernian Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
19:45 Report Malonga 22', 36'
McGeouch Red card 83'		 Attendance: 1,819
Referee: Stephen Finnie
23 September 2014 Kilmarnock 0–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Eremenko Yellow card 71' Red card Report Graham 54' Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Steven McLean
23 September 2014 Aberdeen 4–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45 Taylor 8'
Rooney 61', 74', 87'		 Report Attendance: 6,454
Referee: Andrew Dallas
23 September 2014 Partick Thistle 1–0 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Eccleston 100' Report Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Calum Murray
24 September 2014 Celtic 3–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:15 Guidetti 24'
Commons 57' (pen.)
Eckersley 61' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 15,522
Referee: Willie Collum
24 September 2014 Dundee United 1–0 Dundee Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45 Fojut 90' Report Boyle Red card 27' Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 September 2014 Hamilton Academical 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Hendrie Yellow card 66' Red card Report O'Brien Yellow card 102' Red card Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Craig Charleston

Source: http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup Archived 14 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine

Quarter-final

The quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday 24 September 2014 at Tannadice Park following the 3rd round matches.[8]

28 October 2014 Rangers 1–0St JohnstoneGlasgow
19:15 Macleod 86' BBC Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 13,023
Referee: Steven McLean
29 October 2014 Hibernian3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)		 Dundee United Edinburgh
19:45 Malonga 16'
Cummings 57'
Kennedy 78'		 BBC Report Erskine 12'
Connolly 19'
Dow 61'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: John Beaton
29 October 2014 Aberdeen 1–0Hamilton AcademicalAberdeen
19:45 Rooney 24' BBC Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 9,311
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 October 2014 Celtic 6–0Partick ThistleGlasgow
19:45 Guidetti 31', 52', 56' (pen.)
Izaguirre 48'
Griffiths 62', 68'		 BBC Report Bannigan Red card 44' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 16,805
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Semi-final

The semi-final draw took place on Saturday 1 November at 5:05pm live on BBC One Scotland.[9]

31 January 2015 Aberdeen1–2 Dundee United Glasgow
15:00 Daniels 49' BBC Report Morris 60'
Çiftçi 84'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 29,608
Referee: Steven McLean
1 February 2015 Celtic 2–0RangersGlasgow
13:30 Griffiths 10'
Commons 31'		 BBC Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 50,925
Referee: Craig Thomson

Final

Main article: 2015 Scottish League Cup Final
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Attendance: 49,259
Referee: Bobby Madden

References

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    "2014–15 Scottish League Cup scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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    "Scottish League Cup finds sponsor for final stages". BBC Sport. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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    "Ronny Deila targets trophy treble after Celtic lift Scottish League Cup". The Daily Telegraph. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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    League Cup 1st-round draw Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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    League Cup draw on Thursday Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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    League Cup 2nd round draw Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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    League Cup 3rd round draw Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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    League Cup quarter-final draw Archived 25 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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    League Cup semi-final draw Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, SPFL
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