2008–09 Scottish League Cup

The 2008–09 Scottish League Cup was the 63rd season of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Celtic won the cup beating Rangers 2–0 after extra time thanks to a goal from Darren O'Dea and an Aiden McGeady penalty.

2008–09 Co-operative Insurance Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
Dates5 August 2008 – 15 March 2009
Teams42
Defending championsRangers
Final positions
ChampionsCeltic
Runner-upRangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored135 (3.29 per match)

Calendar

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Round First match date[1] Fixtures Clubs
First round 5 August 2008 14 42 → 28
Second round 26 August 2008 12 28 → 16
Third round 23 September 2008 8 16 → 80
Quarter-finals 28 October 2008 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 27 January 2009 2 4 → 2
Final 15 March 2009 1 2 → 1

First round

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The First round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on 2008-07-22.[2]

2008-08-05 Montrose 0–2 Cowdenbeath Links Park, Montrose
19:45 Report McGregor   6'
Fairbairn   81'
Attendance: 382
Referee: A Muir
2008-08-05 Ross County 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Dall   43'
Hart   76'
Report di Giacomo   23'   112'
Noble   86'
Attendance: 869
Referee: C Allan
2008-08-05 Dumbarton 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Annan Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
19:30 Logan   115'
Geggan   103'   104'
Penalty Shootout
Clark  
Logan  
Tiernan  
O'Byrne  
Murray  
Report Jack   103' (pen.)

Penalty Shootout
Jardine  
Johnstone  
Parker  
Adamson  
Inglis  
Attendance: 462
Referee: G Hilland
2008-08-05 Peterhead 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
19:45 Report Phinn   46'
Kirk   50'
Attendance: 1,291
Referee: G Salmond
2008-08-05 Stranraer 3–6 Greenock Morton Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45 Frizzel   37'
McColm   72'
Gibson   84'
Report McGuffie   5'
Wake   12'   85'
Russell   23'   32'
Paartalu   40'
Attendance: 317
Referee: S Finnie
2008-08-05 Alloa Athletic 2–0 Elgin City Recreation Park, Alloa
19:45 Scott   71'
Kelly   78'
Report Attendance: 269
Referee: C Brown
2008-08-05 Clyde 4–1 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Roddy MacLennan   15'
Gibson   63'
McSwegan   86'   88'
Report Harkins   82' Attendance: 690
Referee: Stuart Dougal
2008-08-05 Albion Rovers 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Raith Rovers Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge
19:45 Report Davidson   50'   78' Attendance: 415
Referee: S Nicholls
2008-08-05 Partick Thistle 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:30 McKeown   39'
Gray   70'   97'
Chaplain   112'
Report Fotheringham   13'
Lilley   65'
Smith   103'
Attendance: 1,192
Referee: E Smith
2008-08-05 Stenhousemuir 1–5 St Johnstone Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 Love   12' Report Sheerin   23' (pen.)
Milne   78'
Holmes   79'   83'
Hardie   88'
Attendance: 687
Referee: C Boyle
2008-08-06 Ayr United 2–1 Berwick Rangers Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Aitken   40'
Williams   45'
Report Greenhill   12' Attendance: 745
Referee: S. Conroy
2008-08-06 East Fife 0–3 Brechin City Bayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Report Twigg   44'
White   65'
Ward
Attendance: 523
Referee: B. Winter
2008-08-06 Arbroath 3–2 Stirling Albion Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45 McMullan   48'
Wright   64'
Bishop   80'
Report A. Graham   5'
Harty   63'
Attendance: 448
Referee: J. McKendrick
2008-08-06 East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 B. Graham   90' Report Fox   80'
G. Smith   113'
Attendance: 360
Referee: C.Charleston

Source: Scottish Football League

Second round

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The second round draw was conducted at The Signet Library, Edinburgh on 2008-08-11.[3]

26 August 2008 St Mirren 7–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45 Robb   18'
Mehmet   33',   50',   52'
Dorman   39'
Dargo   75'
Mason   77'
Report Attendance: 1,747
Referee: Steve O'Reilly
26 August 2008 Livingston 2–1 (a.e.t.) St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Griffiths   58'
Cuenca   95'
Report Craig   46' Attendance: 979
Referee: Steven Nicholls
26 August 2008 Dundee 1–2 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
19:45 McHale   80' Report Maxwell   78'
Harkins   87' (pen)
Attendance: 2,507
Referee: Willie Collum
26 August 2008 Hibernian 3–4 (a.e.t.) Greenock Morton Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45 Keenan   80'
Shiels   84'
Pinau   91'
Report Russell   29',   115' (pen)
Masterton   66'
Harding   118'
Attendance: 14,874
Referee: Iain Brines
26 August 2008 Hamilton Academical 3–1 Clyde New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Grady   17'
Thomas   81'
Stevenson   90' (pen)
Report Clarke   19'
Ohnesorge   66'  
Attendance: 1,146
Referee: David Somers
26 August 2008 Cowdenbeath 1–5 Dundee United Central Park, Cowdenbeath
19:45 Dempster   74' Report Daly   30',   47',   80'
Goodwillie   41',   60'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Euan Norris
26 August 2008 Raith Rovers 1–3 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45 Walker   58'
Campbell   74'
Report Higdon   16'
J. Stewart   35' (pen)
M. Stewart   84'
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2008 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Alloa Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45 Kirk   8' Report McKeown   84' Attendance: 1,326
Referee: S McLean
27 August 2008 Arbroath 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45 Tosh   21'
Sellars   87' (pen)
Report Vigurs   18'
Wood   64'
Barrowman   120'  
Attendance: 596
Referee: A Muir
27 August 2008 Ayr United 0–1 Aberdeen Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Report Maguire   40' Attendance: 2,979
Referee: Brian Winter
27 August 2008 Brechin City 0–2 Kilmarnock Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45 Report Wright   58'
Bryson   65'
Attendance: 802
Referee: Steve Conroy
27 August 2008 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Airdrie United Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
19:45 Report McDonald   107'   Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Eddie Smith

Source: Scottish Football League

Third round

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The Third round draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 2008-09-01.[4]

23 September Celtic 4–0 Livingston Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Loovens   24'
Samaras   64'   85' (pen.) Scott Brown   81'
Report Attendance: 23,569
Referee: W Collum
23 September Dundee United 2–0 Airdrie United Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45 Goodwillie   33'
Robertson   42'
Report Attendance: 3,444
Referee: M Tumilty
23 September Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 St Mirren East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45 Bayne   69'
Wiles   74'
Report Attendance: 2,186
Referee: C Murray
23 September Falkirk 2–1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45 McCann   29'
Lovell   73'
Report Kean   58' Attendance: 2,058
Referee: E Smith
23 September Greenock Morton 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Inverness Caledonian Thistle Cappielow, Greenock
19:45 McAlister   34' Report Hastings   79'
Imrie   111'
Attendance: 2,023
Referee: M McCurry
24 September Kilmarnock 4–2 Aberdeen Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Sammon   2'   33'
Fernandez   12'
Taouil   17' (pen.)
Report McDonald   6'
Miller   26' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: D McDonald
24 September Motherwell 1–2 (a.e.t.) Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45 Murphy   66'
Porter   45'
Report Graham   53'
Ettien   95'
Mensing   112'
Attendance: 5,590
Referee: I Brines
24 September Partick Thistle 1–2 (a.e.t.) Rangers Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 McKeown   33' Report Boyd   25'
Mendes   116'
Attendance: 6,497
Referee: S Conroy

Source: Scottish Football League

Quarter-finals

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The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 September 2008.[5]

Dundee United1–0Dunfermline Athletic
S Robertson   16' Report
Attendance: 5,350
Referee: D McDonald

Falkirk1–0Inverness Caledonian Thistle
McCann   36' Report
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: S Conroy

Rangers2–0Hamilton Academical
Boyd   24'
Lafferty   50'
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 32,083
Referee: E Smith

Kilmarnock1–3Celtic
Invincibile   69' Report McDonald   11'
Nakamura   45'
McGeady   72'
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 6,319
Referee: C Thomson

Semi-finals

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The semi-final draw was conducted at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on 12 November 2008 by First Minister Alex Salmond, a representative of sponsors Co-operative Insurance and the Presiding Officer of the Parliament, Alex Fergusson.[6]

Rangers3–0Falkirk
Novo   8'   40'
Boyd   88'
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 24,507
Referee: C Richmond

Celtic0–0 (a.e.t.)Dundee United
Report
Penalties
McDonald  
Caldwell  
Nakamura  
Robson  
Samaras  
Naylor  
Crosas  
Brown  
Loovens  
Hinkel  
Boruc  
McDonald  
11–10
Dundee United went first
  Flood
  Daly
  Feeney
  Conway
  Dixon
  Gomis
  Kenneth
  Robertson
  Wilkie
  Kovačević
  Załuska
  Flood
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 19,258
Referee: C Murray

Final

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Celtic2–0 (a.e.t.)Rangers
O'Dea   91'
McGeady   120' (pen.)
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 51,193
Referee: D McDonald

Awards

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A team, player and young player were chosen by the Scottish sports press as the top performers in each round.

Round Team Player Young player Ref
R1 Greenock Morton
R2 Greenock Morton Stephen Robertson (Airdrie United) Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
R3 Dunfermline Athletic Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock) David Goodwillie (Dundee United) [7]
QF Scott Robertson (Dundee United) Scott Arfield (Falkirk) [citation needed]

Media coverage

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In Australia the Scottish League Cup was available on SBS and Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup was broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC Red Button.

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References

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  1. ^ "CIS Insurance Cup (match dates)". SFL. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  2. ^ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, first round draw)". SFL. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. ^ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, second round draw)". SFL. 11 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  4. ^ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Third round draw)". Scottish Football League. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  5. ^ "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Quarter-final draw)". Scottish Football League. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008–09". Scottish Football League. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Dundee United star David Goodwillie keen to make cup impact this time round". Daily Record. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2017.