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2024 Scottish Challenge Cup final

The 2024 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the SPFL Trust Trophy final for sponsorship reasons,[1] was a football match on 24 March 2024 between the Cymru Premier club The New Saints and the Scottish Championship side Airdrieonians.[2] It was the 31st final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, and the ninth since the SPFL was formed. It was played at Falkirk Stadium.[3] It would subsequently be the last Scottish Challenge Cup final to feature a non-Scottish team due to them no longer being invited the following season.[4]

2024 Scottish Challenge Cup final
Event2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup
The New Saints Airdrieonians
Wales Scotland
1 2
Date24 March 2024
VenueFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
RefereeMatthew MacDermid
Attendance3,191
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Route to the final

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See also: 2023–24 Scottish Challenge Cup
 
The final took place at the Falkirk Stadium (pictured in 2018)

The New Saints

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The New Saints (TNS), as an invited team representing the Cymru Premier, started in the Third Round where they were drawn away at Hibernian B where they won 3–0 at Meadowbank Stadium.[5] In the next round they played East Fife at home. At their Park Hall, TNS progressed after winning 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.[6] In the quarter-finals, they overcame Arbroath 4–1 at Park Hall.[7] In the semi-finals, they played Falkirk away at Falkirk Stadium. TNS won 1–0 becoming the second Welsh team to reach the final after Connah's Quay Nomads in 2019.[8]A TNS also entered this match looking to match the world record for consecutive wins in all competitions.[3]

Round Opposition Score
Third round Hibernian B (a) 3–0
Fourth round East Fife (h) 2–2 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (p)
Quarter-final Arbroath (h) 4–1
Semi-final Falkirk (a) 1–0

Airdrieonians

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Airdrieonians also started in the Third Round away at the University of Stirling and won 3–2 at Forthbank Stadium.[9] In the next round they played away against Rangers B and progressed after a 4–2 win at Cappielow.[10] They then faced Greenock Morton at Cappielow and won 6–5 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.[11] In the semi-finals they played away at Raith Rovers and progressed to the final after a 1–0 win at Stark's Park.[12]

Round Opposition Score
Third round University of Stirling (a) 3–2
Fourth round Rangers B (a) 4–2
Quarter-final Greenock Morton (a) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
6–5 (p)
Semi-final Raith Rovers (a) 1–0

Match details

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Final
The New Saints  1–2Airdrieonians
  • Clark   12'
 Report
Attendance: 3,191
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The New Saints
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Airdrieonians
GK 25   Connor Roberts
RB 7   Josh Daniels
CB 22   Danny Davies
CB 2   Josh Pask
LB 3   Chris Marriott
CM 19   Ben Clark   74'
CM 21   Leo Smith   90'
CM 10   Daniel Redmond   74'
RW 18   Rory Holden   79'
FW 23   Brad Young
RW 17   Jordan Williams   78'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Reece Thompson
DF 12   Blaine Hudson
DF 26   Jordan Marshall   79'
MF 8   Ryan Brobbel   90'
MF 14   Dan Williams   74'
MF 15   Jared Harlock
FW 9   Declan McManus   74'
FW 11   Adrian Cieślewicz   78'
FW 39   Tom Jones
Manager:
  Craig Harrison
GK 40   Robbie Hemfrey
RB 2   Cammy Ballantyne
CB 16   Craig Watson
CB 6   Callum Fordyce
LB 5   Mason Hancock
CDM 4   Rhys McCabe   45'
RM 28   Gavin Gallagher     54'
CM 10   Adam Frizzell
LM 21   Charlie Telfer
AM 12   Liam McStravick     61'
FW 11   Nikolay Todorov   90+3'
Substitutes:
GK 43   David Hutton
DF 3   Aaron Taylor-Sinclair
MF 8   Lewis McGregor
MF 14   Dean McMaster   45'
MF 19   Elliot Dunlop
MF 26   Chris Donnell   61'
FW 7   Josh O'Connor   54'
FW 9   Calum Gallagher   90+3'
FW 23   Gabby McGill
Manager:
  Rhys McCabe

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

Notes

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  • ^A TNS are based in Oswestry, England but play in the Welsh Cymru Premier

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup to be rebranded SPFL Trust Trophy from season 2021/22". The Edinburgh Reporter. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "SPFL TRUST TROPHY FINAL 2023/24". SPFL. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Irvine, David (22 March 2024). "SPFL Trust Trophy & Al-Hilal world record: Harrison keen to write more TNS history". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Prize money boost for SPFL Trust trophy as cross-border teams drop out". 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hibernian B 0-3 the New Saints". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The New Saints v East Fife". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Arbroath let down 'gaffer, coaching staff, fans and board of directors' with TNS capitulation, admits stand-in skipper". The Courier. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  8. ^ "TNS beat Falkirk to set up final with Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Airdrieonians 3-2 Stirling University (9 Sep, 2023) Final Score -". ESPN. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Rangers B v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Greenock Morton v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Raith Rovers vs. Airdrieonians - 2 February 2024 -". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

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