2013–14 North of Scotland Cup

2013–14 North of Scotland Cup

2013–14 North of Scotland Cup Final Nairn County 0–3 Brora Rangers
Country	Scotland
Teams	14
Champions	Brora Rangers
Runners-up	Nairn County
Matches played	13
Goals scored	62 (4.77 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Zander Sutherland (6)
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The 2013–14 North of Scotland Cup began on 27 July 2013 and ended on 19 October 2013,^[1] when eventual winners, Brora Rangers, defeated defending champions Nairn County 3–0 at Clachnacuddin's Grant Street Park in Inverness.^[2][3] It was sponsored by AJG Parcels for the second year.

2013-14 competing clubs

Scottish Professional Football League

• Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Highland Football League

• Brora Rangers
• Clachnacuddin
• Forres Mechanics
• Fort William
• Lossiemouth
• Nairn County
• Rothes
• Strathspey Thistle
• Wick Academy

North Caledonian Football League

• Golspie Sutherland
• Halkirk United
• Muir of Ord Rovers
• Thurso

First Round

Golspie Sutherland v Wick Academy

27 July 2013	Golspie Sutherland	1 − 3	Wick Academy	Golspie
14:00 BST	Bobby Gunn  9'		Sam Mackay  38', 67', 87'	Stadium: King George V Park Referee: Graham Fraser

Fort William v Muir of Ord Rovers

27 July 2013	Fort William	1 − 0	Muir of Ord Rovers	Fort William
15:00 BST	Darren Quigg  50'			Stadium: Claggan Park Referee: Wayne Cusiter

Brora Rangers v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

30 July 2013	Brora Rangers	1 − 1 (3 − 0 p)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Brora
19:30 BST	Zander Sutherland  40'		Torbjørn Agdestein  43'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Graham Fraser
		Penalties
	Zander Sutherland Steven Mackay Gavin Morrison		Ben Greenhalgh Joe Gorman Danny Devine

Nairn County v Strathspey Thistle

30 July 2013	Nairn County	3 − 1	Strathspey Thistle	Nairn
20:00 BST	Martin MacDonald Conor Gethins Andrew Neill		Gavin Chisholm	Stadium: Station Park Referee: Morag Pirie

Halkirk Utd v Clachnacuddin

31 July 2013	Halkirk Utd	4 − 5	Clachnacuddin	Halkirk
20:00 BST	Ben Murray  7' Gordon McNab  40' Grant McNab  55' Alan Hughes  90+1'		Kyle Whyte  10' Gordon Morrison  33' John Mackay  58' John Budge  61' (o.g.) Andrew Cumming  63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Morrison Park Referee: Graham Elder

Rothes v Lossiemouth

31 July 2013	Rothes	1 − 3	Lossiemouth	Rothes
20:00 BST	Sean McIntosh  55'		Liam Archibald  42' Darren Bailey  78' Scott Wilson  88'	Stadium: Mackessack Park Referee: Mike McNab

Forres Mechanics v

	Forres Mechanics	bye

Thurso v

	Thurso	bye

Second Round

Lossiemouth v Forres Mechanics

7 August 2013	Lossiemouth	0 − 3	Forres Mechanics	Lossiemouth
20:00 BST			Scott Lawrie  26' Craig McGovern  52' Simon Allan  55'	Stadium: Grant Park Referee: Craig Sim

Wick Academy v Clachnacuddin

7 August 2013	Wick Academy	4 − 3	Clachnacuddin	Wick
20:00 BST	Gary Weir  25' Richard Macadie  37', 49' Bryan McKiddie  85'		Gordon Morrison  52' Martin Laing  58', 68'	Stadium: Harmsworth Park Referee: Graham Fraser

Nairn County v Fort William

13 August 2013	Nairn County	5 − 1	Fort William	Nairn
20:00 BST	John Cameron  42' Martin Macdonald  48' Archie MacPhee  63' Conor Gethins  74' Ross Naismith  85'		Gordon McCarroll  23'	Stadium: Station Park Referee: Mike McNab

Thurso v Brora Rangers

13 August 2013	Thurso	0 − 5	Brora Rangers	Halkirk
20:00 BST			Zander Sutherland  6' Dale Gillespie  45', 50' Andrew Greig  68' Liam Baxter  88'	Stadium: Morrison Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Graham Elder

Semi Finals

Nairn County v Forres Mechanics

3 September 2013	Nairn County	2 − 0	Forres Mechanics	Nairn
20:00 BST	Conor Gethins  43', 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Station Park Referee: Andy Milne

Brora Rangers v Wick Academy

4 September 2013	Brora Rangers	6 − 2	Wick Academy	Brora
20:00 BST	Zander Sutherland  6', 12', 36' (pen.) Ross Tokely  16' Steven Mackay  18' Martin Maclean  27'		Davie Allan  4' Richard Macadie  10'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Graham Fraser

Final

Nairn County v Brora Rangers

19 October 2013 15:00 BST

Nairn County	0 − 3	Brora Rangers
	Report	Zander Sutherland  2' Richie Hart  17' Martin Maclean  59'

Grant Street Park, Inverness Attendance: 1800 Referee: Graham Beaton

References

1. "Fixtures". Highland Football League. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
2. "Holders Nairn beaten by rampant Brora in North Cup final". Highland News (Inverness). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
3. "Celebrations as Brora write name on cup again". Northern Times (Golspie). 25 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.