2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup

2005–06 Challenge Cup
Country Scotland
Teams 30
Champions St Mirren
Runners-up Hamilton Academical
Matches played 29
Goals scored 88 (3.03 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup was the 15th season of the competition, competed for by all 30 members of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Falkirk, who defeated Ross County 2–1 in the 2004 final. Falkirk did not compete in the tournament after being promoted to the Scottish Premier League.

The final was played on 6 November 2005 and was won by St Mirren who defeated Hamilton Academical 2–1 in the final at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.

Schedule

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First round Sat/Sun 30/31 July 2005 14 30 → 16
Second round Tue/Wed 30/31 August 2005 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals Tue/Wed 13/14 September 2005 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals Tuesday 27 September 2005 2 4 → 2
Final Sunday 6 November 2005 1 2 → 1

First round

Airdrie United and Dumbarton received random byes into the second round

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Arbroath 1–3 Stranraer
Ayr United 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Stirling Albion
Brechin City 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Clyde
East Fife 0–4 Stenhousemuir
Greenock Morton 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Gretna
Partick Thistle 2–0 Cowdenbeath
Peterhead 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Berwick Rangers
Queen of the South 4–0 Albion Rovers
Queen's Park 0–3 Hamilton Academical
Raith Rovers 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Elgin City
Ross County 2–1 Montrose
St Johnstone 2–0 Alloa Athletic
St Mirren 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic
Dundee 2–0 East Stirlingshire

Source: ESPN Soccernet
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Brechin City 0–2 Greenock Morton
Dundee 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (pen.)		 Airdrie United
Partick Thistle 4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
7–8 (pen.)		 St Johnstone
Raith Rovers 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton
Ross County 0–1 Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South 1–2 St Mirren
Stirling Albion 2–1 Berwick Rangers
Stranraer 1–2 Stenhousemuir

Source: ESPN Soccernet
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

13 September 2005
19:45
Hamilton Academical 2–0 Dundee
Carrigan  31'
Keogh  54' 		Report
New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Attendance: 609
Referee: M McCurry

13 September 2005
19:45
St Johnstone 5–1 Raith Rovers
Milne  31',  43',  67'
Scotland  35'
Mensing  47' 		Report McManus  21'
McDiarmid Park, Perth
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: K Clarke

13 September 2005
19:45
St Mirren 3–2 Stenhousemuir
Lappin  20'
Adam  22'
Sutton  23' 		Report Mercer  32'
McGrillen  38'
St Mirren Park, Paisley
Attendance: 725

14 September 2005
19:45
Stirling Albion 1–2 Greenock Morton
Fraser  31' Report Walker  30'
McLaughlin  83'
Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Attendance: 1,083
Referee: J Underhill

Semi-finals

27 September 2005
19:45
St Johnstone 1–2 Hamilton Academical
Rutkiewicz Report Keogh
Ferguson
McDiarmid Park, Perth
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: K Clarke

27 September 2005
19:45
St Mirren 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 pen.) 		Greenock Morton
Report
Love Street, Paisley
Attendance: 6,542

Final

5 November 2005
15:00
St Mirren 2–1 Hamilton Academical
Lappin  22'
Sutton  80' 		Report Tunbridge  47'
Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Attendance: 9,613
Referee: Stuart Dougal

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