2007–08 Scottish League Cup

The 2007–08 Scottish League Cup was the 62nd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

Rangers won the cup by defeating Dundee United in the Final, winning 3–2 on penalties after the match was drawn 2–2 after extra-time.

First round

Berwick Rangers v Stenhousemuir

7 August 2007	Berwick Rangers	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Stenhousemuir	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
	Gemmill  15' (pen.) Bolochoweckyj  105' Wood  111'	Report	Lyle  90' McCulloch  16', 92'	Attendance: 3,395 Referee: C Brown

Brechin City v Stirling Albion

7 August 2007	Brechin City	0–1	Stirling Albion	Glebe Park, Brechin
		Report	McKenna  31'	Attendance: 403 Referee: A Freeland

Clyde v Raith Rovers

7 August 2007	Clyde	0–3	Raith Rovers	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
		Report	Tod  21' Carcary  70' Weir  80'	Attendance: 892 Referee: B Winter

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

7 August 2007	Cowdenbeath	2–0	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Clarke  69' Dalziel  77' McBride  25', 84'	Report	Nugent  82'	Attendance: 322 Referee: M Tumilty

Dundee v Greenock Morton

7 August 2007	Dundee	2–0	Greenock Morton	Dens Park, Dundee
	Zemlik  47' Swankie  52'	Report		Attendance: 2,942 Referee: E Smith

Forfar Athletic v Peterhead

7 August 2007	Forfar Athletic	0–1	Peterhead	Station Park, Forfar
		Report	Istead  15'	Attendance: 388 Referee: C Charleston

Hamilton Academical v East Stirlingshire

7 August 2007	Hamilton Academical	2–1	East Stirlingshire	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Offiong  30' McLeod  76'	Report	McBride  57' (pen) Struthers  86'	Attendance: 554 Referee: C Boyle

Livingston v Ayr United

7 August 2007	Livingston	5–0	Ayr United	City Stadium, Livingston
	Craig  3' Snodgrass  36' MacKay  39',  83' (pen) Lowing  75' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 1,300 Referee: W Collum

Queen's Park v Alloa Athletic

7 August 2007	Queen's Park	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Canning  26' Trouten  40'	Report	Mackie  65'	Attendance: 429 Referee: J McKendrick

Ross County v Elgin City

7 August 2007	Ross County	3–1	Elgin City	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Dowie  23' Barrowman  72',  90'	Report	Charlesworth  44'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: D Somers

Arbroath v Albion Rovers

8 August 2007	Arbroath	4–2	Albion Rovers	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
	Brazil  1',  6' Scott  20' Sellars  22'	Report	Hunter  80' Chisholm  88'	Attendance: 525 Referee: S Nicholls

East Fife v Queen of the South

8 August 2007	East Fife	1–0	Queen of the South	Bayview Stadium, Methil
	McDonald  63'	Report	Harris  56'	Attendance: 693 Referee: S O'Reilly

Partick Thistle v Airdrie United

8 August 2007	Partick Thistle	2–1	Airdrie United	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
	Harkins  14' Murray  88'	Report	McKenna  61'	Attendance: 2,125 Referee: C Richmond

Stranraer v Montrose

8 August 2007	Stranraer	1–2	Montrose	Links Park, Montrose
	Keogh  54'	Report	Stein  17' Gibson  34' Thomson  54', 90'	Attendance: 280 Referee: A Muir

Source: BBC Sport

Second round

Berwick Rangers v Hamilton Academical

28 August 2007	Berwick Rangers	2–3	Hamilton Academical	Shielfield, Berwick-upon-Tweed
	Diack  31' Parratt  65' (o.g.)	Report	Winters  15' Wake  55',  75'	Attendance: 402 Referee: D Somers

Dundee v Livingston

28 August 2007	Dundee	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Livingston	Dens Park, Dundee
	Robertson  33' Lyle  86' (pen.)	Report	Mitchell  8' Craig  49'	Attendance: 2,355 Referee: C MacKay

Gretna v Cowdenbeath

28 August 2007	Gretna	3–1	Cowdenbeath	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Barr  52' Yantorno  85' Jenkins  88'	Report	O'Neil  13'	Attendance: 342 Referee: B Winter

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Arbroath

28 August 2007	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Arbroath	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
	Niculae  34',  74' Wyness  64'	Report	Scott  71'	Attendance: 1,246 Referee: S Finnie

Montrose v Falkirk

28 August 2007	Montrose	1–2	Falkirk	Links Park, Montrose
	Wood  83'	Report	Higdon  17' Thomson  60'	Attendance: 642 Referee: A Freeland

Peterhead v Kilmarnock

28 August 2007	Peterhead	0–3	Kilmarnock	Balmoor, Peterhead
		Report	Nish  30' Wright  48' Naismith  55'	Attendance: 1,118 Referee: M Tumilty

Queen's Park v Hibernian

28 August 2007	Queen's Park	1–2	Hibernian	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Dunlop  62'	Report	Morais  56' Fletcher  58'	Attendance: 2,343 Referee: E Smith

Stirling Albion v Heart of Midlothian

28 August 2007	Stirling Albion	0–2	Heart of Midlothian	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
		Report	Ellis  39' (o.g.) Kingston  53'	Attendance: 2,059 Referee: J Underhill

St Mirren v East Fife

28 August 2007	St Mirren	0–1	East Fife	St Mirren Park, Paisley
		Report	O'Reilly  63'	Attendance: 1,782 Referee: S Conroy

Dundee United v Ross County

29 August 2007	Dundee United	2–1	Ross County	Tannadice Park, Dundee
	Hunt  65' (pen.) J Robertson  88'	Report	Barrowman  78'	Attendance: 3,114 Referee: C Allan

Motherwell v Raith Rovers

29 August 2007	Motherwell	3–1	Raith Rovers	Fir Park, Motherwell
	McLean  45' McCormack  74' Porter  90'		Carcary  48'	Attendance: 3,571 Referee: W Collum rep=

Source: BBC Sport

Third round

25 September 2007

Falkirk	0–1	Dundee United
	Report	Wilkie  60'

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk

Attendance: 2,804

Referee: C Thomson

25 September 2007

Hamilton	2–0	Kilmarnock
McCarthy  16' McArthur  37'	Report

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

Attendance: 2,627

Referee: K Clarke

25 September 2007

Hearts	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic
Nadé  34' (pen.) Berra  97' Elliot  100'  102'	Report	Simmons  84'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: B Winter

25 September 2007

Inverness CT	3–0	Gretna
Bayne  21' Wilson  67' Wyness  80'	Report

Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

Attendance: 1,717

Referee: A Freeland

26 September 2007

Dundee	1–2	Celtic
McDonald  71'	Report	McDonald  27' Vennegoor of Hesselink  60'

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 8,203

Referee: I Brines

26 September 2007

East Fife	0–4	Rangers
	Report	Novo  14' Boyd  35'  66' (pen.) Cuéllar  54'

East End Park, Dunfermline

Attendance: 7,413

Referee: W Collum

26 September 2007

Hibernian	2–4	Motherwell
Donaldson  11' Antoine-Curier  85'	Report	Clarkson  17' Lasley  20' McCormack  24' Porter  83'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: M Tumilty

26 September 2007
19:45

Partick Thistle	0–2	Aberdeen
	Report	Young  42' Considine  64'

Firhill, Glasgow

Attendance: 3,337

Referee: S Dougal

Quarter-finals

31 October 200719:45

Aberdeen	4–1	Inverness CT
Nicholson  10' (pen.)  22'  78' (pen.) Miller  45'	Report	Bayne  68'

Pittodrie, Aberdeen

Attendance: 7,270

Referee: J Underhill

31 October 2007

Celtic	0–2	Hearts
	Report	Velicka  77',  86'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 21,492

Referee: K Clark

31 October 2007

Dundee United	3–1	Hamilton Academical
Hunt  10',  77',  85'	Report	Offiong  79' (pen.)

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 4,567

Referee: M McCurry

31 October 2007

Motherwell	1–2	Rangers
Quinn  90'	Report	Novo  22' Boyd  53'

Fir Park, Motherwell

Attendance: 9,283

Referee: I Brines

Semi-finals

30 January 2008

Rangers	2–0	Hearts
Ferguson  50' Darcheville  69'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,989

Referee: M McCurry

5 February 2008

Aberdeen	1–4	Dundee United
Considine  18' Miller  35', 68'	Report	Dods  22' Kalvenes  59' Conway  65' Gomis  77'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 12,046

Referee: S Dougal

Final

16 March 200815:00

Dundee United	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Hunt  34' de Vries  95'	Report	Boyd  86'  113'
Penalties
Willo Flood Craig Conway Mark de Vries David Robertson Lee Wilkie	2 – 3 Dundee United went first	Jean-Claude Darcheville Steven Whittaker Steven Davis Lee McCulloch Kris Boyd

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,019

Referee: K Clark

Top scorers

Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup is currently broadcast on BBC Scotland.

External links

• BBC Scottish Cups page