2008–09 Scottish League Cup

2008–09 Co-operative Insurance Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	42
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Goals scored	135 (3.29 per match)

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.

Calendar

Round	First match date	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

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

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Montrose 0–2 Cowdenbeath McGregor  6' Fairbairn  81' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Links Park, Montrose Attendance 382 Referee A Muir
Ross County 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United Dall  43' Hart  76' di Giacomo  23'  112' Noble  86' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Victoria Park, Dingwall Attendance 869 Referee C Allan
Dumbarton 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.) Annan Athletic Logan  115' Geggan  103', 104' Penalty Shootout Clark Logan Tiernan O'Byrne Murray Jack  103' (pen.) Penalty Shootout Jardine Johnstone Parker Adamson Inglis Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:30 Stadium Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Attendance 462 Referee G Hilland
Peterhead 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Phinn  46' Kirk  50' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead Attendance 1,291 Referee G Salmond
Stranraer 3–6 Greenock Morton Frizzel  37' McColm  72' Gibson  84' McGuffie  5' Wake  12'  85' Russell  23'  32' Paartalu  40' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Stair Park, Stranraer Attendance 317 Referee S Finnie
Alloa Athletic 2–0 Elgin City Scott  71' Kelly  78' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance 269 Referee C Brown
Clyde 4–1 Queen's Park Roddy MacLennan  15' Gibson  63' McSwegan  86'  88' Harkins  82' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Attendance 690 Referee Stuart Dougal
Albion Rovers 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3–4 (pen.) Raith Rovers Davidson  50', 78' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge Attendance 415 Referee S Nicholls
Partick Thistle 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic McKeown  39' Gray  70'  97' Chaplain  112' Fotheringham  13' Lilley  65' Smith  103' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:30 Stadium Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Attendance 1,192 Referee E Smith
Stenhousemuir 1–5 St Johnstone Love  12' Sheerin  23' (pen.) Milne  78' Holmes  79'  83' Hardie  88' Report Report link Date 2008-08-05 Kick off 19:30 Stadium Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir Attendance 687 Referee C Boyle
Ayr United 2–1 Berwick Rangers Aitken  40' Williams  45' Greenhill  12' Report Report link Date 2008-08-06 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Somerset Park, Ayr Attendance 745 Referee S. Conroy
East Fife 0–3 Brechin City Twigg  44' White  65' Ward Report Report link Date 2008-08-06 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Bayview Stadium, Methil Attendance 523 Referee B. Winter
Arbroath 3–2 Stirling Albion McMullan  48' Wright  64' Bishop  80' A. Graham  5' Harty  63' Report Report link Date 2008-08-06 Kick off 19:45 Stadium Gayfield Park, Arbroath Attendance 448 Referee J. McKendrick
East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Livingston B. Graham  90' Fox  80' G. Smith  113' Report Report link Date 2008-08-06 Kick off 19:30 Stadium Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir Attendance 360 Referee C.Charleston

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Second round

The Second round draw was conducted at The Signet Library, Edinburgh on 2008-08-11.

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

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Third round

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

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

Source: Scottish Football League
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarter-finals

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

Dundee United v Dunfermline Athletic

28 October 2008 19:45

Dundee United	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
S Robertson  16'	Report

Tannadice Park, Dundee Attendance: 5,350 Referee: D McDonald

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Falkirk v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

28 October 2008 19:45

Falkirk	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
McCann  36'	Report

Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk Attendance: 3,007 Referee: S Conroy

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Rangers v Hamilton Academical

28 October 2008 19:45

Rangers	2–0	Hamilton Academical
Boyd  24' Lafferty  50'	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 32,083 Referee: E Smith

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Kilmarnock v Celtic

29 October 2008 19:45

Kilmarnock	1–3	Celtic
Invincibile  69'	Report	McDonald  11' Nakamura  45' McGeady  72'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 6,319 Referee: C Thomson

Semi-finals

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.

Rangers v Falkirk

27 January 2009 19:45

Rangers	3–0	Falkirk
Novo  8'  40' Boyd  88'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 24,507 Referee: C Richmond

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Celtic v Dundee United

28 January 2009 19:45

Celtic	0 – 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

Main article: 2009 Scottish League Cup Final

Celtic v Rangers

15 March 2009 15:00

Celtic	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
O'Dea  91' McGeady  120' (pen.)	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 51,193 Referee: D McDonald

Awards

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
R1	Morton
R2	Morton	Stephen Robertson (Airdrie United)	Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
R3	Dunfermline	Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock)	David Goodwillie (Dundee United)
QF		Scott Robertson (Dundee United)

Media coverage

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.

External links

• BBC Scottish Cups page
• SFL page