2003 Scottish Challenge Cup final

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The 2003 Scottish Challenge Cup final was played on 26 October 2003, at McDiarmid Park in Perth and was the 13th staging of the final in the history of the tournament. It was played between Inverness Caledonian Thistle of the First Division and Airdrie United of the Second Division. Inverness Caledonian Thistle emerged winners after defeating Airdrie United 2–0 to win the competition for the first time.

Route to the final

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Round Opposition Score
First round Gretna (a) 5–0
Second round Peterhead (a) 2–1
Quarter-final Ross County (h) 1–0
Semi-final Raith Rovers (a) 4–0

The first round draw saw Inverness Caledonian Thistle travel to Raydale Park to face Gretna with Caley Thistle emerging 5–0 victors.[1] The second round was another away game with Peterhead providing the opposition, Inverness won 2–1 to progress to the quarter-finals.[2] A home game at the Caledonian Stadium against rivals Ross County was the reward for reaching the quarter-finals, with the home side edging out the opposition to win 1–0.[3] The semi-final draw paired the club with Raith Rovers away from home at Stark's Park. Inverness Caledonian Thistle triumphed to win 4–0[4] and book a place in the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time after losing the 1999 final to Alloa Athletic.

Airdrie United

Round Opposition Score
First round Montrose (h) 2–0
Second round Greenock Morton (a) 2–1
Quarter-final Forfar Athletic (a) 2–0
Semi-final Brechin City (a) 2–1 Template:Aet

Airdrie United were drawn against Montrose at home in the first round and produced a 2–0 victory over the club.[1] The second round saw United drawn against Greenock Morton away from home at Cappielow and produced 2–1 win to progress to the quarter-finals.[2] Another away game awaited Airdrie United in the quarter-finals as they were drawn against Forfar Athletic which saw the club produce a 2–0 win and a second clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals.[3] The opposition provided was Brechin City at Glebe Park, again away from home with Airdrie United emerging 2–1 winners after extra time.[4] Airdrie United reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the first time in the club's history.

Pre-match

Analysis

Inverness Caledonian Thistle scored a total of twelve goals in the rounds preceding the final whilst conceding only one goal in the process. Compared with Airdrie United who scored eight goals in total and conceded two, although only managing two clean sheets compared to Inverness Caledonian Thistle's three. Both teams played three games away from their respective homes of Caledonian Stadium and New Broomfield, whilst only playing one home game each. Inverness Caledonian Thistle reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time in its history after losing on penalties in the 1999 final to Alloa Athletic after a 4–4 draw after extra time, whereas it was Airdrie United's first time in the final under their new identity.

Match details

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INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE:
GK 1 Template:Flagicon Mark Brown
DF 2 Template:Flagicon Ross Tokely
DF 3 Template:Flagicon Stuart Golabek
DF 4 Template:Flagicon Bobby Mann (c)
DF 5 Template:Flagicon Stuart McCaffrey
MF 6 Template:Flagicon Russell Duncan
MF 7 Template:Flagicon Barry Wilson
MF 8 Template:Flagicon Richie Hart downward-facing red arrow 86'
FW 9 Template:Flagicon Paul Ritchie downward-facing red arrow 58'
MF 10 Template:Flagicon Roy McBain
FW 11 Template:Flagicon David Bingham downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
DF 12 Template:Flagicon Grant Munro
MF 14 Template:Flagicon Darran Thomson upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 15 Template:Flagicon Steven Hislop upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 16 Template:Flagicon Liam Keogh upward-facing green arrow 86'
GK 17 Template:Flagicon Michael Fraser
Manager:
Template:Flagicon John Robertson
AIRDRIE UNITED:
GK 1 Template:Flagicon Mark McGeown
DF 2 Template:Flagicon Stephen Docherty (c) downward-facing red arrow 64'
DF 3 Template:Flagicon Sandy Stewart
DF 4 Template:Flagicon Scott Wilson downward-facing red arrow 73'
DF 5 Template:Flagicon Allan McManus
MF 6 Template:Flagicon Willie Wilson
FW 7 Template:Flagicon Jerome Vareille downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 8 Template:Flagicon Marvyn Wilson
FW 9 Template:Flagicon Mark Roberts
MF 10 Template:Flagicon David Dunn
MF 11 Template:Flagicon Alan Gow
Substitutes:
FW 12 Template:Flagicon Paul Ronald upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 14 Template:Flagicon Felicien Singbo upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 15 Template:Flagicon Stephen McKeown upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 16 Template:Flagicon Martin Glancy
GK 17 Template:Flagicon Lee Hollis
Manager:
Template:Flagicon Sandy Stewart

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

References

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  1. ↑ a b Scottish League Challenge Cup round 1 Results - 2003/04 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  2. ↑ a b Scottish League Challenge Cup round 2 Results - 2003/04 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  3. ↑ a b Scottish League Challenge Cup round 3 Results - 2003/04, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  4. ↑ a b Scottish League Challenge Cup Semi-finals Results - 2003/04, ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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