1995 Scottish Challenge Cup Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1995 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played on 5 November 1995, at McDiarmid Park

McDiarmid Park

McDiarmid Park is a football stadium in Perth, Scotland, the home ground of St. Johnstone FC. It has an all-seated capacity of 10,673.-History:...

in Perth

Perth, Scotland

Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...

and was the 6th staging of the final in the history of the tournament. It was played between of the First Division and of the Second Division. Stenhousemuir emerged winners by defeating Dundee United 5–4 on penalties after a 0–0 draw after extra time. Stenhousemuir won the tournament for the first time in their history.

Stenhousemuir

Home (sports)

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Road (sports)

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Along with , Stenhousemuir received a random bye into the second round. The draw in the second round saw Montrose travel to Ochilview Park

Ochilview Park

Ochilview Park is a football stadium in Stenhousemuir, Scotland. It is the home ground of Stenhousemuir who currently share it with local rivals East Stirlingshire.-History:...

with The Warriors winning 3–1. The reward for reaching the quarter-final was an away game against Dundee at Dens Park

Dens Park

Dens Park is a football stadium located on Dens Road in Dundee, Scotland. The stadium is the home of Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of 12,085...

with Stenhousemuir producing a 3–0 victory and first clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition was an away game against Stirling Albion, who had ground shared with Stenhousemuir in 1992–93. The game was played at Albion's new Forthbank Stadium

Forthbank Stadium

Forthbank Stadium is a football stadium in Stirling, Scotland. It is the home ground of Stirling Albion. The stadium has a capacity of 3,808. The pitch size is 110 x 74 yards....

which saw Stenhousemuir win 2–1 to send the club into the Scottish Challenge Cup Final for the first time in its history.

Dundee United

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Dundee United faced a trip to Stranraer in the first round which saw the team emerge 2–0 winners. The second round was the first and only home game of the tournament for Dundee United with the visitors in the form of Hamilton Academical with United producing a 3–0 victory at Tannadice. A trip to Clydebank was the reward for reaching the quarter-finals with Dundee United edging the opposition out to win 1–0, in the process completing a third consecutive clean sheet. Dunfermline Athletic provided the opposition for Dundee United in the semi-finals with the team producing a 4–0 victory at East End Park

East End Park

East End Park is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of 11,380.The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League side, Dunfermline Athletic F.C. It currently comprises four stands: East Stand, Main Stand, SGM Stand and the Norrie...

and a fourth consecutive clean sheet of the tournament. Dundee United reached the Scottish Challenge Cup Final for the first time.

Analysis

Stenhousemuir had played only one game at their home of Ochilview Park

Ochilview Park

Ochilview Park is a football stadium in Stenhousemuir, Scotland. It is the home ground of Stenhousemuir who currently share it with local rivals East Stirlingshire.-History:...

and two away in the games preceding the final. Dundee United also played one home game but played three away from home. Despite receiving a bye into the second round, Stenhousemuir amassed a total of eight goals scored with only two conceded, whilst keeping one clean sheet. Dundee United scored a total of ten goals and conceded none before the final, thus amassing a total of four clean sheets. This was the first appearance for both Stenhousemuir and Dundee United in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final since its inauguration in 1990.

Final

Teams


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Stenhousemuir:
GK	1	Roddy McKenzie Roddy McKenzie Roderick "Roddy" McKenzie is a Scottish professional association footballer. He is a goalkeeper for Queen of the South in the Scottish Football League First Division.-Hearts & Stenhousemuir:...
MF	2	Eamonn Bannon Eamonn Bannon Eamonn John Bannon is a former Scottish football player, who played in midfield for Hearts, Chelsea, Dundee United and Scotland.-Career:...
DF	3	Lloyd Haddow
DF	4	Graeme Armstrong Graeme Armstrong Graeme Armstrong is a retired Scottish footballer. He was born in Edinburgh.By the time he retired as a player, Armstrong had made a Scottish-record 910 league appearances...
DF	5	George McGeachie George McGeachie George McGeachie is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. McGeachie spent the majority of his career with Dundee, playing for thirteen seasons at Dens Park and making nearly 250 league appearances, including winning the 1978-79 Scottish First Division...
DF	6	Adrian Sprott Adrian Sprott Adrian Sprott is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Meadowbank, Hamilton and Stenhousemuir.Sprott played for Hamilton in the Scottish Premier Division as a semi-professional player, as he combined his football career with working for Lothian & Borders Police...
MF	7	Paul Hunter Paul Hunter (footballer) Paul Hunter is a Scottish former footballer, who played for East Fife, Hull City, Cowdenbeath and Stenhousemuir.- External links :*, www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com...
MF	8	Jimmy Fisher
FW	9	Miller Mathieson
MF	10	Gareth Hutchison
FW	11	Ian Little Ian Little (footballer) Ian Little is a Scottish football player and manager. Little is current playing for and caretaker manager of Berwick Rangers. He previously played for Livingston, Stenhousemuir and Alloa....
Substitutes:
DF	12	Neil Aitken
FW	14	Tommy Steel
MF	15	Paul Logan
Manager:
Terry Christie

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Dundee United: | GK 1

Ally Maxwell

Alistair Espie "Ally" Maxwell is a Scottish football coach and former professional footballer. He is currently a youth coach for SC Del Sol Soccer Club in the United States, having previously played for Motherwell, Rangers and Dundee United, and coached Greenock Morton and US side Sereno Golden...

DF 2

Rab Shannon

Robert 'Rab' Shannon is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender.-Playing career:Shannon, who played for a number of Scottish clubs but spent around half his career with Dundee. He also spent a season with the Newcastle Breakers in the Australian National Soccer League.-External links:...

DF 3

Maurice Malpas

Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas is an ex-footballer and the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher...

DF 4

Steven Pressley

Steven John "Elvis" Pressley is a retired Scottish footballer, who is now the manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts...

DF 5

Christian Dailly

Christian Eduard Dailly is a Scottish professional footballer who is without a club having last played for Championship side Portsmouth. He is a versatile player, often seen in defence or defensive midfield, but has played in most outfield positions during his career. Dailly is Scotland's...

MF 6

Ray McKinnon

Ray McKinnon (footballer)

Ray McKinnon is a Scottish footballer, who was last player/manager for Lochee United in the Scottish Junior Football East Super League until 2010....

MF 7

Andy McLaren

Andy McLaren is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently with Junior club Petershill.-Career:McLaren, a winger, began his career in 1989 with Dundee United where he remained for 10 years, helping them win the Scottish Cup in 1994. He left Tannadice for English club Reading in 2000 and...

MF 8

Grant Johnson

Grant Johnson (footballer)

Ian Grant Johnson is a Scottish former footballer who is currently a coach for Brechin City. He played as a midfielder before finishing his playing career in 2007 and works full-time in law.-Career:...

FW 9

Gary McSwegan

Gary John McSwegan is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club following his release from Clyde...

FW 10

Owen Coyle

Owen Columba Coyle is a Scottish-born Irish international former professional player and professional association football manager . He is currently the manager of Bolton Wanderers....

FW 11

Robbie Winters

Robbie Winters is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Alloa Athletic.-Career:Winters began his career at Dundee United in 1992 and played 99 league games for the Terrors, scoring 19 times. A move to Aberdeen beckoned, which saw Billy Dodds and cash come to Tannadice in exchange for Winters...

Substitutes: FW 12

Craig Brewster

Craig James Brewster is a Scottish football player and coach. He made his name in a long and successful career playing as a striker for numerous clubs in Scotland, particularly Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic...

GK 13

Kelham O'Hanlon

Kelham O'Hanlon is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for a number of British clubs and the Republic of Ireland national team. He is currently the first team manager for Evo-Stik Division One North team A.F.C. Fylde-Career:O'Hanlon began his playing career at Middlesbrough in 1982...

DF 14

Jamie McQuilken

James Charles McQuilken is a Scottish professional footballer who last played for Scottish First Division side Queen of the South.-Career:...

Manager:

Billy Kirkwood

Billy Kirkwood is a Scottish former football player. He is currently a Rangers youth coach.- Playing career :Kirkwood made his name with Dundee United, where over 400 appearances saw him clinch the Scottish Premier Division title and two League Cup wins, alongside five domestic cup runners-up...

MATCH RULES

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

Post-match

Dundee United failed to concede a single goal throughout the entire tournament but still lost the final in the form of a penalty shootout against Stenhousemuir. This was Stenhousemuir's first national silverware since 1902.

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