The 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the Ramsdens Challenge Cup due to sponsorship reasons with Ramsdens, is the 21st season of the competition, competed for by all 30 members of the Scottish Football League

Scottish Football League

The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...

 and the top two clubs from the Highland League

Highland Football League

The Press & Journal Highland Football League is a league of football clubs operating not just in the Scottish Highlands, as the name may suggest, but also in the north-east lowlands...

. The current holders are , who defeated 2–0 in the 2010 final

2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played between Queen of the South and Ross County at McDiarmid Park, Perth. Ross County won 2-0. The game had been postponed from November to April due to inclement weather....

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Schedule

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	Sat/Sun 23/24 July 2011	16	32 → 16
Second round	Tuesday 9 August 2011	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Sunday 4 September 2011	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Sunday 9 October 2011	2	4 → 2
Final	Sunday 1st or 8 April 2012	1	2 → 1

North and East region

South and West region

Second round

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted on 11 August 2011 at 2:00pm in a Ramsdens outlet in The Forge Shopping Centre

The Forge Shopping Centre

The Forge Shopping Centre exists in the east end of Glasgow in Parkhead. The shopping centre bore the name from the former William Beardmore and Company steel works site that had closed in 1976.- Construction :...

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals of the Ramsdens cup will take place at 2:00pm on 7 September 2011, at Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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Final

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Top Scorers

Last updated on 9 October 2011

#	Name	Club	Goals
1	Paul di Giacomo Paul di Giacomo Paul di Giacomo is a Scottish footballer of Italian descent, who is playing for Greenock Morton.He began his career at Kilmarnock, before dropping into the Scottish Football League First Division with Airdrie United and then Ross County...	Greenock Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....	5
2	Ian Harty Ian Harty Ian McGuinness Harty is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Annan Athletic.-Professional career:Ian Harty has played for a wide number of lower Scottish Football League teams during his career...	Annan Athletic	4
	Andy Jackson	Greenock Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....	4
	Ryan Wallace	East Fife East Fife F.C. East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...	4
5	Kenny Deuchar Kenny Deuchar Kenneth Robert John "Kenny" Deuchar is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing as a striker for Livingston.In 2005, Deuchar equaled Jimmy Greaves's British record of six league hat-tricks in a single season. He is also a practicing medical doctor...	Livingston Livingston F.C. Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...	3
	Farid El Allagui Farid El Allagui Farid El Alagui is a Moroccan professional footballer currently playing for Falkirk in the Scottish First Division.-Career:El Alagui began his career at Bergerac before playing for Wydad and Romorantin....	Falkirk Falkirk F.C. Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...	3
	Robert Ogleby Robert Ogleby Robert Charles Ogleby is a Wales Under-21 international footballer who plays for East Fife on loan from Heart of Midlothian. Although born in England, he plays internationally for Wales having qualified through his Welsh grandfather.-Hearts:Ogleby was a member of Hearts successful under 19 squad...	East Fife East Fife F.C. East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...	3