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1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup

The 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup was the eighth season of the competition, competed for by the 30 member clubs of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Stranraer, who defeated St Johnstone 1–0 in the 1996 final.

The final was played on 2 November 1997, between Falkirk and Queen of the South at Fir Park in Motherwell. Falkirk won 1–0, to win the tournament for the second time after winning the tournament in 1993.

Schedule

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	Sat/Tue/Wed 12/13/16 August 1997	14	30 → 16
Second round	Tuesday 26 August 1997	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Tue/Wed/Fri 2/3/5 September 1997	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Mon/Wed 15/17 September 1997	2	4 → 2
[Final](1997-scottish-challenge-cup-final)	Sunday 2 November 1997	1	2 → 1

First round

Brechin City and Ross County received random byes into the second round. Docherty Friels Crawford Peters Gallagher Spence Wordsworth Gibson Cameron Lennon Dair McGraw Gillies Glennie Campbell Anderson Rowe McKechnie Source: Soccerbase

Second round

Connelly Black Cooper Feroz Davidson Source: Soccerbase

Quarter-finals

Flannigan

McGrillen Hagen

Cunnington Geraghty ,

Semi-finals

Quintongo McGowan

Mallan

Final

Main article: 1997 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

Notes

A. The 1998–99 tournament was suspended due to lack of sponsorship

References

[http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/challenge-cup/1996-1997/results/fn Scottish Challenge Cup 1996–1997] {{Webarchive. link. (5 April 2020 , statto.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.)
[http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=614 Scottish Challenge Cup 1997/98], Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

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