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2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final

Field	Value
title	2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final
image	[[File:2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final programme cover.jpg	170px]]
caption	The match programme cover
event	2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup
team1	St Mirren
team1score	2
team2	Hamilton Academical
team2score	1
date	6 November 2005
stadium	Excelsior Stadium
city	Airdrie
referee	S. Dougal
attendance	9,613
previous	2004
next	2006

The 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Bell's Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between St Mirren and Hamilton Academical on 6 November 2005 at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie. It was the 15th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.

St Mirren emerged winners after defeating Hamilton Academical 2–1 with goals from Simon Lappin and John Sutton to win the tournament for the first time after being losing finalists in 1993.

Route to the final

St Mirren

Round	Opposition	Score
First round	Forfar Athletic (h)	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Second round	Queen of the South (a)	2–1
Quarter-final	Stenhousemuir (h)	3–2
Semi-final	Greenock Morton (h)	0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)

The first round draw paired St Mirren with Forfar Athletic at Love Street with the home team winning 1–0 after extra time. The second round was a trip to Dumfries to face Queen of the South at Palmerston Park with The Buddies producing 2–1 win to progress to the quarter-finals. The opponents drawn were Stenhousemuir at home in the quarter-finals and St Mirren won 3–2. The reward for reaching the semi-final was a home game at against Renfrewshire rivals, Greenock Morton with St Mirren edging out the opponents to win 4–2 on penalties after 0–0 after extra time. St Mirren reached the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the second time, since losing the 1993 final against Falkirk.

Hamilton Academical

Round	Opposition	Score
First round	Queen's Park (a)	3–0
Second round	Ross County (a)	1–0
Quarter-final	Dundee (h)	2–0
Semi-final	St Johnstone (a)	2–1

Hamilton Academical were drawn against Queen's Park at home in the first round and Hamilton came out 3–0 winners The second round draw saw Accies drawn against Ross County away from home with Hamilton emerging 1–0 winners. The quarter-final draw brought Dundee to New Douglas Park which saw Hamilton produce a 2–0 and awarded Accies their third consecutive clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. The opposition provided in the semi-final draw was St Johnstone and another away game which saw Hamilton triumph with a 2–1 victors to proceed to the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the third time in the club's history since winning both the 1991 and 1992 tournaments.

Match

Sutton

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SCO Gus MacPherson

SCO Billy Reid

References

"Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals".
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4403942.stm St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies], [[BBC Sport]]. 2005-11-06. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
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[https://archive.today/20130103041258/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/2/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup round 2 Results - 2005/06], ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
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[https://archive.today/20130103074556/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/round/_/season/2005/league/sco.challenge/seasonType/5/scottish-league-challenge-cup?cc=5739 Scottish League Challenge Cup Final Results - 2005/06], ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

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