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2008–09 Scottish League Cup

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The 2008–09 Scottish League Cup was the 63rd season of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Celtic won the cup beating Rangers 2–0 after extra time thanks to a goal from Darren O'Dea and an Aiden McGeady penalty.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	5 August 2008	14	42 → 28
Second round	26 August 2008	12	28 → 16
Third round	23 September 2008	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	28 October 2008	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	27 January 2009	2	4 → 2
[Final](2009-scottish-league-cup-final)	15 March 2009	1	2 → 1

First round

The First round draw was conducted at Hampden Park on 2008-07-22. Fairbairn Hart Noble Geggan Penalty Shootout Clark Logan Tiernan O'Byrne Murray

Penalty Shootout Jardine Johnstone Parker Adamson Inglis Kirk McColm Gibson Wake Russell Paartalu Kelly Gibson McSwegan Gray Chaplain Lilley Smith Milne Holmes Hardie Williams White Ward Wright Bishop Harty G. Smith Source: Scottish Football League

Second round

The second round draw was conducted at The Signet Library, Edinburgh on 2008-08-11. Mehmet Dorman Dargo Mason Cuenca Harkins Shiels Pinau Masterton Harding Thomas Stevenson Ohnesorge Goodwillie Campbell J. Stewart M. Stewart Sellars Wood Barrowman Bryson Source: Scottish Football League

Third round

The Third round draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 2008-09-01. Samaras Scott Brown Robertson Wiles Lovell Imrie Fernandez Taouil Miller Porter Ettien Mensing Mendes Source: Scottish Football League

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was conducted at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 September 2008.

Lafferty

Nakamura McGeady

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was conducted at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on 12 November 2008 by First Minister Alex Salmond, a representative of sponsors Co-operative Insurance and the Presiding Officer of the Parliament, Alex Fergusson.

Boyd

Caldwell Nakamura Robson Samaras Naylor Crosas Brown Loovens Hinkel Boruc McDonald Dundee United went first Daly Feeney Conway Dixon Gomis Kenneth Robertson Wilkie Kovačević Załuska Flood

Final

Main article: 2009 Scottish League Cup Final

McGeady

Awards

A team, player and young player were chosen by the Scottish sports press as the top performers in each round.

Round	Team	Player	Young player
R1	Greenock Morton
R2	Greenock Morton	Stephen Robertson (Airdrie United)	Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
R3	Dunfermline Athletic	Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock)	David Goodwillie (Dundee United)
QF		Scott Robertson (Dundee United)	Scott Arfield (Falkirk)

Media coverage

In Australia the Scottish League Cup was available on SBS and Setanta Sports who also broadcast it in Ireland. In the UK the Scottish League Cup was broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC Red Button.

References

(16 June 2008). "CIS Insurance Cup (match dates)". SFL.
(18 August 2008). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, first round draw)". SFL.
(11 August 2008). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008/09 (match dates, second round draw)". SFL.
(1 September 2008). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Third round draw)". Scottish Football League.
(25 September 2008). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup (match dates, Quarter-final draw)". Scottish Football League.
(12 November 2008). "Co-operative Insurance Cup 2008–09". Scottish Football League.
(28 October 2008). "Dundee United star David Goodwillie keen to make cup impact this time round". [[Daily Record (Scotland).

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