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2010–11 Scottish League Cup

Field	Value
title	Co-operative Insurance Cup
year	2010–11
country	Scotland
dates	31 July 2010 – 20 March 2011
num_teams	42
defending champions	Rangers
champions	Rangers
runner-up	Celtic
matches	41
goals	171
player	Anthony Stokes (5)
prevseason	[2009–10](2009-10-scottish-league-cup)
nextseason	[2011–12](2011-12-scottish-league-cup)

| runner-up = Celtic The 2010–11 Scottish League Cup is the 65th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish League Cup, also known as the Co-operative Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition started in July 2010 with the First Round and ended in Spring 2011 with the Final. Rangers are the current title holder, having beaten Celtic in the 2011 final.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw. Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of ties. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to avoid congestion of fixtures.

First round: The 30 teams from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter
Second round: The 15 winners of the First Round are joined by the 7 of last season's SPL sides not in Europe (Heart of Midlothian, St Johnstone, Aberdeen, Hamilton Academical, St Mirren, Kilmarnock and Falkirk) who were relegated from the SPL
Third round: The 11 winners of the Second Round are joined by the 5 SPL sides in Europe (Rangers, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Motherwell)
Quarter-finals: The 8 winners of the third round play
Semi-finals: The 4 winners of the quarter-finals play
Final: The 2 winners of the semi-finals play

Adjustments from previous editions

Club Entry Points – The format of the first and second rounds was adjusted for this season. Previously the club promoted into the SPL entered in the Second Round alongside the other non-European SPL sides, with the side relegated to the First Division entering in the first round alongside the other SFL sides. However, this situation has been reversed, meaning Inverness Caledonian Thistle entered the tournament in the First Round – despite being promoted to SPL; and Falkirk entered in the second round – despite being relegated.

The 2009–10 tournament had seen both such sides enter in the first round, plus 11th in the SPL – as there were 6 Scottish clubs in Europe.

Unless a Scottish side wins the Europa League or unless the country secures one of the three "Fair Play" places, there will only be 4 clubs in Europe during 2011–12. As a result, both such sides plus 2nd in the First Division entered in the second round.

Semi-Finals – Following discussions between the SPL and SFL, it was agreed that one or both semi-finals would take place on a weekend, and not on midweek as in previous years. This practice had been the source of criticism – as it forced fans to travel to a neutral venue for a prestigious Semi-Final on a weekday evening in January or February. The details will be confirmed after the quarter-finals.

Schedule

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	Saturday/Sunday 31 July/1 August 2010	15	42 → 27
Second round	Tuesday/Wednesday 24/25 August 2010	11	27 → 16
Third round	Tuesday/Wednesday 21/22 September 2010	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Tuesday/Wednesday 26/27 October 2010	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Saturday/Sunday 29/30 January 2011	2	4 → 2
Final	Sunday 20 March 2011	1	2 → 1

Fixtures and results

First round

The First round draw was conducted on 28 May 2010.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Dundee	3–0	Montrose
Elgin City	3–2	Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic	5–2	Arbroath
Annan Athletic	0–1	Partick Thistle
Stirling Albion	1–2	Forfar Athletic
Albion Rovers	0–1	Airdrie United
Ross County	2–1	Livingston
Stenhousemuir	1–3	Brechin City
Raith Rovers	4–1	East Fife
Clyde	2–1	Cowdenbeath
Peterhead	1–0	Berwick Rangers
Stranraer	1–7	Greenock Morton
Queen of the South	5–1	Dumbarton
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Queen's Park
East Stirlingshire	1–2	Alloa Athletic

Second round

The Second round draw was conducted on 6 August 2010.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Kilmarnock	6–2	Airdrie United
Brechin City	2–2
3–1 (pen.)	Dundee
Heart of Midlothian	4–0	Elgin City
Alloa Athletic	0–3	Aberdeen
St Johnstone	2–0	Greenock Morton
Ross County	3–3
4–3 (pen.)	St Mirren
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Peterhead
Partick Thistle	0–1	Falkirk
Queen of the South	4–1	Forfar Athletic
Raith Rovers	1–0	Hamilton Academical
Dunfermline Athletic	3–2	Clyde

Third round

The Third round draw was conducted on 31 August 2010.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Rangers	7–2	Dunfermline Athletic
Kilmarnock	3–1	Hibernian
Aberdeen	3–2	Raith Rovers
Falkirk	4–3	Heart of Midlothian
Celtic	6–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Ross County	1–2	Dundee United
St Johnstone	3–0	Queen of the South
Brechin City	0–2	Motherwell

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals draw was conducted on 23 September 2010. Ties were played on 26 and 27 October.

Davidson McGinn

Naismith

Source:

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals draw was conducted on 29 October 2010.

Mulgrew Rogne Stokes

Naismith

Final

Main article: 2011 Scottish League Cup Final

Jelavić

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	Stewart Kean (Greenock Morton)	Marc McCusker (Clyde)
R2	Brechin City	Gregory Tade (Raith Rovers)	Ryan Flynn (Falkirk)
R3			Jonathan Page (Motherwell)
QF		Paul Hartley (Aberdeen)
SF

References

(28 May 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup 2010/11 First Round Draw". Scottish Football League.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm Scottish Cups] BBC Sport
(6 August 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup – 2nd Round Draw". Scottish Football League.
(31 August 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup Third Round Draw". Scottish Football League.
(23 September 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup Quarter-finals Draw". Scottish Football League.
(24 August 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup First Round Awards". [[SPFL]].
(24 August 2010). "The Co-operative Insurance Cup First Round Awards (2)". [[SPFL]].
(7 September 2010). "Youth Award for Marc". [[Clyde F.C..
(24 August 2010). "Co-operative Insurance Cup 2nd Round: St Johnstone v Morton". [[Daily Record (Scotland).
(16 September 2010). "Award for Brechin City". [[SPFL]].
(16 September 2010). "Tade picks up honor". [[SPFL]].
(16 September 2010). "Ryan Flynn - Young Player of Round Two". [[SPFL]].
(6 October 2010). "Page nets Co-operative award". [[Motherwell F.C..
(27 January 2011). "Award winner Paul Hartley wants bigger prize for Aberdeen". [[The Scotsman]].

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