2012–13 Scottish League Cup

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2012–13 Scottish Communities League Cup
Country Scotland
Dates4 August 2012 – 17 March 2013
Teams42
ChampionsSt Mirren
Runners-upHeart of Midlothian

The 2012–13 Scottish League Cup was the 67th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. It is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] after the Scottish Government continued their 1.7 million sponsorship for a second season.[2]

Format[]

The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn).

Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of draws. 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 in order to avoid congestion of fixtures.

  • First round: 28 of the 30 sides from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter, except Ross County and Dunfermline. After the liquidation of the original Rangers F.C. the newly formed Rangers joined the Third Division and entered at this round.[3]
  • Second round: The 15 winners of the first round are joined by 6 of the 7 of last season's SPL sides not in Europe, plus newly promoted Ross County.[3]
  • Third round: The 11 winners of the second round are joined by the five SPL sides participating in European competition.[3]
  • 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.

Schedule[]

  • Round 1: Saturday 4 August[3]
  • Round 2: Tuesday 28/Wednesday 29 August[4]
  • Round 3: Tuesday 25/Wednesday 26 September[4]
  • Quarter-Finals: Tuesday 30/Wednesday 31 October[4]
  • Semi-Finals: Saturday 26/Sunday 27 January 2013[4]
  • Final: Sunday 17 March 2013[4]

Fixtures and results[]

First round[]

The first round draw was conducted on 20 July 2012[5] at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir by the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.[6] Rangers were entered into the draw pending an application for membership of the Scottish Football Association, which is needed to participate.[6]

31 July 2012[5] Peterhead0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 4 p)		 Dundee Balmoor Stadium
19:45 BBC Sport Attendance: 844
Referee: Brines
Penalties
McAllister Penalty scored
MacDonald Penalty missed
McLaughlin Penalty missed		 McBride Penalty scored
Baird Penalty scored
Irvine Penalty scored
Conroy Penalty scored
4 August 2012 Queen of the South 5 – 2Alloa AthleticPalmerston Park
15:00 Mitchell Goal 9'
Higgins Goal 67'
Clark Goal 83', 85'
Lyle Goal 89'		 BBC Sport Gordon Goal 64'
Grehan Goal 78'		 Attendance: 967
Referee: Colvin
4 August 2012 Stranraer0 – 8 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 BBC Sport Morton Goal 17', 87'
McNulty Goal 23', 66', 83'
Russell Goal 39', 80'
McCann Goal 62'		 Attendance: 284
Referee: Hilland
4 August 2012 Raith Rovers 4 – 3Berwick RangersStark's Park
15:00 Graham Goal 25', 73'
Hill Goal 58'
Clarke Goal 85'		 BBC Sport Currie Goal 9', 65'
Addison Goal 50'		 Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Norris
4 August 2012 Stenhousemuir 4 – 0Brechin CityOchilview Park
15:00 Gemmell Goal 1'
Smith Goal 76', 90'
Kean Goal 88' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 282
Referee: Somers
4 August 2012 Montrose 2 – 1CowdenbeathLinks Park
15:00 Boyle Goal 31'
Watson Goal 43'		 BBC Sport McKenzie Goal 90' Attendance: 312
Referee: Roache
4 August 2012 Ayr United 6 – 1ClydeSomerset Park
15:00 Winters Goal 48'
Moffat Goal 59', 90' (pen.)
Tiffoney Goal 63'
Sinclair Goal 68', 90'		 BBC Sport Neill Goal 82' Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Anderson
4 August 2012 Queen's Park 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Airdrie UnitedFirhill Stadium
15:00 Brough Goal 60', 104'
Shankland Goal 88'		 BBC Sport Blockley Goal 47'
Cook Goal 66'		 Attendance: 622
Referee: Finnie
4 August 2012 Dumbarton 2 – 0Albion RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Prunty Goal 45'
Lister Goal 84'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 479
Referee: Salmond
4 August 2012 Forfar Athletic0 – 2 Partick Thistle Station Park
15:00 BBC Sport Erskine Goal 18'
Lawless Goal 37'		 Attendance: 693
Referee: Northcroft
4 August 2012 Falkirk 2 – 0Elgin CityFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Kingsley Goal 67'
Taylor Goal 89'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Allan
4 August 2012 Hamilton Academical 2 – 0Annan AthleticNew Douglas Park
15:00 Routledge Goal 66'
MacKinnon Goal 80'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 620
Referee: Collum
4 August 2012 Arbroath 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 p)		Stirling AlbionGayfield Park
15:00 Currie Goal 83' BBC Sport Ferry Goal 42' (pen.) Attendance: 579
Referee:
Penalties
Doris Penalty scored
Holmes Penalty scored
Sheerin Penalty missed
Currie Penalty scored		 Penalty missed Weir
Penalty scored Davidson
Penalty scored McSorley
Penalty missed Ferry
Penalty missed Ashe
5 August 2012 East Stirlingshire1 – 5 Greenock Morton Ochilview Park
15:00 Herd Goal 34' BBC Sport McLaughlin Goal 1'
Weatherson Goal 11'
Stirling Goal 37'
Wallace Goal 67'
Tidser Goal 86'		 Attendance: 581
Referee: Beaton
7 August 2012 Rangers 4 – 0East FifeIbrox Stadium
19:45 McCulloch Goal 15', 62'
Shiels Goal 34'
Wallace Goal 47'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 38,160
Referee: McKendrick

Second round[]

The Second round draw was conducted on 9 August 2012.[7]

22 August 2012 Greenock Morton0 – 2 (a.e.t.) Aberdeen Cappielow
19:30 BBC Sport Rae Goal 109'
Vernon Goal 115'		 Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Brines
28 August 2012 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0MontroseEast End Park
19:45 Barrowman Goal 4', 64'
Wallace Goal 41'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 903
Referee: Salmond
28 August 2012 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park
19:45 Crawford Goal 107' BBC Sport Attendance: 1,268
Referee: O'Reilly
28 August 2012 Kilmarnock1 – 2 Stenhousemuir Rugby Park
19:45 Nelson Goal 90' BBC Sport Ferguson Goal 20' (pen.)
Gemmell Goal 43'		 Attendance: 2,538
Referee: Collum
28 August 2012 Livingston 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)DumbartonBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell Goal 39'
Barr Goal 96'
Easton Goal 102'		 BBC Sport Lister Goal 36'
Gilhaney Goal 110'		 Attendance: 493
Referee: Crawford
28 August 2012 Ross County1 – 4 Raith Rovers Global Energy Stadium
19:45 Duncan Goal 84' BBC Sport Spence Goal 25'
Graham Goal 41', 63'
Hill Goal 51'		 Attendance: 1,147
Referee: McKendrick
28 August 2012 Queen of the South 2 – 0HibernianPalmerston Park
19:45 Clark Goal 13'
Reilly Goal 42'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 2,658
Referee: Madden
29 August 2012 Arbroath0 – 2 Inverness CT Gayfield Park
19:45 BBC Sport Shinnie Goal 7', 71' Attendance: 672
Referee: Finnie
29 August 2012 St Mirren 5 – 1Ayr UnitedSt Mirren Park
19:45 Guy Goal 16'
Thompson Goal 24'
McGowan Goal 30'
McLean Goal 38' (pen.)
Teale Goal 58'		 BBC Sport Moffat Goal 39' Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Tumilty
29 August 2012 Queen's Park 2 – 1DundeeHampden Park
19:45 Longworth Goal 24' (pen.)
Burns Goal 76'		 BBC Sport Milne Goal 5' Attendance: 707
Referee: Colvin
30 August 2012 Rangers 3 – 0FalkirkIbrox Stadium
19:45 McCulloch Goal 18', 52'
Little Goal 32'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 26,450
Referee: Muir

Third round[]

The third round draw took place on 3 September 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 25 or Wednesday 26 September 2012.[8]

25 September 2012 Celtic 4 – 1Raith RoversCeltic Park
19:45 Hooper Goal 12', 37', 58', 60' BBC Sport Walker Goal 28' Attendance: 14,737
Referee: Muir
25 September 2012 Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1LivingstonTynecastle Stadium
19:45 Grainger Goal 45'
Žaliūkas Goal 70', 74'		 BBC Sport McNulty Goal 56' Attendance: 6,322
Referee: McLean
25 September 2012 Queen of the South0 – 1 Dundee United Palmerston Park
19:45 BBC Sport Russell Goal 28' Attendance: 2,374
Referee: Norris
25 September 2012 St Johnstone 4 – 1Queen's ParkMcDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean Goal 18', 40'
Davidson Goal 76'
Craig Goal 85'		 BBC Sport Keenan Goal 30' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Clancy
25 September 2012 St Mirren 1 – 0Hamilton AcademicalSt Mirren Park
19:45 Mair Goal 90' BBC Sport Attendance: 1,914
Referee: Allan
25 September 2012 Stenhousemuir1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 6 p)		 Inverness CT Ochilview Park
19:45 Ferguson Goal 40' (pen.) BBC Sport McKay Goal 23' Attendance: 705
Referee: Madden
Penalties
Ferguson Penalty scored
Rodgers Penalty scored
Hodge Penalty missed
Gemmell Penalty scored
McMillan Penalty scored
Kean Penalty scored
Smith Penalty missed		 Foran Penalty missed
Shinnie Penalty scored
Morrison Penalty scored
Doran Penalty scored
Shinnie Penalty scored
Draper Penalty scored
Roberts Penalty scored
26 September 2012 Rangers 2 – 0MotherwellIbrox Stadium
19:15 McCulloch Goal 50'
Shiels Goal 56'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 29,413
Referee: Murray
26 September 2012 Dunfermline Athletic0 – 1 Aberdeen East End Park
19:45 BBC Sport Vernon Goal 90' Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Beaton

Quarter-finals[]

The quarter-final draw took place on 4 October 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 October 2012.[9]

30 October 2012 Aberdeen2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(2−4 p)		 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Vernon Goal 22'
Magennis Goal 90'		 BBC Sport Parkin Goal 6'
McLean Goal 69'		 Attendance: 7,610
Referee: Allan Crawford
Penalties
Hughes Penalty missed
McGinn Penalty scored
Hayes Penalty scored
Smith Penalty missed		 Penalty scored McLean
Penalty scored Teale
Penalty scored Goodwin
Penalty scored McAusland
30 October 2012 Celtic 5 – 0St JohnstoneCeltic Park
19:45 Commons Goal 28', 32', 57' (pen.)
Hooper Goal 38'
Mulgrew Goal 61'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 14,399
Referee: Bobby Madden
31 October 2012 Dundee United1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4−5 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
19:15 Russell Goal 35' BBC Sport Paterson Goal 21' Attendance: 3,789
Referee: Calum Murray
Penalties
Russell Penalty scored
Mackay-Steven Penalty missed
Rankin Penalty missed
Gunning Penalty scored
McLean Penalty scored
Armstrong Penalty scored
Dillon Penalty missed		 Penalty missed Grainger
Penalty missed Sutton
Penalty scored Webster
Penalty scored Driver
Penalty scored R. McGowan
Penalty scored Robinson
Penalty scored Žaliūkas
31 October 2012 Rangers0 – 3 Inverness CT Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BBC Sport A Shinnie Goal 27'
Warren Goal 59'
G Shinnie Goal 79' (pen.)		 Attendance: 28,033
Referee: Steven McLean

Semi-finals[]

The semi-final draw took place on 8 November 2012. The first match was played on Saturday 26 and the second was played on Sunday 27 January 2013.[10]

26 January 2013 Inverness CT1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
15:00 Andrew Shinnie Goal 49' BBC Sport Michael Ngoo Goal 66' Attendance: 16,326
Referee: Euan Norris
Penalties
Graeme Shinnie Penalty scored
Andrew Shinnie Penalty scored
Billy McKay Penalty scored
Owain Tudur Jones Penalty scored
Philip Roberts Penalty missed		 Marius Zaliukas Penalty scored
Michael Ngoo Penalty scored
Andy Webster Penalty scored
Arvydas Novikovas Penalty scored
Mehdi Taouil Penalty scored
27 January 2013 St Mirren 3 – 2CelticHampden Park
14:30 Gonçalves Goal 8'
McGowan Goal 63' (pen.)
Thompson Goal 69'		 BBC Sport Hooper Goal 45'
Mulgrew Goal 90+3'		 Attendance: 24,417
Referee: William Collum

Final[]

Main article: 2013 Scottish League Cup Final
St Mirren3 – 2Heart of Midlothian
Gonçalves Goal 37'
Thompson Goal 46'
Newton Goal 66'		 BBC Sport Stevenson Goal 10', 85'
Hampden Park
Attendance: 44,036
Referee: Craig Thomson

References[]

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  2. ^ "Scottish Government to continue Cup sponsorship". Scottish Football League. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Scottish League Cup draw includes Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Key dates". Scottish Premier League. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b "SCLC First Round Dates announced". Scottish Football League. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Rangers draw East Fife in first round of Scottish Communities League Cup". STV. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ^ "League Cup second round draw pits Falkirk against Division Three Rangers". STV. STV Group. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Motherwell drawn to face Rangers in League Cup". BBC. BBC Sport. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Rangers to host Inverness in Scottish League Cup last eight". BBC. BBC Sport. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Scottish Communities League Cup: St Mirren face Celtic in semi". BBC. BBC Sport. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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