2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final

The 2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Petrofac Training Cup final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 10 April 2016 at Hampden Park, between Rangers and Peterhead. Rangers won the match by 4 goals to nil.[2][3][4] It was the 25th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League and the third Challenge Cup final since the SPFL was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final.

2016 Scottish Challenge Cup final
Event2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
Date10 April 2016
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeGeorge Salmond
Attendance48,133[1]
2015
2017

Route to the final edit

The competition is a knock-out tournament and in 2015–16 was contested by 32 teams.[5] Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League, while the winners of the Highland League (Brora Rangers) and the Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City) were also invited.[5] For the first and second rounds only, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north and south.[5] Teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated.

Match details edit

Rangers4 – 0Peterhead
Gilchrist   17' (o.g.)
Tavernier   40'
Halliday   85' (pen.)
Miller   89'
BBC Sport
Attendance: 48,133
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rangers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peterhead
RANGERS:
GK 25   Wes Foderingham
RB 2   James Tavernier
CB 27   Danny Wilson   54'
CB 4   Rob Kiernan
LB 5   Lee Wallace (c)   67'
DM 6   Dominic Ball
CM 23   Jason Holt
CM 16   Andy Halliday
RW 19   Barrie McKay   78'
CF 9   Kenny Miller
LW 15   Harry Forrester   67'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Cammy Bell
MF 8   Gedion Zelalem
MF 17   Billy King   67'
MF 22   Dean Shiels   78'
MF 7   Nicky Law
FW 14   Nicky Clark
FW 29   Michael O'Halloran   67'
Manager:
  Mark Warburton
PETERHEAD:
GK 1   Graeme Smith
RB 6   Ryan Strachan   26'
CB 4   Scott Ross   49'
CB 5   Ally Gilchrist
LB 3   Steven Noble (c)
RM 8   Jamie Redman   64'
CM 22   Simon Ferry
CM 14   Kevin Dzierzawski   68'
LM 18   Jordon Brown
CF 9   Rory McAllister
CF 10   Shane Sutherland   58'
Substitutes:
GK 21   Paul Jarvie
DF 2   Nathan Blockley
MF 17   Scott Ferries
MF 7   Jamie Stevenson   26'
MF 11   Nicky Riley   90+1'   58'
FW 20   Andy Rodgers
FW 15   Leighton McIntosh   64'
Manager:
  Jim McInally

Match officials[6]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References edit

  1. ^ "Rangers 4-0 Peterhead". BBC Sport. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ Halliday, Stephen (10 April 2016). "Rangers 4-0 Peterhead: Gers win Petrofac Training Cup final". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnston Press. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "SPFL fixture amendments". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Challenge Cup final: Hampden to stage Rangers v Peterhead". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Petrofac Training Cup format". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ^ Ramsdens Cup final officials, spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.