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The 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup was the eighth season of the competition, competed for by the 30 member clubs of the Scottish Football League. The defending champions were Stranraer, who defeated St Johnstone 1–0 in the 1996 final.

The final was played on 2 November 1997, between Falkirk and Queen of the South at Fir Park in Motherwell. Falkirk won 1–0, to win the tournament for the second time after winning the tournament in 1993.

Schedule

First round

Brechin City and Ross County received random byes into the second round.

9 August 1997	Stranraer	4 – 4 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Arbroath	Stair Park, Stranraer
	Young 15' Docherty 25' Friels 70' Crawford 119'		Thomson 3' Peters 86' Gallagher 90' Spence 116'

12 August 1997	Ayr United	3–0	Queen's Park	Somerset Park, Ayr
	Kerrigan 9', 58' (pen.) Wordsworth 72'

12 August 1997	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Montrose	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
	Walton 53'

12 August 1997	Clyde	2–4	Raith Rovers	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
	Gauley 36' Gibson 61'		Wright 13' Cameron 18' Lennon 64' Dair 74'

12 August 1997	Cowdenbeath	0–1	Clydebank	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
			Lovering 4'

12 August 1997	Dumbarton	0–2	Falkirk	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
	Reilly  90'		Corrigan 8' McGraw 44'

12 August 1997	East Fife	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	St Mirren	Bayview Park, Methil
	Dyer 114' Gillies  89'

12 August 1997	Forfar Athletic	2–1	East Stirlingshire	Station Park, Forfar
	Mann 3' Glennie 83'		Parks 72' Campbell  58'

12 August 1997	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
	Ritchie 72', 87'		Hetherston 23'

12 August 1997	Greenock Morton	3–1	Albion Rovers	Cappielow, Greenock
	Flannery 2' (pen.), 35' Anderson 76'		Bruce 72'

12 August 1997	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Livingston
	Henderson 106'		Magee 116'

13 August 1997	Airdrieonians	1–0	Dundee	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
	Cooper 88'

13 August 1997	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–2	Queen of the South	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
			Flannigan 54' Rowe 59'

13 August 1997	Stirling Albion	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
	Paterson 18' McKechnie 81'		Irvine 48'

Source: Soccerbase

Second round

26 August 1997	Ayr United	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Clydebank	Somerset Park, Ayr
			McCall 110'

26 August 1997	Berwick Rangers	1–4	Airdrieonians	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
	Walton 47'		Lawrence 10' Connelly 28' Black 44' Cooper 48'

26 August 1997	Brechin City	2–1	Livingston	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Brand 4' Feroz 27'		Raynes 73'

26 August 1997	Falkirk	3–1	Forfar Athletic	Brockville Park, Falkirk
	Craig 18' (pen.), 45', 76'		Morgan 35' (pen.)

26 August 1997	Hamilton Academical	2–1	East Fife	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
	Cunnington 44' Davidson 82'		Moffat 27'

26 August 1997	Queen of the South	2–0	Stirling Albion	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
	Mallan 54', 55'

26 August 1997	Raith Rovers	0–1	Stranraer	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
			Young 69'

26 August 1997	Ross County	1–2	Greenock Morton
	Wood 89'		Blaikie 33', 74'

Source: Soccerbase

Quarter-finals

Queen of the South	3–2	Airdrieonians
Mallan 26', 42' Flannigan 66'	Report	McPhee 45', 80'

Falkirk	3–0	Stranraer
Craig 72' McGrillen 77' Hagen 90'	Report

Greenock Morton	1–0	Clydebank
McArthur 85'	Report

Hamilton Academical	4–0	Brechin City
McFarlane 48' Cunnington 52' Geraghty 62', 85'	Report

Semi-finals

Hamilton Academical	1–2	Falkirk
Clark 89' Quintongo  44'	Report	McAllister 22' McGowan 57'

Greenock Morton	0–2	Queen of the South
	Report	Flannigan 2' Mallan 54'

Final

Falkirk	1–0	Queen of the South
Hagen 65'	Report

Notes

A. The 1998–99 tournament was suspended due to lack of sponsorship

References

1. Scottish Challenge Cup 1996–1997 Archived 5 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, statto.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
2. ^ Scottish Challenge Cup 1997/98, Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

External links

• Scottish Football League Scottish Challenge Cup on Scottish Football League website
• ESPN Soccernet Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Scottish League Challenge Cup homepage on ESPN Soccernet
• BBC Sport – Scottish Cups Challenge Cup on BBC Sport

• Scottish Challenge Cup seasons
• 1997–98 in Scottish football
• 1997–98 domestic association football cups