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2024–25 Scottish Challenge Cup
The 2024–25 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the SPFL Trust Trophy due to sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the competition. The total number of participating clubs was 52. The competition began on 30 July 2024 with the first round and the final took place on 30 March 2025. Thirty teams from the Championship, League One and League Two competed, along with five teams from the Highland Football League and six from the Lowland Football League. In addition to this, Under-21 teams from 11 of the 12 clubs who competed in the Scottish Premiership were represented. Format First round The first round featured 5 clubs from the 2023–24 Scottish Highland Football League, 6 clubs from the 2023–24 Scottish Lowland Football League and 11 of the 12 under-21 teams of the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership, with Ross County not entering an under-21 team. The draw was made on 8 July 2024 at 13:00 and broadcast live on thSPFL YouTube Channel The draw was regionalised and all non-U ...
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Airdrieonians F
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in the . They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United Football Club following the folding of the original Airdrieonians club, formed in 1878. The club's official name was changed in 2013 with the approval of the Scottish Football Association to the traditional name of Airdrieonians. As with the previous club, this is often colloquially shortened to simply "Airdrie". The club have won three trophies in their short history – the Scottish Second Division in 2003–04 and the Challenge Cup in 2008–09 and 2023–24. Once described as "the luckiest team in the Scottish League", the club have benefited in league division placements due to other club's misfortunes on four occasions (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2025). However the club have lost six Scottish league play-off finals (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, ...
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Second Round
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Banks O' Dee F
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Fraserburgh F
Fraserburgh (; ), locally known as the Broch, is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population recorded in the 2011 Census as 13,100. It lies in Buchan in the northeastern corner of the county, about north of Aberdeen and north of Peterhead. It is the biggest shellfish port in Scotland and one of the largest in Europe, landing over in 2016. Fraserburgh is also a major port for white and pelagic fish. History 16th and 17th century: Origins The town takes its name from the Fraser family, who bought the lands of Philorth in 1504 and brought about major improvements in the area over the next century. By 1570, the Fraser family had built Fraserburgh Castle at Kinnaird Head and within a year a church was built for the area. Sir Alexander Fraser built a port in the town in 1579, obtained a charter establishing it as a burgh of barony in 1588 and secured the right to change the name from Faithlie to Fraserburgh in 1592. A grant from the Parliament of Scotland in 1595 al ...
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Brechin City F
Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today as an episcopal seat of the Scottish Episcopal Church), but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era. Nevertheless, the designation is often used, with examples being the City of Brechin and District Community Council, City of Brechin and Area Partnership, City of Brechin Civic Trust and Brechin City Football Club. Kinnaird Castle is nearby. Brechin is located slightly closer to Dundee than Aberdeen on the A90 between the cities. It is the fourth largest settlement of Angus. History In the centre of Brechin is a small museum in the Brechin Town House, and an award-winning tourist attraction, the Caledonian Railway. Along with the cathedral and round tower, part of the chapel of Brechin's ''Maison Dieu'' or hospital sur ...
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Buckie Thistle F
Buckie () is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the third largest in the Moray council area after Elgin and Forres and within the definitions of statistics published by the General Register Office for Scotland was ranked at number 75 in the list of population estimates for settlements in Scotland mid-year 2006. Buckie is virtually equidistant to Banff to the east and Elgin to the west, with both approximately distant whilst Keith lies to the south by road. Etymology The origin of the name of the town is not entirely clear. Although the folk etymology is that Buckie is named after a seashell (genus '' buccinum'') the shared marine background is most likely a coincidence. The name Buckie would not have originally identified a place immediately adjacent to the sea, so alternative etymological ...
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Ross County F
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Semi-finals
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Quarter-finals
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Fourth Round
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2023–24 Scottish League One
The 2023–24 Scottish League One (known as Cinch (company), cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Football in Scotland, Scottish football. The season began on 5 August 2023. Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic F.C., Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic F.C., Annan Athletic, Cove Rangers F.C., Cove Rangers, Edinburgh City F.C., Edinburgh City, Falkirk F.C., Falkirk, Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical, Kelty Hearts F.C., Kelty Hearts, Montrose F.C., Montrose, Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South and Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion. Teams The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season. To League One Promoted from 2022–23 Scottish League Two, League Two * Annan Athletic F.C., Annan Athletic * Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion Relegated from the 2022–23 Scottish Championship, Championship * Cove Rangers F.C., Cove Rangers * Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton ...
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2023–24 Scottish Championship
The 2023–24 Scottish Championship (known as Cinch (company), cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Scottish Championship, the second tier of Football in Scotland, Scottish football. The season began on 4 August 2023. Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians F.C., Airdrieonians, Arbroath F.C., Arbroath, Ayr United F.C., Ayr United, Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton F.C., Greenock Morton, Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle, Queen's Park F.C., Queen's Park and Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers. Teams The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season. To Championship Promoted from 2022–23 Scottish League One, League One * Airdrieonians F.C., Airdrieonians * Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic Relegated from the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership, Premiership * Dundee United F.C., Dun ...
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