The D&K Lafferty Cup Tournament, commonly known as the 'Oban Tournament', is a pre-season

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tournament held by Oban Saints AFC in

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, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The tournament is played in a round-robin format of matches lasting 30 minutes and regularly attracts Scottish league clubs, with SPFL teams (previously

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) Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United, and (previously SFL) Hamilton Academical and

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participating in 2008. The tournament was in its fifteenth year as of 2008, with the majority of teams from the previous year returning to compete again. Previous winners include: * 1999: Clyde * 2000: Clyde * 2001: Clyde * 2002: Heart of Midlothian * 2003: Nairn County * 2004: Dundee United * 2005: Dumbarton * 2006: Heart of Midlothian * 2007:

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* 2008: Dundee United * 2009:

* 2010: Dundee United * 2011:

* 2012: Heart of Midlothian * 2013: Hamilton Academical * 2014: Hamilton Academical * 2015: Heart of Midlothian * 2016: Hamilton Academical * 2017: Hamilton Academical * 2018: Dundee United * 2019: Hamilton Academical

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2008 tournament

2007 tournament

2006 tournament

2005 tournament

2004 tournament

2003 tournament
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