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The 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played between Queen of the South

Queen of the South

For other uses see Queen of the South Queen of the South is an alternative title for the Queen of Sheba. The phrase Queen of the South is used in the New Testament and is attributed to Jesus Christ....

and Ross County

Ross County F.C.

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team from the town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. Founded in 1929 they currently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division and play their home matches at Victoria Park. Prior to the 1994–95 season they played in the...

at McDiarmid Park

McDiarmid Park

McDiarmid Park is a football stadium in Perth, Scotland, the home ground of St. Johnstone FC. It has an all-seated capacity of 10,673.-History:...

, Perth

Perth, Scotland

Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...

. Ross County won 2-0. The game had been postponed from November to April due to inclement weather.

Queen of the South

Queen of the South F.C.

Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS...

beat Peterhead

Peterhead F.C.

Peterhead F.C. are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Third Division, following promotion in the 2004–05 season.Their home ground is Balmoor in Peterhead, with a capacity of 4,000...

2–1 in their semi-final and Ross County

Ross County F.C.

beat Partick Thistle

Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

4-3 on penalties after their semi-final ended at 2–2.

Appearances in previous finals

Queen of the South have appeared in the final twice before, winning the 2002 final 2-0 against Brechin City, but losing the 1997 final 1-0 to Falkirk

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...

. Ross County have appeared in three Challenge Cup finals to date, defeating Clyde

Clyde F.C.

Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South...

on penalties in the 2006 final

2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played on 12 November 2006 at McDiarmid Park in Perth and was the 16th Scottish Challenge Cup Final. The final was contested by Ross County, who beat Albion Rovers 4–1 in the semi-final, and Clyde, who beat Greenock Morton 3–1...

but losing the 2004 final

2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

- Teams :-References:...

to Falkirk, and the 2008 final

2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was played on 16 November 2008 and was the 18th Scottish Challenge Cup Final. The final was contested by Ross County who beat Greenock Morton 4–1 in their semi-final and Airdrie United who beat Partick Thistle 1–0. The match was played at McDiarmid...

to Airdrie United

Airdrie United F.C.

Airdrie United Football Club are a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. They are currently managed by ex-Airdrieonians player and former Airdrie United Under 19s coach Jimmy Boyle. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the...

on penalties.

Both teams have recently appeared in the Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

final. Queens were beaten 3-2 in 2008 Scottish Cup Final

2008 Scottish Cup Final

The 2008 Scottish Cup Final was a football match which took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 24 May 2008. The match was the final of the 123rd Scottish Cup and was contested by Queen of the South and Rangers. Queen of the South beat Aberdeen 4–3 in their semi-final, Rangers beat St...

by Rangers. County were beaten 3-0 by Dundee United two years later in the 2010 Scottish Cup Final

2010 Scottish Cup Final

The 2010 Scottish Cup Final was the 125th final of the Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish Cup. The match took place on 15 May 2010, at Hampden Park, Glasgow and was contested by first time finalists Ross County and 1994 winners Dundee United...

Postponement

The game was originally scheduled to be played on 28 November 2010. However the game was postponed at noon the day before the game after consultation with police voicing concerns over weather conditions particularly on the A9. Due to the Scottish football referee strike

Scottish football referee strike

The Scottish football referee strike refers to the unprecedented withdrawal of services by top level referees in Scottish football, following a dispute between the Scottish Senior Football Referees' Association and the Scottish Football Association...

, the original fixture was scheduled to be officiated by foreign officials. The revised final date was 10 April 2011.

Match summary

The game was played in unseasonally warm conditions with bright sunshine and a good natured atmosphere generated by both sets of fans. An early goal gave County a dream start but it was a nightmare for Queens and in particular goalkeeper David Hutton. Asked to deal with a routine passback by Queens captain David Lilley

David Lilley

David William Lilley is a Scottish professional footballer who usually plays at centre back but also has also played at right back. Lilley was the club captain at Queen of the South from August 2009 until May 2011...

, a combination or poor decision making and poor ball control on Hutton's part allowed Andrew Barrowman

Andrew Barrowman

Andrew Barrowman is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic.-Birmingham:...

to exert pressure and dispossess him. Barrowman easily rolled the ball into the empty net from one yard in the eighth minute to make the score 1-0 against his former club.

Queens only exerted pressure in the five minute period leading up to County's second goal when they forced goalmouth scrambles. However a swift County counter attack led to a ball from the right wing, with Iain Vigurs

Iain Vigurs

Iain Angus Vigurs is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Ross County.-Early life:Iain attended Mackie Academy in Stonehaven, where he lived before his footballing career began.-Early career:...

scoring from close range in 39 minutes to make it 2-0.

County were deserved winners without having to exert themselves against a Queens side who were easily second best in all departments and short of ideas other than aiming long balls at Derek Holmes

Derek Holmes

Derek Holmes is a Scottish association footballer whose role is a play linking forward to set up team mates in attack. While lacking pace Holmes is big, strong and difficult to knock off the ball. He has good game awareness and is effective in linking with team mates whether he is facing or with...

Match Details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	QUEEN OF THE SOUTH:
GK	1	David Hutton
CB	2	Craig Reid
LM	3	Bob Harris Robert Harris (footballer) Robert "Bob" Harris is a Scottish footballer who plays for Blackpool. His position is left back.Harris started at Clyde before making over 100 first team appearances for Queen of the South for whom he played in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final...
CB	4	Ryan McGuffie Ryan McGuffie Ryan McGuffie is a Scottish professional association footballer currently playing for Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division club Queen of the South...
CB	5	David Lilley David Lilley David William Lilley is a Scottish professional footballer who usually plays at centre back but also has also played at right back. Lilley was the club captain at Queen of the South from August 2009 until May 2011...

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Stephen McKenna

Stephen McKenna is a Scottish footballer who is currently signed for Queen of the South in the Scottish First Division. He plays primarily as a defensive central midfielder.-Airdrie:...

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Daniel Carmichael

Daniel Carmichael is a Scottish professional association footballer currently playing for Queen of the South. Carmichael is a forward or attacking midfielder.-Queen of the South:...

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Paul Burns
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Derek Holmes

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Allan Johnston

Allan 'Magic' Johnston is a Scottish international professional association footballer currently signed to Queen of the South where he is now also the first team coach.-Hearts:...

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Willie McLaren

William "Willie" McLaren is a Scottish professional footballer who usually plays as a creative attacking player...

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Roddy McKenzie

Roderick "Roddy" McKenzie is a Scottish professional association footballer. He is a goalkeeper for Queen of the South in the Scottish Football League First Division.-Hearts & Stenhousemuir:...

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Ian McShane
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|DF ||15||

Steven Black

Steven Black (footballer)

Steven Black is a Scottish professional footballer who plays at centre back. He gained representative honours for Scotland at schoolboy level. He is currently signed to his home town footballclub Queen of the South....

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Steven Degnan

Steven Degnan is a professional association footballer signed for Queen of the South.Degnan is a product of the youth policy of Dumfries club Queen of the South...

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Kenny Brannigan

Kenny Brannigan is a former Scottish association footballer.- Playing career :Kenny Brannigan was a journeyman professional with a career spanning 21 seasons. A centre back, he played for 14 senior clubs in his career, making over 100 appearances for each of Queens Park F.C., and...

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ROSS COUNTY:
GK	1	Michael McGovern Michael McGovern Michael McGovern is a Northern Ireland footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division club Falkirk as a goalkeeper....
RB	2	Gary Miller Gary Miller (footballer) Gary Miller is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Ross County in the Scottish Football League First Division. He can play as a central defender or as a right defender.-External links:...
LB	3	Marc Fitzpatrick Marc Fitzpatrick Marc Fitzpatrick is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Ross County in the Scottish First Division. Fitzpatrick had spent the majority of his career at Motherwell...
LM	4	Paul Lawson

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Scott Boyd

Scott Boyd is a professional footballer currently under contract with Ross County.Earlier in his career, Boyd played for Livingston and Partick Thistle.-Career:...

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Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn (footballer)

Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Flynn is a footballer playing as a defender for Ross County having left English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in August 2010....

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|RM ||7 ||

Michael Gardyne

Michael Gardyne is a Scottish football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Scottish Football League club Ross County.-Club career:Gardyne previously played for Celtic, the team he supported as a young Dundonian...

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|CM ||8||

Stuart Kettlewell

Stuart Kettlewell , is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Ross County. He is a midfielder.-Career:Kettlewell began his career with Queen's Park...

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|CF ||9||

Andrew Barrowman

Andrew Barrowman is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic.-Birmingham:...

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Richard Brittain

Richard Brittain is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently plays for Ross County in the Scottish First Division.-Career:...

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Iain Vigurs

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Steven Milne || ||
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|FW ||14||

Gary Wood

Gary Fay Wood was an American football quarterback in the National Football League from 1964 until 1969.The 5' 11 quarterback was drafted out of Cornell University in the 1964 NFL Draft by the New York Giants in the eighth round...

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|FW ||15||

Steven Craig

Steven Craig is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Ross County in the Scottish First Division....

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|DF ||16||

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison (footballer)

Scott Alexander Morrison is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Football League First Division club Ross County.-Career:...

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|GK ||18||

Joe Malin

Joseph "Joe" Malin is a Scottish football player, who plays in goal for Ross County in the Scottish Football League First Division. He is of partial Lithuanian descent, and the family name was originally Malinauskas....

Jimmy Calderwood

James "Jimmy" Calderwood is a Scottish former footballer and currently without a club having recently been manager of Ross County. Calderwood played for English clubs Birmingham City and Cambridge United and Dutch clubs Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II Tilburg, Roda JC and Heracles Almelo...

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Road to the final

Queen of the South

	Home team	Score	Away team
Round 1	Queen of the South	2 – 1	Albion Rovers
Round 2	Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....	1 – 1 5 – 6 (pens)	Queen of the South
Quarter-final	Queen of the South	5 – 0	East Fife East Fife F.C. East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...
Semi-final	Peterhead Peterhead F.C. Peterhead F.C. are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Third Division, following promotion in the 2004–05 season.Their home ground is Balmoor in Peterhead, with a capacity of 4,000...	1 – 2	Queen of the South

Ross County

	Home team	Score	Away team
Round 1	Elgin City Elgin City F.C. Elgin City Football Club are a semi-professional football team based in Elgin, Moray. They currently compete in the Scottish Third Division....	1 – 2	Ross County
Round 2	Ross County	3 – 1	Greenock Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....
Quarter-final	Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic F.C. Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...	0 – 2	Ross County
Semi-final	Ross County	2 – 2 4 – 3 (pens)	Partick Thistle Partick Thistle F.C. Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

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