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(Top) 1 Format 2 Preliminary round 2.1 Matches 3 First round 3.1 North Section 3.1.1 Draw 3.1.2 Matches 3.1.3 Replay 3.2 South Section 3.2.1 Draw 3.2.2 Matches 4 Second round 4.1 Draw 4.2 Matches 5 Third round 5.1 Draw 5.2 Matches 6 Quarter-finals 6.1 Draw 6.2 Matches 7 Semi-finals 7.1 Draw 8 Final 9 Player of the Round 10 Broadcasting rights 11 References 12 External links

2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup

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2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	58
Defending champions	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Final positions
Champions	Ross County
Runner-up	Connah's Quay Nomads
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	172 (3.07 per match)
Attendance	37,300 (666 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Blair Henderson (6 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the IRN-BRU Cup^[1] due to sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of the competition. The tournament took on a similar format from the previous season with the addition of two teams from England's National League entering the competition for the first time. This took the total number of participating clubs to 58.

Thirty teams from the Scottish Championship, Scottish League One and Scottish League Two competed, along with four teams from the Highland Football League (one eliminated in preliminary round) and four from the Lowland Football League (one eliminated in preliminary round). In addition to this, Under-21 teams of the clubs competing in the Scottish Premiership were represented. This was the third edition with two clubs from both Northern Ireland's NIFL Premiership and the Welsh Premier League and was the second time that two teams from the League of Ireland entered. A new change was the addition of two entrants from the English National League (fifth tier).^[2]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle were the defending champions after they beat Dumbarton 1–0 in the 2018 final,^[3] but they were eliminated in the first round by Dunfermline Athletic.

Ross County won the competition for the third time, defeating Connah's Quay Nomads 3–1 in the final.

Format[edit]

Round	Date^[4]	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Preliminary round	31 July–1 August 2018	2	58 → 56	Teams placed 3rd and 4th in 2017–18 Lowland Football League & teams placed 3rd and 4th in 2017–18 Highland Football League
First round	14–15 August 2018	24	56 → 32	Teams from 2018–19 Scottish Championship Teams from 2018–19 Scottish League One Teams from 2018–19 Scottish League Two 3 teams from 2018–19 Highland Football League (1st, 2nd and preliminary round winner) 3 teams from 2018–19 Lowland Football League (1st, 2nd and preliminary round winner) 12 U21 teams from 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
Second round	8–9 September 2018	16	32 → 16	2 teams from 2017–18 NIFL Premiership (1st and 2nd) 2 teams from 2017–18 Welsh Premier League (1st and 3rd) 2 teams from 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division (6th and 7th) 2 teams from 2017–18 National League (3rd and 4th)
Third round	13–14 October 2018	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	17–18 November 2018	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	16–17 February 2019	2	4 → 2
Final	24 March 2019	1	2 → 1

Preliminary round[edit]

Matches[edit]

29 July 2018	BSC Glasgow	0–1	East Stirlingshire	Alloa
15:00		Report	Tennant 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 147 Referee: Chris Graham

1 August 2018	Inverurie Loco Works	2–2 (5–4 p)	Fraserburgh	Inverurie
20:00	McCabe 37' Smith 68'	Report	Beagrie 8' Campbell 84'	Stadium: Harlaw Park Attendance: 399 Referee: Mat Northcroft
	Penalties
	Gauld Butcher Layden Smith Duff McCabe		Campbell Angus Christie Hay Buchan Rae

First round[edit]

The draw for the first round was made on 26 June 2018 at 1pm live on the SPFL Facebook page.

North Section[edit]

Draw[edit]

Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

North section

01. Alloa Athletic
02. Arbroath
03. Brechin City
04. Cowdenbeath
05. Dundee United
06. Dunfermline Athletic

07. East Fife
08. Elgin City
09. Forfar Athletic
10. Inverness CT
11. Montrose
12. Peterhead

13. Raith Rovers
14. Ross County
15. Stirling Albion
16. Aberdeen U21s
17. Dundee U21s
18. Heart of Midlothian U21s

19. Hibernian U21s
20. Livingston U21s
21. St Johnstone U21s
22. Cove Rangers
23. Formartine United
24. Inverurie Loco Works

Matches[edit]

14 August 2018	Livingston U21s	1–0 (Abandoned)^[A]	Forfar Athletic	Livingston, Scotland
19:45	Watson 30'	Report		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Referee: David Dickinson

14 August 2018	Dundee U21s	2–2 (4–3 p)	Hibernian U21s	Dundee, Scotland
19:45	Bradbury 22' Jefferies 85'	Report	F. Murray 25' Mackie 75'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 191 Referee: Chris Fordyce
	Penalties
	Scott Henvey Lambert Dow Bradbury		Gullan Stirling Waugh I. Murray Allan

14 August 2018	Peterhead	2–1	Brechin City	Peterhead, Scotland
19:45	McLean 76' Leitch 86'	Report	Shields 12'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 496 Referee: Steven Kirkland

14 August 2018	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Inverness, Scotland
19:45	White 61'	Report	Higginbotham 25' (pen.) Smith 87'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Alan Muir

14 August 2018	Heart of Midlothian U21s	1–2	Ross County	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45	Keena 44'	Report	McKay 4', 30'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 344 Referee: Gavin Duncan

14 August 2018	Cowdenbeath	1–3	East Fife	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
19:45	Sheerin 30'	Report	Goodfellow 68' (o.g.) Dowds 75' Court 90'	Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 261 Referee: David Munro

14 August 2018	Raith Rovers	3–1	Aberdeen U21s	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
19:45	Wedderburn 16' Matthews 28' Nisbet 30'	Report	Anderson 72'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 479 Referee: Grant Irvine

14 August 2018	Alloa Athletic	3–1	Stirling Albion	Alloa, Scotland
19:45	Cawley 40', 45' Flannigan 46'	Report	Hamilton 55'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 332 Referee: David Lowe

14 August 2018	Inverurie Loco Works	0–1	Formartine United	Inverurie, Scotland
20:00		Report	Gethins 61'	Stadium: Harlaw Park Attendance: 399 Referee: Mike Roncone

15 August 2018	Cove Rangers	2–2 (3–4 p)	Montrose	Cove Bay, Scotland
19:45	McManus 44', 49'	Report	I. Campbell 34' (pen.) Callaghan 69'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium Attendance: 420 Referee: Graham Beaton
	Penalties
	Meggison McManus McKenzie Masson Brown		I. Campbell Fotheringham Steeves R. Campbell Johnston

15 August 2018	Elgin City	1–1 (6–7 p)	Arbroath	Elgin, Scotland
19:45	O'Brien 57'	Report	McHardy 83'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 401 Referee: Scott Lambie
	Penalties
	McGovern McHardy Sutherland Cameron McLeish Lowdon Byrne Cooper		Wallace Hamilton Linn McCord Swankie Thomson Denholm Gold

15 August 2018	Dundee United	3–2	St Johnstone U21s	Dundee, Scotland
19:45	Chalmers 64' McMullan 78', 90+2'	Report	Hendry 21', 58'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Colin Steven

Notes

^
A-The Livingston U21s-Forfar Athletic match was abandoned with Livingston U21s leading 1–0 after 71 minutes due poor lighting caused by a power outage. The match was replayed on 21 August 2018.

Replay[edit]

21 August 2018	Livingston U21s	0–0 (5–4 p)	Forfar Athletic	Livingston, Scotland
19:45		Report		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 460 Referee: David Dickinson
	Penalties
	Jacobs McMillan Clark Hamilton Watson Thomson		Munro Meechan Whyte Baird Bain Malone

South Section[edit]

Draw[edit]

Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

South section

25. Airdrieonians
26. Albion Rovers
27. Annan Athletic
28. Ayr United
29. Berwick Rangers
30. Clyde

31. Dumbarton
32. Edinburgh City
33. Falkirk
34. Greenock Morton
35. Partick Thistle
36. Queen of the South

37. Queen's Park
38. Stenhousemuir
39. Stranraer
40. Celtic U21s
41. Hamilton Academical U21s
42. Kilmarnock U21s

43. Motherwell U21s
44. Rangers U21s
45. St Mirren U21s
46. Spartans
47. East Kilbride
48. East Stirlingshire

Matches[edit]

14 August 2018	Kilmarnock U21s	1–2	St Mirren U21s	Kilmarnock, Scotland
19:00	Thomas 48'	Report	Jamieson 10' MacPherson 55'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 208 Referee: Stephen Brown

14 August 2018	Stenhousemuir	0–3	Queen of the South	Stenhousemuir, Scotland
19:30		Report	Dobbie 59', 66' Dykes 62'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 387 Referee: Kevin Graham

14 August 2018	Rangers U21s	1–2	Falkirk	Stirling, Scotland
19:30	Rudden 90'	Report	Lewis 4' Harrison 21'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 636 Referee: Euan Anderson

14 August 2018	Queen's Park	0–0 (4–2 p)	Ayr United	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45		Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 834 Referee: Greg Aitken
	Penalties
	McKernon Gibson Mortimer Roberts Osadolor		Rose Murdoch Shankland Forrest

14 August 2018	Hamilton Academical U21s	4–1	Clyde	Hamilton, Scotland
19:45	Enigbokan-Bloomfield 8', 90' Cunningham 62' Hughes 73'	Report	McStay 9'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 297 Referee: Chris Graham

14 August 2018	East Stirlingshire	0–3	Motherwell U21s	Falkirk, Scotland
19:45		Report	Turnbull 16' Watson 20' Hastie 22'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Duncan Smith

14 August 2018	Annan Athletic	4–0	Celtic U21s	Annan, Scotland
19:45	Wallace 9' Fergusson 55', 67', 81'	Report		Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 266 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

14 August 2018	Edinburgh City	3–1	Albion Rovers	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45	Shepherd 70' Henderson 77', 83' (pen.)	Report	Cunningham 15'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 182 Referee: Steven Reid

14 August 2018	Stranraer	0–5	Partick Thistle	Stranraer, Scotland
19:45		Report	O'Ware 10' Fitzpatrick 34', 90+2' Mbuyi-Mutombo 36' Melbourne 89'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 480 Referee: Alan Newlands

14 August 2018	Dumbarton	2–1	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton, Scotland
19:45	Paton 12' Russell 26'	Report	Oliver 39'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Gavin Ross

14 August 2018	Berwick Rangers	0–3	Airdrieonians	Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
19:45		Report	Conroy 2' Carrick 19' McIntosh 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 317 Referee: John McKendrick

15 August 2018	East Kilbride	1–1 (5–4 p)	Spartans	East Kilbride, Scotland
19:45	McNeil 61'	Report	Cennarazo 3'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 207 Referee: Duncan Williams
	Penalties
	Winter Malcolm Longworth Reid Coll		Corbett Stevenson Smith Herd Maxwell

Second round[edit]

Teams from Wales (The New Saints and Connah's Quay Nomads), Northern Ireland (Crusaders and Coleraine), England (Sutton United and Boreham Wood) and the Republic of Ireland (Bohemians and Sligo Rovers) entered in the second round.^[5] Originally, Bray Wanderers were to be the second side to represent the League of Ireland however, they were subsequently thrown out by the FAI on 16 July 2018 for failing to pay their players and replaced by Limerick.^[6] A similar statement was released by the FAI hours later about Limerick who were also in financial difficulties.^[7] St Patrick's Athletic were then invited to compete as the next ranked team in line but declined. Sligo Rovers accepted the position in their place so they would represent the League of Ireland instead.^[8]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the second round was made on 16 August 2018 at 1pm live on the SPFL Facebook page.

Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw.

SPFL	Other Scottish	Teams from other countries
Championship Alloa Athletic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Partick Thistle Queen of the South Ross County League One Airdrieonians Arbroath Dumbarton East Fife Montrose Raith Rovers League Two Annan Athletic Edinburgh City Peterhead Queen's Park	Highland League Formartine United Lowland League East Kilbride Premiership U21s Dundee U21 Hamilton Academical U21 Livingston U21 Motherwell U21 St Mirren U21	National League Boreham Wood Sutton United NIFL Premiership Coleraine Crusaders Welsh Premier League Connah's Quay Nomads The New Saints Premier Division Bohemians Sligo Rovers

Matches[edit]

6 September 2018	Dundee U21s	1–2	Motherwell U21s	Dundee, Scotland
19:00	Armstrong 43' (o.g.)	Report	MacDonald 25' Watson 86'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 208 Referee: Mike Roncone

8 September 2018	Boreham Wood	0–0 (5–6 p)	Dunfermline Athletic	Borehamwood, England
13:00		Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,001 Referee: Evan Boyce
	Penalties
	Murtagh Umerah Fyfield Ilesanmi Hackett-Fairchild C. Smith		M. Martin Craigen Hippolyte El Bakhtaoui Connolly Muirhead

8 September 2018	Queen of the South	4–3	Crusaders	Dumfries, Scotland
14:30	Dobbie 22', 31' Dykes 25' Harkins 29'	Report	Patterson 47', 51' (pen.) Heatley 85'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,204 Referee: Damian McGrath

8 September 2018	Falkirk	0–1	Connah's Quay Nomads	Falkirk, Scotland
15:00		Report	Wilde 46'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Daniel Middleton

8 September 2018	Airdrieonians	0–1	Sutton United	Airdrie, Scotland
15:00		Report	Wright 21'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 831 Referee: Mark Petch

8 September 2018	Peterhead	0–1	Bohemians	Peterhead, Scotland
15:00		Report	Devaney 63'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 713 Referee: Sam Purkiss

8 September 2018	East Fife	2–1	Partick Thistle	Methil, Scotland
15:00	Agnew 51' Currie 74'	Report	Mbuyi-Mutombo 22'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 932 Referee: Alan Muir

8 September 2018	Arbroath	3–0	Annan Athletic	Arbroath, Scotland
15:00	Linn 8' Denholm 71' McKenna 83'	Report		Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 524 Referee: Colin Steven

8 September 2018	Dumbarton	0–1	Montrose	Dumbarton, Scotland
15:00		Report	Johnston 19'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 456 Referee: David Munro

8 September 2018	Dundee United	1–1 (4–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dundee, Scotland
15:00	Smith 15'	Report	Trouten 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 1,040 Referee: Greg Aitken
	Penalties
	Fyvie Thomas Glass McMullan Smith		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

8 September 2018	East Kilbride	2–3	Edinburgh City	East Kilbride, Scotland
15:00	McNeil 72' Malcolm 73'	Report	Henderson 36' Smith 84', 86'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 287 Referee: Steven Kirkland

8 September 2018	St Mirren U21s	3–2	Hamilton Academical U21s	Paisley, Scotland
15:00	Jamieson 10' MacPherson 39' (pen.) Potter 70'	Report	A. Smith 27' L. Smith 87'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 316 Referee: Graham Beaton

8 September 2018	Ross County	5–0	Raith Rovers	Dingwall, Scotland
15:00	Graham 18', 29', 40', 42' Lindsay 37'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,232^[9] Referee: John Beaton

8 September 2018	The New Saints	2–2 (2–4 p)	Queen's Park	Oswestry, England
19:35	Hart 30' (o.g.) Nembhard 90+5'	Report	Osadolor 89' Hawke 90+1'	Stadium: Park Hall Attendance: 278 Referee: Bernard Connolly
	Penalties
	Mullan Brobbel Ebbe Marriott		McLean Gibson Foy Roberts Peters

8 September 2018	Coleraine	1–1 (2–1 p)	Formartine United	Coleraine, Northern Ireland
19:45	Carson 31'	Report	MacPhee 20'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 973 Referee: David Morgan
	Penalties
	Parkhill Carson McConaghie Bradley		S. Anderson Fraser MacPhee Greig Gethins

8 September 2018	Sligo Rovers	4–1	Livingston U21s	Sligo, Ireland
19:45	Drennan 15', 52', 86' Cawley 60'	Report	Knox 3'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 408^[10] Referee: Lee Tavinder

Third round[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the third round was made on 11 September 2018 at 1pm live on the SPFL Facebook page.

Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

SPFL	Teams from other countries
Championship Alloa Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Queen of the South Ross County League One Arbroath East Fife Montrose League Two Edinburgh City Queen's Park Premiership U21s Motherwell U21 St Mirren U21	National League Sutton United NIFL Premiership Coleraine Welsh Premier League Connah's Quay Nomads Premier Division Bohemians Sligo Rovers

Matches[edit]

12 October 2018	Arbroath	1–4	Edinburgh City	Arbroath, Scotland
19:35	McKenna 11'	Report	B. Henderson 25' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Shepherd 56' L. Henderson 78'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 506 Referee: Alan Muir

13 October 2018	East Fife	2–0	Queen of the South	Methil, Scotland
15:00	Smith 34' Dowds 78'	Report		Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 579 Referee: Barry Cook

13 October 2018	Bohemians	0–0 (4–3 p)	Sutton United	Dublin, Ireland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Mike Roncone
	Penalties
	Lunney Pender Brennan Stokes Supple Cornwall		Lafayette Davis Drinan Cadogan Eastmond Thomas

13 October 2018	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2 (4–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00	L. Longridge 28', 47' (pen.)	Report	Trouten 8', 70'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 1,469 Referee: Nick Walsh
	Penalties
	Craigen L. Longridge Hippolyte Beadling Connolly		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

13 October 2018	Ross County	3–1	Montrose	Dingwall, Scotland
15:00	Stewart 20' Keillor-Dunn 41', 51'	Report	Johnston 44'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Craig Napier

13 October 2018	St Mirren U21s	2–4	Queen's Park	Paisley, Scotland
15:00	Jamieson 2' Breadner 63'	Report	Hawke 61' McLean 66', 82' (pen.) East 80'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 507 Referee: Grant Irvine

13 October 2018	Motherwell U21s	2–0	Sligo Rovers	Motherwell, Scotland
15:00	McClean 12' (o.g.) Mbulu 71'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 950 Referee: Richard Hulme

13 October 2018	Connah's Quay Nomads	2–0	Coleraine	Connah's Quay, Wales
19:30	Horan 61' Owens 90'	Report		Stadium: Deeside Stadium Attendance: 624 Referee: Colin Steven

Quarter-finals[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 16 October 2018 at 1pm at The HubinEdinburgh live on the SPFL Facebook page.^[11]

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

	Teams from other countries
Championship Alloa Athletic Ross County League One East Fife League Two Edinburgh City Queen's Park Premiership U21s Motherwell U21	Welsh Premier League Connah's Quay Nomads Premier Division Bohemians

Matches[edit]

16 November 2018	Queen's Park	1–2	Connah's Quay Nomads	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45	Hawke 64'	Report	Horan 81' Wilde 84'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 559 Referee: David Rock

17 November 2018	Edinburgh City	2–2 (4–3 p)	Alloa Athletic	Edinburgh, Scotland
15:00	B. Henderson 45' Shepherd 57'		Zanatta 2' Trouten 12'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 478 Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	L. Henderson Laird Smith Thomson		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

17 November 2018	Motherwell U21s	1–2	Ross County	Motherwell, Scotland
15:00	Livingstone 53'	Report	Stewart 51', 56'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 1,209 Referee: David Munro

2 February 2019	Bohemians	w/o^[B]	East Fife	Dublin, Ireland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Dalymount Park

Notes

^
B-The Bohemians-East Fife match was originally due to take place on 17 November 2018 but was rearranged as the Irish football season had finished. It was rearranged to be played on 2 February 2019 but was called off due to a frozen pitch at 14:53, seven minutes before kick-off.^[12] Following discussions with the SPFL in an attempt to rearrange the fixture again, Bohemians withdrew from the competition and East Fife advanced to the semi-finals.^[13]

Semi-finals[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 21 November 2018 at 1pm at Hampden Park live on the SPFL Facebook page.^[14]

15 February 2019	Ross County	2–1	East Fife	Dingwall, Scotland
19:45	Armstrong 18' McManus 37'	Report	Dowds 39'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Alan Newlands

16 February 2019	Connah's Quay Nomads	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Edinburgh City	Connah's Quay, Wales
19:25	Wilde 18'	Report	Walker 2'	Stadium: Deeside Stadium Attendance: 1,068 Referee: James Oldham
	Penalties
	Morris Harrison Disney Bakare Wilde Horan		L.Henderson Laird Donaldson Thomson B.Henderson Diver

Final[edit]

23 March 2019	Ross County	3–1	Connah's Quay Nomads	Inverness, Scotland
16:30	Mullin 75', 78' Lindsay 86'	Report	Bakare 22'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Alan Muir

Player of the Round[edit]

The Golden Ball Award is a 'Player of the Round' award given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best performance of that round out of all the players in teams left competing in that round of the competition. The winner is voted for by supporters from a chosen short-list of players, which is posted on the Irn-Bru Football Twitter page.

Round	Player	Club	Match	Ref
First Round	Aidan Fitzpatrick	Partick Thistle	5–0 v Stranraer (A)	^[15]
Second Round	Mikey Drennan	Sligo Rovers	4–1 v Livingston U21s (H)	^[16]
Third Round	Christian Mbulu	Motherwell U21s	2–0 v Sligo Rovers (H)	^[17]
Quarter-finals	Scott Shepherd	Edinburgh City	2–2 v Alloa Athletic (H)	^[18]
Semi-finals	Ross Stewart	Ross County	2–1 v East Fife (H)	^[19]

Broadcasting rights[edit]

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held jointly by BBC Alba, S4C (for matches involving Welsh teams) and subscription channel Premier Sports. Prior to the re-format in the 2016–17 season, BBC Alba had exclusive rights.^[20]

One of the semi-final matches was also confirmed as being broadcast live on BT Sport despite no apparent previous announcement of rights.

The following matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round	BBC Alba	S4C	BT Sport
Second Round		The New SaintsvQueen's Park^[21]
Third Round	ArbroathvEdinburgh City^[22]	Connah's Quay NomadsvColeraine^[22]
Quarter-Finals	Queen's ParkvConnah's Quay Nomads^[23]
Semi-Finals	Ross CountyvEast Fife^[24]	Connah's Quay NomadsvEdinburgh City^[24]	Ross CountyvEast Fife^[24]
Final	Ross CountyvConnah's Quay Nomads^[25]	Ross CountyvConnah's Quay Nomads^[25]	Ross CountyvConnah's Quay Nomads^[25]

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^ "Challenge Cup: Bohemians v East Fife called off seven minutes before kick-off". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

^ "Bohemians withdraw from Challenge Cupfollowing late call-off of East Fife tie". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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^ @irnbrufootball (20 September 2018). "Round 2 "Golden Balls" winner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ @irnbrufootball (26 October 2018). "Round 3 "Golden Balls" winner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ @irnbrufootball (4 December 2018). "Quarter Final "Golden Balls" winner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ @irnbrufootball (22 February 2019). "Semi Final "Golden Balls" winner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ "Challenge Cup expansion announced". Scottish Professional Football League. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

^ "IRN-BRU CUP TV SELECTION". Scottish Professional Football League. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

^ ^a ^b "IRN-BRU CUP R3 TV SELECTIONS". Scottish Professional Football League. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

^ "IRN-BRU CUP QUARTER-FINAL DETAILS". Scottish Professional Football League. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

^ ^a ^b ^c "IRN-BRU CUP SEMI-FINAL DETAILS". Scottish Professional Football League. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

^ ^a ^b ^c "IRN-BRU CUP FINAL DETAILS CONFIRMED". Scottish Professional Football League. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

External links[edit]

Scottish Challenge Cup at the Scottish Professional Football League

Scottish Challenge Cup

Seasons

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Finals

v t e 2018–19 in Scottish football
« 2017–18 2019–20 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premiership SJFA East Super League SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League Women's Premier League 2018 2019 Women's First Division '18 '19
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Final South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2018 2019 Women's Premier League Cup 2018 2019
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup World Cup Group D World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Ross County
League One	Airdrieonians Arbroath Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Raith Rovers Stranraer Stenhousemuir
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

v t e 2018–19 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Northern Ireland Football League Cup County Antrim Shield
Other cups	Scottish Challenge Cup
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Related to national team	2018–19 UEFA Nations League (League B) UEFA Euro 2020 qualification (Group C)

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