2007–08 Scottish Youth Cup

2007–08 Scottish Youth Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	296 (5.19 per match)

The 2007–08 Scottish Youth Cup was the 25th season of the competition. The holders Rangers defeated Celtic in the final.

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	16 September 2007	10
Second Round	20 October 2007	16
Third Round	8 November 2007	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	5 December 2007	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	15 February 2008	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	13 March 2008	2	4 → 2
Final	24 April 2008	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Annan Athletic	6 – 3	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Burntisland Shipyard	1 – 2	Preston Athletic
Clachnacuddin	4 – 0	Nairn County
Edinburgh City	2 – 3	Dundee
Falkirk	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 pen.)	Stirling Albion
Fraserburgh	4 – 2	Elgin City
Inverurie Loco Works	5 – 0	Deveronvale
Montrose	2 – 3	Arbroath
Partick Thistle	9 – 0	Berwick Rangers
Stranraer	5 – 5 (a.e.t.) (0 – 3 pen.)	Dalbeattie Star

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Clachnacuddin	1 – 4	Inverurie Loco Works
Airdrie United	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	St Johnstone
Annan Athletic	0 – 2	Wigtown & Bladnoch
Ayr United	3 – 1	Arbroath
Civil Service Strollers	1 – 4	Partick Thistle
Cove Rangers	11 – 0	Brora Rangers
Dundee	4 – 1	Preston Athletic
East Fife	1 – 3	Alloa Athletic
Gala Fairydean	0 – 8	Dalbeattie Star
Huntly	1 – 3	Fraserburgh
Keith	0 – 2	Peterhead
Kilmarnock	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Raith Rovers
Motherwell	3 – 0	Queen's Park
Queen of the South	7 – 4	Threave Rovers
Spartans	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Whitehill Welfare
Stirling Albion	2 – 4	Clyde

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen	13 – 0	Wigtown & Bladnoch
Alloa Athletic	2 – 7	Heart of Midlothian
Ayr United	1 – 5	Gretna
Clyde	2 – 3	Hamilton Academical
Cove Rangers	1 – 8	Livingston
Cowdenbeath	3 – 0	Inverurie Loco Works
Dumbarton	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 pen.)	Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dalbeattie Star
Hibernian	13 – 0	Queen of the South
Inverness CT	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee
Partick Thistle	0 – 5	Celtic
Peterhead	0 – 3	Dundee United
Rangers	12 – 0	Fraserburgh
St Johnstone	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pen.)	Stenhousemuir
St Mirren	2 – 4	Motherwell
Whitehill Welfare	4 – 2	Ross County

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	6 – 0	Dalbeattie Star
Livingston	4 – 0	Raith Rovers
St Johnstone	1 – 2	Aberdeen
Gretna	1 – 4	Heart of Midlothian
Whitehill Welfare	0 – 11	Rangers
Inverness CT	0 – 1	Dundee United
Celtic	3 – 2	Motherwell
Hibernian	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cowdenbeath

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Heart of Midlothian	0 – 1	Rangers
Aberdeen	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Livingston
Hamilton Academical	0 – 4	Dundee United
Celtic	4 – 1	Hibernian

Semi-finals

30 March 2008

Dundee United	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Pope	Report 1	Fleck Little Craig

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Referee: Stuart Stevenson

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14 April 2008

Aberdeen	1 – 2	Celtic
Aluko 52'	Report 1 Report 2	Cawley 9' Marr 75'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Final

24 April 2008

Celtic	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Sheridan 61'	Report 1 Report 2	Fleck 90', 120' Little 96'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 6,045

Referee: Willie Collum

Celtic

Rangers

CELTIC: GK Paul Skinner RB Grant Gallacher  109' CB Jason Marr (c) CB Daniel Lafferty LB Carlo Monti RM Kevin Cawley CM Richie Towell CM Michael Tidser LM Luca Santonocito  67' CF Paul Cahillane CF Cillian Sheridan  73' Substitutes: GK Ryan Marshall DF Kevin Ross MF Michael Graham  67' FW Declan Bunting  73' FW Eric Foley  109' Manager: John McLaughlan

RANGERS: GK Scott Gallacher RB William McLachlan CB Ross Perry CB Ross Harvey LB Steven Kinniburgh RM Jamie Ness CM Stephen Stirling  64' LM Andrew Shinnie FW Isa Bagci  46' FW John Fleck (c) FW Georgios Efrem  76' Substitutes: GK Artūrs Vaičulis DF Kyle Hutton  76' MF Thomas Kind Bendiksen  64' FW Chris Craig FW Andrew Little  46' Manager: Billy Kirkwood

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

References

• SFA – Scottish Youth Cup archive