2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup was the 26th season of the competition. The holders Rangers were defeated by under-19 league winners Hibernian in the final.

2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup

Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Defending champions	Rangers
Final positions
Champions	Hibernian
Runner-up	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57

Calendar

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	14 September 2008	5
Second Round	12 October 2008	18
Third Round	7 November 2008	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	5 December 2008	8	16 → 80
Quarter-finals	15 February 2009	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	28 March 2009	2	4 → 2
Final	29 April 2009	1	2 → 1

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Falkirk	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Fraserburgh	1 – 3	Deveronvale
Spartans	8 – 2	Berwick Rangers
Stranraer	4 – 3	Newton Stewart
Wigtown & Bladnoch	0 – 9	Annan Athletic

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Annan Athletic	1 – 4	Gala Fairydean
Ayr United	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.)	Kilmarnock
Clachnacuddin	4 – 0	Cove Rangers
East Stirlingshire	1 – 5	Dumbarton
Edinburgh City	3 – 2	Airdrie United
Falkirk	6 – 0	Spartans
Huntly	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Deveronvale
Keith	1 – 3	Inverurie Loco Works
Nairn County	3 – 7	Brora Rangers
Preston Athletic	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.)	Civil Service Strollers
Queen's Park	5 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Queen of the South	2 – 0	Threave Rovers
Stenhousemuir	1 – 0	Clyde
St Mirren	3 – 1	Montrose
Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Dundee
Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Arbroath
Ross County	3 – 0	Elgin City
St Cuthbert Wanderers	0 – 7	Stranraer

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Civil Service Strollers	2 – 0	Deveronvale
Cowdenbeath	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Partick Thistle
Dumbarton	3 – 2	Edinburgh City
Falkirk	1 – 0	Aberdeen
Hamilton Academical	5 – 0	Clachnacuddin
Heart of Midlothian	7 – 0	Queen of the South
Inverness CT	8 – 2	Annan Athletic
Inverurie Loco Works	0 – 6	Raith Rovers
Livingston	2 – 1	Dundee
Motherwell	4 – 0	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	3 – 2	St Johnstone
Rangers	6 – 0	Brora Rangers
Ross County	5 – 1	Dalbeattie Star
Stenhousemuir	0 – 2	Hibernian
Stranraer	0 – 11	Celtic
St Mirren	1 – 0	Dundee United

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
St Mirren	0 – 2	Inverness CT
Falkirk	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Heart of Midlothian
Queen's Park	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.)	Hamilton Academical
Rangers	3 – 1	Dumbarton
Ross County	0 – 8	Hibernian
Celtic	7 – 0	Cowdenbeath
Raith Rovers	6 – 1	Civil Service Strollers
Motherwell	2 – 1	Livingston

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Hamilton Academical	0 – 2	Falkirk
Hibernian	5 – 0	Raith Rovers
Motherwell	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
Inverness CT	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 pen.)	Celtic

Semi-finals

28 March 2009

Rangers	6 – 2	Inverness CT

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29 March 2009

Falkirk	0 – 3	Hibernian

Final

29 April 2009

Rangers	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Hibernian
Campbell 47'	Report1 Report2	Byrne 32', 120'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 4,205

Referee: Euan Norris

Rangers

Hibernian

RANGERS: GK Grant Adam  72' RB Darren Cole CB Ross Perry CB Danny Wilson LB Gregg Wylde RM Kyle Hutton CM Stephen Stirling CM Jamie Ness LM Kal Naismith  85' CF Archie Campbell CF Kane Hemmings  65' Substitutes: GK Artūrs Vaičulis  72' DF Scott Durie MF Gordon Dick  65' MF Dylan McGeouch FW Isa Bagci  85' Manager: Billy Kirkwood

HIBERNIAN: GK Thomas Flynn RB Ally Park CB Ewan Moyes  111' CB Scott Smith LB Callum Booth RM Ollie Russell CM David Wotherspoon CM Lee Currie LM Fergus Bell  88' CF Kurtis Byrne CF Patrick Deane  82' Substitutes: GK Lewis Graham DF Matthew Welch  111' MF Darren Kelly  88' MF Keith Murray FW Scott Taggart  82' Manager: Alistair Stevenson

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