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2014–15 Scottish League Cup
The 2014–15 Scottish League Cup was the 69th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious Association football, football knockout competition. It is also known as The Scottish League Cup presented by QTS for sponsorship reasons. Celtic F.C., Celtic won the cup after a 2–0 win against Dundee United F.C., Dundee United in the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final, final. Format The competition was a Single-elimination tournament, single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn). Fixtures are played to a finish, with Overtime (sports), extra time and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic F
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Football clubs *Celtic F.C., a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow **Celtic F.C. Women *Bangor Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Blantyre Celtic F.C., Scottish, defunct *Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., South African *Castlebar Celtic F.C., Irish *Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct *Celtic FC America, from Houston, Texas *Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct *Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., English *Cork Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh *Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *Donegal Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *Farsley Celtic F.C., English *Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish *Lurgan Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *South Lismor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish League One
The Scottish League One, known as William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill League One for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional association football, football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish League One was established in July 2013, after the Scottish Professional Football League was formed by a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. Format Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned list of Scottish football champions, league champion. If points are equal, the goal difference determines the winner. If this still does not result in a winner, the tied teams must take part in a playoff game at a neutral venue to determine the final placings. Promotion and relegation T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Clancy
Kevin Clancy (born 23 November 1983) is a Scottish football referee who has been on the international list of FIFA referees since January 2012 after attending a course at UEFA's Centre of Refereeing Excellence. In a match between Celtic and Rangers in 2019, Clancy failed to disallow a goal scored by Celtic after the ball struck Celtic striker Edouard's hand before ending up in the net. During the same game Clancy was criticised for a lack of consistency in making decisions, awarding Celtic a penalty for a shirt pull in the box but failing to award Rangers a penalty for a similar type of foul. Clancy subsequently sent off Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos for an apparent dive. Following the match Clancy admitted that he had made mistakes. In the lead up to the new season in 2020 Clancy made the controversial statement that referees "''knew exactly what's at stake''" with regards to decisions made affecting the outcome of the league. Clancy was criticised following a match between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glebe Park, Brechin
Glebe Park (known as the "Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park" for sponsorship reasons) is a association football, football stadium in Brechin, Scotland, which is the home ground of Brechin City F.C., Brechin City. Glebe Park opened in 1919. The ground had just one portable stand, which had been used at the Perth, Scotland, Perth agricultural show. Brechin City joined the Scottish Football League in 1929–30 in Scottish football, 1929, when a pavilion was added and the Cemetery End terrace was covered. The biggest ever attendance was 8,123, against Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen in a Scottish Cup tie played on 3 February 1973. This attendance was greater than the population of Brechin. Floodlights were installed and used for the first time in 1977, in a match against Hibernian F.C., Hibernian. The old stand was replaced by a new Main Stand, with 290 seats, in 1981. Sponsorship by the Stewart Milne group and a Football Trust grant of £210,000 financed the construction of a 1,228 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Graham
Andrew Graham (born 22 September 1983, Glasgow) is a Scottish professional football player and coach who is currently the player/manager of Scottish League One club Alloa Athletic. Graham, who played as a defender, started his career as a youth with Glasgow Amateurs, before playing for Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical, Greenock Morton, Dumbarton, Ayr United and Alloa Athletic, where he entered management in November 2023. Career Stirling Albion Graham joined Stirling Albion from Glasgow Amateurs U-21 squad. His debut for Stirling Albion was on 30 July 2005, against Ayr United and he scored his first senior club goal on 27 August 2005 against Alloa Athletic. He started his career as a central defender but won the Stirling Albion.com Player of the Year award for the 2009–10 season playing at right back. Hamilton & Morton After his contract with Stirling Albion expired, Graham joined Hamilton Academical for the 2010–11 season, signing on a one-year contract. Upon reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumbarton F
Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, and later the county town of Dunbartonshire. Dumbarton Castle, on top of Dumbarton Rock, dominates the area. Dumbarton was a royal burgh between 1222 and 1975. Dumbarton emerged from the 19th century as a centre for shipbuilding, glassmaking, and whisky production. However, these industries have since declined, and Dumbarton today is increasingly a commuter town for Glasgow east-southeast of it. Dumbarton F.C. is the local football club. Dumbarton is home to BBC Scotland's drama studio. History Dumbarton history goes back at least as far as the Iron Age and probably much earlier. It has been suggested that in Ancient Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brechin City F
Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today as an episcopal seat of the Scottish Episcopal Church), but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era. Nevertheless, the designation is often used, with examples being the City of Brechin and District Community Council, City of Brechin and Area Partnership, City of Brechin Civic Trust and Brechin City Football Club. Kinnaird Castle is nearby. Brechin is located slightly closer to Dundee than Aberdeen on the A90 between the cities. It is the fourth largest settlement of Angus. History In the centre of Brechin is a small museum in the Brechin Town House, and an award-winning tourist attraction, the Caledonian Railway. Along with the cathedral and round tower, part of the chapel of Brechin's ''Maison Dieu'' or hospital sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Allan
Crawford Allan (born 16 May 1967) is a retired Scottish football referee. He was appointed Head of Referee Operations at the Scottish FA, before leaving the role and being succeeded by Willie Collum in July 2024 Refereeing career Allan, who began his refereeing career in the early nineties, retired from refereeing shortly after his 50th birthday. His final match was a Scottish Premiership game between Hamilton Academical and Dundee Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firt ... at the end of the 2016–17 season. References External linksSoccerBase {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Crawford 1967 births Living people Scottish football referees Scottish Football League referees Scottish Premier League referees Scottish Professional Football League referees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston Park
Palmerston Park is a association football, football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. South of Scotland Football League, South of Scotland League club Heston Rovers F.C., Heston Rovers have shared Palmerston since 2013. The stadium has a capacity of of which 3,377 are seats. History Palmerston Park was first opened in 1919, when Queen of the South were formed, although association football, football had been played at the site since the 1870s. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith in Dumfries. Jimmy McKinnell (footballer), Jimmy McKinnell, Tom Wylie (footballer, born 1896), Tom Wylie and Willie McCall (footballer born 1898), Willie McCall were all sold to Blackburn Rovers around the same time by Queen of the South. This combined with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin City F
Elgin may refer to: Places Canada * Elgin County, Ontario * Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario * Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario * Elgin, Manitoba * Elgin Parish, New Brunswick ** Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish * Elgin, Nova Scotia * Elgin, Quebec United States * Elgin, Alabama * Elgin, Arizona * Elgin, Illinois * Elgin, Iowa * Elgin, Kansas * Elgin, Minnesota * Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi * Elgin, Missouri * Elgin, Nebraska * Elgin, Nevada * Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina * Elgin, North Dakota * Elgin, Ohio * Elgin, Oklahoma * Elgin, Oregon * Elgin, Pennsylvania * Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina * Elgin, Lancaster County, South Carolina * Elgin, Tennessee * Elgin, Texas * Elgin, Utah * Elgin Township (other) Elsewhere * Elgin, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Lyle
Derek Lyle (born 13 February 1981) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Lyle played for Partick Thistle, Queen of the South ''(two spells)'', Dundee, Hamilton Academical ''(two spells)'', Greenock Morton, Cowdenbeath, Peterhead and Broomhill. Lyle also had loan spells with East Stirlingshire, Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic and the ''Doonhamers''. Lyle's longest time in his career was spent with Queen of the South in Dumfries, where he scored 117 goals in 365 appearances over two spells with the club. Career Partick Thistle and loan to East Stirlingshire Lyle's career started at Partick Thistle at the start of the 1999–2000 season and remained at Firhill for three seasons, where he scored 4 goals in 37 league appearances. Lyle was loaned to East Stirlingshire scoring 8 goals in 12 league and cup appearances in the first part of the 2001–02 season. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Russell
Iain Thomas Russell (born 14 November 1982) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Russell came through the youth teams at Annan Athletic and Rangers before making a few appearances for Motherwell. Since leaving the ''Well'', Russell has also played for Brechin City, Greenock Morton, Alloa Athletic and Stirling Albion (both loan spells), Livingston, Queen of the South, and Airdrieonians. Background Russell was born in Dumfries and grew up nearby in Annan. Russell is the grandson of the former Airdrieonians, Rangers and Scotland internationalist, Ian McMillan. Career Motherwell and Dumbarton Russell started his career at Rangers, although he did not feature for the first team, and first played in the first team for Motherwell and then Dumbarton. He played over 100 games for Dumbarton and was the club's player of the year in 2005. Brechin City Russell struggled with a hamstring injury throughout the opening period of his Brechin City career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
