Scottish League Cup 2006–07

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The 2006–07 Scottish League Cup was the 61st staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.

The competition began on 9 August 2006, and was won by Hibernian, who defeated Kilmarnock 5–1 in the final.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 First round 3 Second round 4 Third round 5 Quarter-finals 6 Semi-finals 7 Final 8 Player stats 8.1 Top goalscorers 8.2 Player of the round

[edit] Schedule

First round Tuesday, 8th - Wednesday, 9 August 2006.

Second round Tuesday, 22nd - Wednesday, 23 August 2006.

Third round Tuesday, 19th - Wednesday, 20 September 2006.

Fourth round Tuesday, 7th - Wednesday, 8 November 2006.

Semi-finals Tuesday, 30 January - Wednesday, 31 January 2007 - SF1 at Fir Park, SF2 at Tynecastle

Final Sunday, 18 March 2007 - at Hampden Park

[edit] First round

8 August 2006	Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Stenhousemuir	19:30 - Cliftonhill, Coatbridge Referee: Anthony Law Attendance: 228
	Scott Chaplain 10'	Report	Kevin Nichol (o.g.) 74' John Baird 77'

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8 August 2006	Brechin City	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	19:30 - Glebe Park, Brechin Referee: Calum Murray Attendance: 501
	Chris Geddes 55' Stuart Callaghan (pen.) 74'	Report	Paul McGowen 6'

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8 August 2006	Cowdenbeath	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire	19:30 - Central Park, Cowdenbeath Referee: Craig Charleston Attendance: 271
	Liam Buchanan 27' Chris Hughes 31' 45' Pat Clarke 34'	Report	Carl Thywissen 63'

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8 August 2006	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Stirling Albion	19:30 - Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Referee: Brian Winter Attendance: 544
	David Bagan 74' Chris Boyle 88' John Gemmell 90'	Report

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8 August 2006	Dundee	1 – 3	Partick Thistle	19:30 - Dens Park, Dundee Referee: Craig MacKay Attendance: 2,180
	Gavin Swankie 10'	Report	Darren Brady 40' Billy Gibson 64' Scott Boyd 75'

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8 August 2006	Forfar Athletic	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Alloa Athletic	19:30 - Station Park, Forfar Referee: David Somers Attendance: 308
	Darren Gribben 90'	Report	Graeme Brown 4' John Grant 93'

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8 August 2006	Queen of the South	4 – 2	Clyde	19:45 - Palmerston Park, Dumfries Referee: William Collum Attendance: 1,435
	Jon O'Neil 8' 45' Murray Henderson 17' Graham Weir 32'	Report	Dougie Imrie 43' Stephen O'Donnell (pen.) 52'

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8 August 2006	Queen's Park	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hamilton Academical	19:30 - Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Eddie Smith Attendance: 611
	Steven Canning 6' Rob Bowers 107'	Report	Richard Offiong 72'

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8 August 2006	Raith Rovers	1 – 2	Airdrie United	19:45 - Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy Referee: Craig Thomson Attendance: 1,260
	Armand One 40'	Report	Willie McLaren 47' Bryan Prunty 73'

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8 August 2006	Ross County	4 – 2	Stranraer	19:45 - Victoria Park, Dingwall Referee: Mike Ritchie Attendance: 750
	Don Cowie 27' 58' Sean Higgins 61' Craig Gunn 78'	Report	Alex Burns 70' Michael Moore 90'

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8 August 2006	St. Johnstone	3 – 1	East Fife	19:45 - McDiarmid Park, Perth Referee: John Underhill Attendance: 1,222
	Jason Scotland 60' 70' Martin Hardie 62'	Report	Craig O'Reilly 76'

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9 August 2006	Arbroath	0 – 1	Elgin City	19:45 - Gayfield Park, Arbroath Referee: Steven Nicholls Attendance: 613
		Report	Steven Mackay 49'

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9 August 2006	Ayr United	2 – 0	Berwick Rangers	19:45 - Somerset Park, Ayr Referee: Charlie Richmond Attendance: 902
	Mark Casey 18' Ryan Caddis (pen.) 39'	Report

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9 August 2006	Montrose	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Peterhead	19:30 - Links Park, Montrose Referee: Colin Brown Attendance: 421
	Andy Rogers (pen.) 25'	Report	Robert Linn 60' Martin Wood 108' Martin Bavidge 115'

[edit] Second round

22 August 2006	Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ross County	19:30 - Recreation Park, Alloa Referee: Brian Winter Attendance: 424
	Brown  34' Forrest  47'	Report	McKinlay  57'

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22 August 2006	Ayr United	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (6-7 pen.)	Dunfermline Athletic	19:45 - Somerset Park, Ayr Referee: Craig Thomson Attendance: 1,507
		Report

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22 August 2006	Brechin City	0 – 3	Livingston	19:45 - Glebe Park, Brechin Referee: Douglas McDonald Attendance: 466
		Report	Craig  37' Dorrans  40' Hislop  87'

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22 August 2006	Cowdenbeath	0 – 5	Falkirk	19:45 - Central Park, Cowdenbeath Referee: Eddie Smith Attendance: 1,530
		Report	Craig  35' Moutinho  50'  81' Twaddle  74' Stewart  84'

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22 August 2006	Dundee United	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Airdrie United	19:45 - Tannadice Park, Dundee Referee: Steve Conroy Attendance: 2,851
	Robertson  118'	Report

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22 August 2006	Hibernian	4 – 0	Peterhead	19:45 - Easter Road, Edinburgh Referee: Chris Boyle Attendance: 7,834
	Iain Good  7' (o.g.) Benjelloun  32' Brown  52' McCluskey  66' (pen.)	Report

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22 August 2006	Motherwell	3 – 2	Partick Thistle	19:45 - Fir Park, Motherwell Referee: Kenny Clark Attendance: 3,752
	Foran  6'  16' McGarry  88'	Report	Gibson  25' Roberts  66'

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22 August 2006	Queen of the South	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Kilmarnock	19:45 - Palmerston Park, Dumfries Referee: Michael McCurry Attendance: 2,452
	O'Connor  49'	Report	Murray  75' Naismith  113'

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22 August 2006	Queen's Park	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5-3 pen.)	Aberdeen	19:45 - Firhill Stadium, Partick Referee: Stephen Finnie Attendance: 1,588
		Report

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22 August 2006	St. Johnstone	4 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Elgin City	19:45 - McDiarmid Park, Perth Referee: Mike Tumilty Attendance: 1,198
	Sheerin  98' (pen.) Stevenson  105' Milne  108' Mackay  114' (o.g.)	Report

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22 August 2006	St. Mirren	3 – 1	Stenhousemuir	19:45 - St. Mirren Park, Paisley Referee: Charlie Richmond Attendance: 1,707
	Mehmet  6'  30' Sutton  14'	Report	Sinclair  78'

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23 August 2006	Inverness CT	3 – 1	Dumbarton	19:45 - Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Referee: Calum Murray Attendance: 1,085
	Wyness  6' Bayne  54' McAllister  72'	Report	Dobbie  30'

[edit] Third round

19 September 2006	Celtic	2 – 0	St. Mirren	19:45 - Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 32,587 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Beattie  76' Żurawski  87'	Report

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19 September 2006	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Falkirk	19:45 - Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Douglas McDonald
		Report	Stokes  60'

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19 September 2006	St. Johnstone	3 – 0	Dundee United	19:45 - McDiarmid Park, Perth Attendance: 4,653 Referee: John Underhill
	Scotland  40' Milne  53' Mensing  80'	Report

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19 September 2006	Kilmarnock	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	19:45 - Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Eddie Smith
	Wales  57' Wright  115'	Report	Craig  72' (pen.)

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20 September 2006	Alloa Athletic	0 – 4	Hearts	19:45 - Recreation Park, Alloa Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Charlie Richmond
		Report	Mäkelä  34'  46'  82' Aguiar  88'

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20 September 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 2	Rangers	19:45 - East End Park, Dunfermline Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Michael McCurry
		Report	Bamba  65' (o.g.) Boyd  73'

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20 September 2006	Hibernian	6 – 0	Gretna	19:45 - Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 11,075 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Fletcher  11' Brown  18' Jones  20' Shiels  24'  63' Benjelloun  72'	Report

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20 September 2006	Queen's Park	0 – 3	Motherwell	19:45 - Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Mike Tumilty
		Report	Foran  24'  47'  54' (pen.)

[edit] Quarter-finals

7 November 2006	Celtic	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Falkirk	Celtic Park, Glasgow Attendance: 18,684 Referee: Charlie Richmond
	Żurawski  98'	Report	Stokes  99'

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7 November 2006	Kilmarnock	3 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Attendance: 5,601 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Wright  7'  45' Invincibile  71'	Report	Foran  25' (pen.) Clarkson  59'

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8 November 2006	Hibernian	1 – 0	Hearts	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 15,825 Referee: Callum Murray
	Jones  31'	Report

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8 November 2006	Rangers	0 – 2	St. Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 31,074 Referee: Stuart Dougal
		Report	Milne  50'  67'

[edit] Semi-finals

30 January 2007	Kilmarnock	3 – 0	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 10,722 Referee: Kenny Clark
	Naismith  30'  71'  78' (pen.)	Report

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31 January 2007	St. Johnstone	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Hibernian	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 16,112 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Scotland  76'	Report	Fletcher  3' Murphy  92' Benjelloun  120'

[edit] Final

18 March 2007 15:00	Kilmarnock	1 – 5	Hibernian	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Dougie McDonald
	Greer  77'	Report	Jones  28' Benjelloun  59'  85' Fletcher  66'  87'

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Top goalscorers

Goals	Player	Club
6	Richie Foran	Motherwell
5	Abdessalam Benjelloun	Hibernian
4	Steven Fletcher	Hibernian
	Steve Milne	St. Johnstone
	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
	Jason Scotland	St. Johnstone
3	Juho Mäkelä	Hearts
	Frazer Wright	Kilmarnock

[edit] Player of the round

Round	Player	Club	Young player	Club
1st	John O'Neill	Queen of the South	-	-
2nd	Mark Cairns	Queen's Park	Steven Naismith	Kilmarnock
3rd	Kris Boyd	Rangers	-	-

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