2023 Challenge Cup Final

[Ranger1003]

Delighted for his wife!

Ha ha ha she wasnt as upset as what people may think. Lol

 

[JamboReid1874]

Well done to Accies on lifting the trophy and hope you enjoyed the win @academical

 

[colin]

Get it right up that Raith fan on a view from the terrace

 

[MO_TxTruBlu]

Congratulations

 

[bl.11]

Good crowd for the game.

 

[Rickety Cricket]

For the benefit of maybe three people on this forum who might be interested, the 30th Scottish Challenge Cup Final is being played this Sunday at the Falkirk Stadium, 4:15pm kick-off, and is being televised live on BBC Alba.

Raith Rovers versus Hamilton Academical

Although the competition has been running for 33 years, there have been two seasons when the competition was suspended, one for lack of sponsorship, and one for COVID. The pandemic also meant the final wasn’t played two years ago, and finalists Raith Rovers and Inverness Caledonian Thistle shared the trophy.

That means one of this year’s finalists, Raith, are going for their third trophy in a row. Their first win in 2014 we can gloss over; their win last season was over Queen of the South. So this is their third actual appearance in a final.

Accies have played in four finals, and this will be our fifth. Five finals, five venues, five opponents: v Ayr in Motherwell, v Morton in Paisley, v St Mirren in Airdrie, v Falkirk in Livingston, and now v Raith in Falkirk. The first two won, and the last two lost. Five finals in three decades might not be that many, but Accies were ineligible for ten seasons due to being in the top flight.

Raith are favourites, but put your mortgage, your wife and weans, and everything you own, on Accies causing an upset to lift our third trophy, 30 years after our last in 1993. You heard it here first.

Well done the Accies. I'm from Blantyre and when I was a pup I used to go to the old stadium, where Sports Direct now sits. I always member taking the turn and walking down to it. Great memories. I'm glad you won, I'll always have a soft spot for the Accies.

 

[Ranger1003]

There back in at 2 today for training

 

[Dumfriesbear]

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[Yeti_Hunter]

I used to go to a lot of Accies games with my uncle years ago. This was in the old stadium. Remember I was about 6 or 7 and he took me to one of the challenge cup finals. Think it was called the B&Q cup back then. So was either the 1991/1992 or 1992/93 final which they won. Always had a soft spot for them.

 

[CraigM14]

See John Rankin and his Mrs an awful lot with work and they are genuinely two of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Delighted for him, hope he keeps them up now as well

 

[AlbertaBlue]

Delighted for academical, an iconic poster on here.

 

[academical]

Back to earth with a bump.

At times like this, it’s hard following a team like Accies.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Back to earth with a bump.

At times like this, it’s hard following a team like Accies.

Your lads have been on the piss all week judging by that result.

 

[HamiltonJungleBear]

Back to earth with a bump.

At times like this, it’s hard following a team like Accies.

What a terrible result. It’s looking bad.

 

[BigBill32]

Your lads have been on the piss all week judging by that result.

Was my thoughts too

 

[academical]

Your lads have been on the piss all week judging by that result.

Three injuries and two suspensions.