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== Second Round ==
== Second Round ==
The second round draw was published on 11 July 2024.<ref name="drawr2">{{Cite tweet |number=1811488795696525531 |user=SouthChallenge |title=Second Round Draw}}</ref><ref name="sff" /> Remaining in the competition are 128 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (13), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (42), [[South of Scotland Football League]] (7), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (66).
The second round draw was published on 11 July 2024.<ref name="drawr2">{{Cite tweet |number=1811488795696525531 |user=SouthChallenge |title=Second Round Draw}}</ref><ref name="sff" /> Remaining in the competition were 128 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (13), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (42), [[South of Scotland Football League]] (7), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (66).
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== Third round ==
== Third round ==
The third round draw was published on 26 September 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1839377211440378053 |user=SouthChallenge |title=Check out the CarMatKings South Region Challenge Cup third round draw}}</ref> Remaining in the competition are 64 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (11), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (15), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (38).
The third round draw was published on 26 September 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1839377211440378053 |user=SouthChallenge |title=Check out the CarMatKings South Region Challenge Cup third round draw}}</ref> Remaining in the competition were 64 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (11), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (15), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (38).
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==Fifth round==
==Fifth round==
Remaining in the competition are 16 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (3), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (2 or 3), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (10 or 11).
The fourth round draw was published on 21 November 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1859676906821447962|user=SouthChallenge |title=Your http://FinestCarMats.co.uk South Challenge Cup 5th Round draw.}}</ref> Remaining in the competition are 16 clubs, from the [[Lowland Football League]] (3), [[East of Scotland Football League]] (2 or 3), and [[West of Scotland Football League]] (10 or 11).

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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
! width="195" align="right" |Home team
! width="65" align="center" |Score
! width="195" |Away team
|-
! colspan="3" |21 December 2024
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| align="right" |Arthurlie
| align="center" | –
|Clydebank
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| align="right" |Auchinleck Talbot
| align="center" | –
|Larkhall Thistle
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| align="right" |Cumnock Juniors
| align="center" | –
|St Andrews United
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| align="right" |Glasgow United
| align="center" | –
|Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
|-
| align="right" |Pollok
| align="center" | –
|East Kilbride
|-
| align="right" |Musselburgh Athletic
| align="center" | –
|Vale of Clyde
|-
! colspan="3" |TBC
|-
| align="right" |Civil Service Strollers
| align="center" | –
|Shotts Bon Accord or Kilwinning Rangers
|-
| align="right" |Gretna 2008
| align="center" | –
|Hill of Beath Hawthorn or Greenock Juniors or Newmains United
|}
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==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 22:25, 21 November 2024

2024–25 South Challenge Cup
SFA South Region Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryScotland
England (2 teams)
Dates17 August 2024 – 30 March 2025
Teams163
Defending championsEast Kilbride
Tournament statistics
Matches played133
Goals scored579 (4.35 per match)
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

All statistics correct as of 16 November 2024.

The 2024–25 SFA South Region Challenge Cup (known as the FinestCarMats.co.uk South Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 18th edition of the annual knockout cup competition for senior non-league football clubs in the central and southern regions of Scotland. For a third season in a row, the tournament entry is a joint record 163 teams.

The defending champions are four-time winners East Kilbride.

Format

The South Challenge Cup features 163 senior non-league clubs from the Lowland Football League (16), East of Scotland Football League (57), South of Scotland Football League (11), and West of Scotland Football League (79). The reserve teams of Stirling University and Stranraer, as well as Celtic B and Heart of Midlothian B, do not take part. Carluke Rovers are debarred due to a previous breach of rules.

In a change to previous seasons there is no regionalisation and it is an all-in draw from the first round.[2] The draws are unseeded, with matches proceeding to extra time and penalties if they are tied after 90 minutes.

Calendar

Round Main date[3] Fixtures Clubs
First Round 17 August 2024 35 163 → 128
Second Round 14 September 2024 64 128 → 64
Third Round 12 October 2024 32 64 → 32
Fourth Round 16 November 2024 16 32 → 16
Fifth Round 21 December 2024 8 16 → 8
Quarter-Finals 1 February 2025 4 8 → 4
Semi-Finals 1 March 2025 2 4 → 2
Final 30 March 2025 1 2 → 1

First round

The first round draw was published on 11 July 2024.[4][5]

Home team Score Away team
17 August 2024
Ardeer Thistle 0–4 Clydebank
Ardrossan Winton Rovers 3–4 aet Broxburn Athletic
Auchinleck Talbot 1–0 Hutchison Vale
Benburb 2–0 Yoker Athletic
Blantyre Victoria 2–2 aet

(2–4 pen)

Lochgelly Albert
Broomhill 0–1 Thornton Hibs
BSC Glasgow 4–3 aet St Peter's
Burntisland Shipyard 1–6 Glenrothes
Caledonian Locomotives 2–2 aet

(5–4 pen)

Lochmaben
Cambuslang Rangers 2–3 Vale of Leven
Creetown 2–1 Tynecastle
Cumbernauld Colts 4–3 Linlithgow Rose
Dalbeattie Star 1–2 Blackburn United
Dundonald Bluebell 0–4 Troon
Edinburgh Community 2–3 Newton Stewart
Edinburgh South 2–3[A] Bellshill Athletic
Fauldhouse United 0–8 Albion Rovers
Home team Score Away team
Glasgow Perthshire 2–3 Drumchapel United
Glasgow United 5–3 University of Stirling
Greenock Juniors 3–1 Glenvale
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 2–3 Lesmahagow
Kilsyth Rangers 1–2 Hurlford United
Kinnoull 1–2 Newburgh
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2–0 Mid Annandale
Lanark United 3–2 Whitburn
Lochar Thistle 3–4 East Stirlingshire
Luncarty 2–5 Kilbirnie Ladeside
Maybole Juniors 0–1 Caledonian Braves
Petershill 1–4 Darvel
Pumpherston 0–5 Irvine Victoria
Shotts Bon Accord 2–1 aet Rutherglen Glencairn
St Andrews United w/o Gartcairn
Vale of Clyde 5–1 aet Stoneyburn
Whitehill Welfare 2–0 Kennoway Star Hearts
Wishaw 0–0 aet

(4–1 pen)

Oakley United
  1. ^ Venue reversed after original draw.

Second Round

The second round draw was published on 11 July 2024.[6][5] Remaining in the competition were 128 clubs, from the Lowland Football League (13), East of Scotland Football League (42), South of Scotland Football League (7), and West of Scotland Football League (66).

Home team Score Away team
14 September 2024
Abbey Vale 0–3 Dalkeith Thistle
Albion Rovers 2–1 aet Dunipace
Arniston Rangers 2–0 Cumbernauld Colts
Arthurlie 3–0 Easterhouse FA
Bathgate Thistle 0–1 Girvan
Beith Juniors 4–1 Armadale Thistle
Berwick Rangers 2–1 Heriot-Watt University
Bo'ness Athletic 1–4 Auchinleck Talbot
BSC Glasgow 0–5 Lesmahgow
Campbeltown Pupils 0–6 Linton Hotspur
Clydebank 7–1 Caledonian Locomotives
Coldstream 0–1 Blackburn United
Cumbernauld United 7–1 Tweedmouth Rangers
Cumnock Juniors 3–1 Lanark United
Darvel 3–2 aet Whitletts Victoria
Drumchapel United 1–0 aet Johnstone Burgh
Easthouses Lily 2–3 St Roch's
East Kilbride 2–1 Tranent
East Kilbride Thistle 1–5 Kilbirnie Ladeside
Edinburgh College 4–1 Creetown
Edinburgh United 1–3 Glasgow United
Eglinton 5–0 Bonnyton Thistle
Finnart 1–6[A] Pollok
Gala Fairydean Rovers 4–2 Camelon Juniors
Glenafton Athletic 0–2 Dalry Thistle
Glenrothes 0–1 Forth Wanderers
Greenock Juniors 2–0 Thorniewood United
Gretna 2008 4–1 Newton Stewart
Haddington Athletic 1–2 Kilsyth Athletic
Harthill Royal 1–3 Knightswood
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 3–0 Edinburgh University
Hurlford United 3–1 Penicuik Athletic
Jeanfield Swifts 4–1 Glasgow University
Home team Score Away team
Kello Rovers 1–2 Sauchie Juniors
Kilwinning Rangers 3–2 aet Muirkirk Juniors
Largs Thistle 7–0 Bellshill Athletic
Larkhall Thistle 4–0 Thornton Hibs
Livingston United 0–3 Bo’ness United
Lochore Welfare 2–1 Ashfield
Lugar Boswell Thistle 6–1 Craigmark Burntonians
Maryhill 3–1 Lochgelly Albert
Neilston 4–3 Peebles Rovers
Newburgh 2–3 Civil Service Strollers
Newmains United 2–2 aet

(7–6 pen)

Leith Athletic
Newtongrange Star 2–1 Hawick Royal Albert
Nithsdale Wanderers 2–10 Broxburn Athletic
Ormiston Primrose 1–4 Cowdenbeath
Port Glasgow Juniors 4–3 West Park United
Renfrew 8–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Rossvale 0–2[A] Caledonian Braves
Royal Albert 1–2 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Saltcoats Victoria 0–2 Musselburgh Athletic
Shotts Bon Accord 1–0 Giffnock SC
St Cadoc's 7–0 Irvine Victoria
Thorn Athletic 3–2 Crossgates Primrose
Threave Rovers 4–2 Benburb
Troon 1–0 Dunbar United
Upper Annandale 1–2 aet St Andrews United
Vale of Clyde 2–1 aet Wishaw
Vale of Leithen 0–3 Preston Athletic
Vale of Leven 4–4 aet

(1–3 pen)

Kirkcaldy & Dysart
West Calder United 1–2 East Stirlingshire
Whitehill Welfare 2–2 aet

(10–9 pen)

St Anthony's
Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–10 Irvine Meadow XI

Third round

The third round draw was published on 26 September 2024.[7] Remaining in the competition were 64 clubs, from the Lowland Football League (11), East of Scotland Football League (15), and West of Scotland Football League (38).

Home team Score Away team
11 October 2024
St Cadoc's 3–0 Cowdenbeath
12 October 2024
Auchinleck Talbot 3–0 Jeanfield Swifts
Berwick Rangers 0–3 Threave Rovers
Blackburn United 3–1 Knightswood
Caledonian Braves 3–0 Arniston Rangers
Clydebank 5–1 Dalkeith Thistle
Cumbernauld United 8–0 Maryhill
Cumnock Juniors 2–1 Lochore Welfare
Dalry Thistle 0–3 Civil Service Strollers
Edinburgh College 2–3 Arthurlie
Eglinton 0–1 Bo'ness United
Gala Fairydean Rovers 0–1 Irvine Meadow XI
Glasgow United 6–5 aet Forth Wanderers
Gretna 2008 3–1 Lesmahagow Juniors
Kirktintilloch Rob Roy 2–1 Whitehill Welfare
Larkhall Thistle 2–2 aet

(5–4 pen)

Beith Juniors
Linton Hotspur 1–2 aet Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Home team Score Away team
Lugar Boswell Thistle 2–4 Hurlford United
Musselburgh Athletic 2–0 aet Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Neilston 2–3 East Stirlingshire
Newtongrange Star 0–3 Drumchapel United
Pollok 3–3 aet

(4–2 pen)

Darvel
Port Glasgow Juniors 4–6 Kilsyth Athletic
Preston Athletic 3–2 Girvan
Sauchie Juniors 0–2 Kilwinning Rangers
St Andrews United 4–2 Kilbirnie Ladeside
St Roch's 1–3 Troon
Thorn Athletic 1–3 Broxburn Athletic
Vale of Clyde 2–0 Renfrew
29 October 2024
East Kilbride 1–0 Largs Thistle
16 November 2024
Shotts Bon Accord 0–0 aet

(5–3 pen)

Albion Rovers
23 November 2024
Newmains United – Greenock Juniors

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was published on 17 October 2024.[8] Remaining in the competition are 32 clubs, from the Lowland Football League (7), East of Scotland Football League (5), and West of Scotland Football League (20).

Home team Score Away team
16 November 2024
Auchinleck Talbot 1–0 Cumbernauld United
Blackburn United 0–7 East Kilbride
Bo’ness United 3–4 aet Musselburgh Athletic
Broxburn Athletic 0–4 Clydebank
Civil Service Strollers 3–1 Irvine Meadow XI
Cumnock Juniors 1–1 aet

(4–2 pen)

Drumchapel United
East Stirlingshire 0–3 Pollok
Kilsyth Athletic 2–5 Glasgow United
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 5–2 Preston Athletic
Larkhall Thistle 2–0 Threave Rovers
St Andrews United 5–3 aet Hurlford United
St Cadoc’s 2–3 Gretna 2008
Troon 1–2 Arthurlie
Vale of Clyde 3–2 Caledonian Braves
23 November 2024
Shotts Bon Accord – Kilwinning Rangers
TBC
Hill of Beath Hawthorn – Newmains United or Greenock Juniors

Fifth round

The fourth round draw was published on 21 November 2024.[9] Remaining in the competition are 16 clubs, from the Lowland Football League (3), East of Scotland Football League (2 or 3), and West of Scotland Football League (10 or 11).

Home team Score Away team
21 December 2024
Arthurlie – Clydebank
Auchinleck Talbot – Larkhall Thistle
Cumnock Juniors – St Andrews United
Glasgow United – Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Pollok – East Kilbride
Musselburgh Athletic – Vale of Clyde
TBC
Civil Service Strollers – Shotts Bon Accord or Kilwinning Rangers
Gretna 2008 – Hill of Beath Hawthorn or Greenock Juniors or Newmains United

Notes

  1. ^ a b Venue reversed after original draw.

References

  1. ^ @SouthChallenge (August 14, 2024). "The #CarMatKings South Challenge Cup gets underway this weekend with our first non regionalised first round" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @SouthChallenge (June 25, 2024). "🚨Announcement🚨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "The Scottish Lowland Football League Season 2024-25 Fixture List" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ @SouthChallenge (July 11, 2024). "First Round Draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b "South Challenge Cup 24-25". Scottish Football Fixtures. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ @SouthChallenge (July 11, 2024). "Second Round Draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @SouthChallenge (September 26, 2024). "Check out the CarMatKings South Region Challenge Cup third round draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @SouthChallenge (September 26, 2024). "The Fourth Round Draw for the FinestCarMats.co.uk South Challenge Cup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @SouthChallenge (November 21, 2024). "Your http://FinestCarMats.co.uk South Challenge Cup 5th Round draw" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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