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2025 Scottish Challenge Cup final


Event
Queen's Park
Livingston

0 5 | | 30 March 2025 | | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk | | 4,079 | | Sunny |

The 2025 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the SPFL Trust Trophy final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match played on 30 March 2025 between Scottish Championship sides, Livingston and Queen's Park. It was the 32nd final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, and the tenth since the SPFL was formed. It was played at Falkirk Stadium. Livingston won decisively 5–0.

As a 2024–25 Championship club, Livingston received a bye to the third round. The 2025 final was their first Challenge Cup final since 2015, in which they beat Alloa Athletic, and their third overall. Livingston started the tournament away to League Two side, The Spartans, before playing 4-time champions, Inverness Caledonian Thistle from League One, in the Fourth round at home, where despite a shaky second half, held them out on penalties. In the Quarter finals, Livingston drew Greenock Morton who they comfortably beat 2–1 despite a last gasp goal from Austin Samuels for Morton. In the Semi-finals, Livingston were drawn away to Dunfermline Athletic, who they beat 2–0 to progress into the final.

RoundOppositionScore
Third roundThe Spartans (a)2–0
Fourth roundInverness Caledonian Thistle (h)2–2 (aet)
5–4 (p)
Quarter-finalGreenock Morton (h)2–1
Semi-finalDunfermline Athletic (a)2–0

Like Livingston, Queen's Park received a bye to the third round. The 2025 final was their first Challenge Cup Final, and their first major cup final in 125 years, the 1899–1900 Scottish Cup final where they lost to Celtic. Queen's Park started their tournament against Edinburgh City from League Two, beating them 1–0, before being drawn away to the borders and League One Annan Athletic who they comfortably dispatched 4–1, before heading back to Lesser Hampden to beat a 10-man Rangers B side, 3–1, in the Quarter-final. In the semis, however, Queen's Park were dragged into extra time after Lowland League side, East Kilbride, held them to a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes, before Queen's Park slotted 4 goals past them without reply to win 6–2 and advance to the final.

RoundOppositionScore
Third roundEdinburgh City (h)1–0
Fourth roundAnnan Athletic (a)4–1
Quarter-finalRangers B (h)3–1
Semi-finalEast Kilbride (h)6–2 (aet)
Column 1Column 2
Queen's ParkLivingston
GK1Calum Ferrie (c)
RB2Zach Mauchin
CB12Ben Jackson
CB15Will Tizzard  31'
LB33Adam Montgomery
CM4Sean Welsh
CM7Louis Longridge  56'
RW28Seb Drozd  56'
CAM14Roddy MacGregor
RW11Kyle Hurst  56'
FW17Zak Rudden
Substitutes:
GK21Jack Willis
DF45Darryl Carrick  31'  48'
MF20Jack Turner  56'
MF22Jadan Raymond
MF23Ryan Duncan  48'
FW29Reece Evans  56'
FW37Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia  56'
FW39Timam Scott
FW46Aiden McGinlay
Manager:
Steven MacLean
GK28Jérôme Prior
RB12Jamie Brandon (c)
CB5Ryan McGowan
CB27Danny Wilson
LB26Cristian Montaño  62'
CM8Scott Pittman
CM10Stephen Kelly
CM25Macaulay Tait  62'
RW23Robbie Muirhead  76'
ST17Stevie May  75'
LW9Tete Yengi  83'
Substitutes:
GK14Jack Hamilton
DF3Matthew Clarke  62'
DF19Daniel Finlayson  83'
DF21Michael Nottingham
MF6Reece McAlear  62'
MF7Liam Sole
MF15Lewis Smith  76'
MF22Andrew Shinnie  75'
FW40Samson Lawal
Manager:
David Martindale
Match rules

90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. | | |

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