# 2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup

The 2008–09 Scottish Youth Cup was the 26th season of the competition. The holders Rangers were defeated by under-19 league winners Hibernian in the final.

## Calendar

| Round | First match date | Fixtures | Clubs |
| First Round | 14 September 2008 | 5 | |
| Second Round | 12 October 2008 | 18 | |
| Third Round | 7 November 2008 | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Fourth Round | 5 December 2008 | 8 | 16 → 80 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 February 2009 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 28 March 2009 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 29 April 2009 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## First round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Fraserburgh | 1 – 3 | Deveronvale |
| Spartans | 8 – 2 | Berwick Rangers |
| Stranraer | 4 – 3 | Newton Stewart |
| Wigtown & Bladnoch | 0 – 9 | Annan Athletic |

## Second round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Annan Athletic | 1 – 4 | Gala Fairydean |
| Ayr United | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.) | Kilmarnock |
| Clachnacuddin | 4 – 0 | Cove Rangers |
| East Stirlingshire | 1 – 5 | Dumbarton |
| Edinburgh City | 3 – 2 | Airdrie United |
| Falkirk | 6 – 0 | Spartans |
| Huntly | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.) | Deveronvale |
| Keith | 1 – 3 | Inverurie Loco Works |
| Nairn County | 3 – 7 | Brora Rangers |
| Preston Athletic | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.) | Civil Service Strollers |
| Queen's Park | 5 – 0 | Alloa Athletic |
| Queen of the South | 2 – 0 | Threave Rovers |
| Stenhousemuir | 1 – 0 | Clyde |
| St Mirren | 3 – 1 | Montrose |
| Stirling Albion | 0 – 2 | Dundee |
| Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Arbroath |
| Ross County | 3 – 0 | Elgin City |
| St Cuthbert Wanderers | 0 – 7 | Stranraer |

## Third round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Civil Service Strollers | 2 – 0 | Deveronvale |
| Cowdenbeath | 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Partick Thistle |
| Dumbarton | 3 – 2 | Edinburgh City |
| Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Aberdeen |
| Hamilton Academical | 5 – 0 | Clachnacuddin |
| Heart of Midlothian | 7 – 0 | Queen of the South |
| Inverness CT | 8 – 2 | Annan Athletic |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 0 – 6 | Raith Rovers |
| Livingston | 2 – 1 | Dundee |
| Motherwell | 4 – 0 | Kilmarnock |
| Queen's Park | 3 – 2 | St Johnstone |
| Rangers | 6 – 0 | Brora Rangers |
| Ross County | 5 – 1 | Dalbeattie Star |
| Stenhousemuir | 0 – 2 | Hibernian |
| Stranraer | 0 – 11 | Celtic |
| St Mirren | 1 – 0 | Dundee United |

## Fourth round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| St Mirren | 0 – 2 | Inverness CT |
| Falkirk | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Heart of Midlothian |
| Queen's Park | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 pen.) | Hamilton Academical |
| Rangers | 3 – 1 | Dumbarton |
| Ross County | 0 – 8 | Hibernian |
| Celtic | 7 – 0 | Cowdenbeath |
| Raith Rovers | 6 – 1 | Civil Service Strollers |
| Motherwell | 2 – 1 | Livingston |

## Quarter-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Hamilton Academical | 0 – 2 | Falkirk |
| Hibernian | 5 – 0 | Raith Rovers |
| Motherwell | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Rangers |
| Inverness CT | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 pen.) | Celtic |

## Final

| Rangers | Hibernian |
RANGERS: :
| GK | Grant Adam | 72' |
| RB | Darren Cole |
| CB | Ross Perry |
| CB | Danny Wilson |
| LB | Gregg Wylde |
| RM | Kyle Hutton |
| CM | Stephen Stirling |
| CM | Jamie Ness |
| LM | Kal Naismith | 85' |
| CF | Archie Campbell |
| CF | Kane Hemmings | 65' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | Artūrs Vaičulis | 72' |
| DF | Scott Durie |
| MF | Gordon Dick | 65' |
| MF | Dylan McGeouch |
| FW | Isa Bagci | 85' |
| Manager: ||||
| Billy Kirkwood ||||
HIBERNIAN: :
| GK | Thomas Flynn |
| RB | Ally Park |
| CB | Ewan Moyes | 111' |
| CB | Scott Smith |
| LB | Callum Booth |
| RM | Ollie Russell |
| CM | David Wotherspoon |
| CM | Lee Currie |
| LM | Fergus Bell | 88' |
| CF | Kurtis Byrne |
| CF | Patrick Deane | 82' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | Lewis Graham |
| DF | Matthew Welch | 111' |
| MF | Darren Kelly | 88' |
| MF | Keith Murray |
| FW | Scott Taggart | 82' |
| Manager: ||||
| Alistair Stevenson ||||
* MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Seven named substitutes.
* Maximum of three substitutions.