| Date | Tuesday, 29 August 2000 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Challenge Cup |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 0:3 Livingston |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Attendance | 825 |
| Referee | Alan Freeland |
| Comments | Match Report Report by Dave Edwards for the Press & Journal. Ross County 0 Livingston 3 Ross County tumbled out of the Bell's Challenge Cup at Victoria Park last night. The Dingwall men paid a heavy price for failing to capitalise after having most of the first-half possession against fellow First Division side Livingston. Within eight minutes of the restart Livingston snatched two goals through David Bingham and substitute Gerry Britton, who went to complete a double. Former Dingwall hero Barry Wilson lobbed home keeper Nicky Walker but the ball clipped the top of the bar and went over. Three minutes from the break County missed a gilt-edged chance to take the lead when Escalon was left with only Alexander to beat from six yards but somehow managed to side-foot the ball past the post. Livvy broke the deadlock in 50 minutes against the run of play when Bingham headed Fleming's corner past Walker. Three minutes later the County defence was caught out again when a darting run by Brian McPhee ended with Britton having the simplest of tasks to nod the ball past Walker. A minute later Livingston keeper turned away a net-bound George Shaw effort. Then Walker brilliantly turned a Wilson shot past the post. It was all over in 80 minutes when Bingham once again carved open the home defence to set up Britton, who beat Walker with ease from six yards. Britton had the miss of the match just before the final when he smashed the ball off the bar from six yards. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Neale Cooper |
| Starting 11 | 1: Joseph (Nicky) Walker, 2: Edward Cunnington, 3: Ian Maxwell, 4: Brian Irvine, 5: John Fraser, 6: Franck Escalon, 7: Mark Millar, 8: Paul Kinnaird, 9: Kenneth Gilbert, 10: Steven Ferguson, 11: George Shaw |
| Bench | 0: Garry Hamilton, 0: David MacKay, 0: Stuart King, 0: Alexander Bone, 0: John McQuade |
| Livingston | |
| Manager | Jim Leishman |
| Starting 11 | Neil Alexander, John Anderson 1, Mark McCulloch, Graham Coughlan, Barry Wilson, Grant Smith, Derek Fleming, Alllan McManus, Brian McPhee 1, David Hagen, David Bingham 1 |
| Bench | Ian McCaldon, Sean Sweeney, Paddy Kelly, Mark McCormick, Gerry Britton 2 |