2017 Scottish Challenge Cup final
The 2017 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Irn-Bru Cup final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 25 March 2017 at Fir Park, between Dundee United and St Mirren. It was the 26th 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 fourth since the Scottish Professional Football League was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final. The match was won by Dundee United 2–1, marking their first win in the tournament since its inception and their first silverware since the 2009–10 Scottish Cup.
Official match day programme
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs.
Manager Peter Houston celebrating Dundee United's 2010 Scottish Cup Final win
Tannadice Park is situated just 300 metres from Dens Park, home of neighbours Dundee
Dundee United faced rivals St Johnstone in the 2014 Scottish Cup Final
United (in red) versus Kilmarnock at Tannadice in the 2013–14 Scottish Cup.