Founded | 2012 |
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Region | Europe |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | Partick Thistle (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Partick Thistle (1 title) |
The ARR Craib Cup was an invitational football tournament held at Firhill, Glasgow, sponsored by and named after a local transport company headquartered in Aberdeen. [1] The only edition took place between 21 and 22 July 2012. It was contested by four teams from the United Kingdom, including three from the host nation Scotland.
Source: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
21 July – Glasgow (Firhill) | ||||||
Partick Thistle | 2 | |||||
22 July – Glasgow (Firhill) | ||||||
Celtic | 0 | |||||
Partick Thistle | 3 | |||||
21 July – Glasgow (Firhill) | ||||||
Everton | 1 | |||||
Airdrie United | 1 | |||||
Everton | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
22 July – Glasgow (Firhill) | ||||||
Celtic | 4 | |||||
Airdrie United | 0 |
21 July 2012 [8] Semi Final | Partick Thistle | 2 – 0 | Celtic | Firhill Stadium |
12:00 | Welsh 32' Lawless 49' | Celtic Report |
21 July 2012 [8] Semi Final | Airdrie United | 1 – 2 | Everton | Firhill Stadium |
14:45 | Di Giacomo 63' | Report | Barkley 56' Garbutt 63' | Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Roache |
22 July 2012 [9] 3rd/4th Place | Airdrie United | 0 – 4 | Celtic | Firhill Stadium |
12:00 | Report | Twardzik 7' McGregor 71' Eadie 75' Watt 85' | Referee: Clancy |
22 July 2012 [8] Final | Partick Thistle | 3 – 1 | Everton | Firhill Stadium |
14:45 | Welsh 2, 48(pen)' Bannigan 54' | McAleny 52' |
3 Goals 1 Goal
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