B&Q Scottish Challenge Cup Final
12th December 1993
Fir Park, Motherwell

Falkirk 3-0 St. Mirren

Duffy 47
Cadette 48
Hughes 65

ATT: 13,736

Referee: Douglas Hope

• Saints lose in their first ever appearance of the Challenge Cup Final, a competition started only 3 seasons beforehand for lower league clubs.
• Despite dominating for the entire first half, Saints can’t open the scoring, with Barry Lavety unlucky on a number of occasions and Tony Parks in the Falkirk goal in inspired form to keep the Paisley side out.
• The Bairns make Saints pay by scoring twice in the opening 3 minutes of the second half, effectively ending the match with their first attempts at goal.
• John Hughes adds a third midway through the half, and Saints can’t even muster a consolation when Neil Orr’s 25 yarder hits the bar.
• The attendance is a record in the competition until 2012, when the new Rangers are admitted to the bottom tier of the professional ranks.
• The match remains long in the memory of the 6,500 Saints fans in attendance due to the awful weather, with driving snow and rain making conditions probably the worst ever experience for the bulk of the Saints support in the one uncovered terracing then remaining at Fir Park.