Keyline Challenge Cup Tournament

The Keyline Challenge Cup Tournament, commonly known as the 'Keyline Cup', is a pre-season football tournament held by Oban Saints AFC in Oban, Scotland. The tournament is played in a round-robin format of thirty-minute matches and regularly attracts Scottish league clubs, with Scottish Premier League sides Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United, [cite news|url=http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2007/07/13/story9991126t0.shtm|title=United send top team to Oban|date=2007-07-13|publisher=Evening Telegraph|accessdate=2008-06-27] and Scottish First Division sides Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone participating in 2008. The current holders are Dundee United whose strong side finished ahead of fellow SPL side Hamilton Academical.cite web|url=http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=604&Itemid=2/|title=Saturday round-up|publisher=Hamilton Academical FC|accessdate=2008-07-12] The 2008 tournament – now in its fifteenth year [cite web|url=http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/newsArticle.asp?n=67|title=Pre Season Fixtures|publisher=Alloa Athletic FC|accessdate=2008-06-27] – ran on 12 July with the majority of teams from last year returning to compete again. [cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/hamiltonacademicalfc/Hamilton-line-up-Liverpool-friendly.4135640.jp|title=Hamilton line up Liverpool friendly|date=2008-05-29|publisher=The Scotsman|accessdate=2008-06-27]

Previous winners include:
* 1999: Clyde
* 2000: Clyde
* 2001: Clyde
* 2002: Heart of Midlothian
* 2003: Nairn County
* 2004: Dundee United
* 2005: Dumbarton
* 2006: Heart of Midlothian
* 2007: Alloa Athletic
* 2008: Dundee United

References

External links

* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/ 2008 tournament]
* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/dyncat.cfm?catid=28380 2007 tournament]
* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/dyncat.cfm?catid=23934 2006 tournament]
* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/dyncat.cfm?catid=17787 2005 tournament]
* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/dyncat.cfm?catid=13650 2004 tournament]
* [http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/obansaints/dyncat.cfm?catid=9205 2003 tournament]