Challenge Cup is cancelled but Inverness Caley Thistle and Raith Rovers will play final scheduled for last season
Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Raith Rovers will still play their Challenge Cup final despite the competition being cancelled for the 2020/21 campaign.
The SPFL announced following a consultation process involving all 42 SPFL clubs, the competition will not take place this season.
34 of the 42 SPFL clubs agreed that, in the continuing absence of fans in stadia, the SPFL Challenge Cup should not go ahead for Season 2020/21.
The final of the season 2019/20 remains to be played between Caley Thistle and Raith Rovers and will be scheduled for a date later this season.
A spokesman for the SPFL said: “This is a sad day for a competition that has been an established and much-loved part of the footballing landscape since its inception to commemorate the centenary of the Scottish Football League in 1990.
“It is extremely concerning that so many clubs felt that they could not afford to participate in the Challenge Cup this season, given the continuing restrictions on fans coming to matches.
“Fans remain the lifeblood of the game in Scotland.
"Today’s decision to cancel the Challenge Cup this season is a further demonstration of the urgent need to get fans back into stadia safely, as they are in other countries. A continuing ban on fans threatens the very future of many of our clubs which have been mainstays of local communities across the country for generations.”
