Cornwall_Saint Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Here we are, two days to go until the draw where we find out our first four opponents of the season. The seedings have been announced and as are follows: First Seeds (South) Hamilton Academical, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle Second Seeds (South) Livingston, Morton, Queen of the South, St Mirren Unseeded (South) Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Ayr United, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Dumbarton, Edinburgh City, New Airdrieonians, Queen's Park, Spartans, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer First Seeds (North) Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Ross County, St Johnstone Second Seeds (North) Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Inverness Caledonian Thistle Unseeded (North) Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Brechin City, Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, Peterhead, Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion The draw takes place on Friday 25th May at 6.30pm. It will be shown live on BT Sport 2. The teams making up the group stage are the 38 SPFL sides who are not in European competition, plus Highland League champions Cove Rangers and Lowland League champions Spartans. The four Scottish sides in Europe, Aberdeen, Celtic, Hibernian and Sevco will join at the Round of 16. There will be 8 groups consisting of 5 teams. As you can see there's the North/South divide. The group will contain one First Seed, one Second seed and three Unseeded sides. All group winners progress to the Round of 16, as will the four best runners-up sides. As before, there are 3 points available per match. 3 points for a 90 minute win, 0 points for a 90 minute loss. A draw after 90 minutes results in a penalty shootout, the winning side picking up 2 points and the losing side picking up 1 point. Last 5 Finals: 2017/18 - Celtic 2-0 Motherwell 2016/17 - Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen 2015/16 - Ross County 2-1 Hibernian 2014/15 - Celtic 2-0 Dundee United 2013/14 - Aberdeen 0-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen win 4-2 on penalties. Most Succesful Sides Rangers (OldCo) 27 Titles (7 Runners-Up) Celtic 17 Titles (15 Runners-Up) Aberdeen 6 Titles (8 Runners-Up) Heart of Midlothian 4 Titles (3 Runners-Up) Hibernian 3 Titles (3 Runners-Up) Dundee and East Fife have also won the League Cup on 3 occasions. Bring on the new season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Maybe without Jack we should just scratch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thistle please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 I would like Edinburgh City, Berwick since it is a ground I have never been in and Ayr for a easy trip. As for the seeded team, anybody apart from Hamilton. Hopefully the Berwick and Ayr games are on Saturdays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, renfrew said: I would like Edinburgh City, Berwick since it is a ground I have never been in and Ayr for a easy trip. As for the seeded team, anybody apart from Hamilton. Hopefully the Berwick and Ayr games are on Saturdays Happy with Berwick and Ayr plus Edinburgh City but would like Thistle as we won't meet them in the league this season. Never been to Edinburgh City's ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 I'd go with: Motherwell - Gives us a chance to see what we are up against for the season ahead and where we need to improve. After an excellent season in both cups where it took the Green Bigots to defeat them, surely 'Well are due a defeat off someone else. Ayr United - I am unlikely to be in attendance due to my location, but I always enjoyed an away day to Ayr. Potential banana skin though as Killie found out last season. Spartans - Lowest ranked team. Queen's Park - Would give us a decent chance of progress compared to say, being drawn against any of Dumbarton, Raith, Alloa and Ayr. And there's something amusing about a 50K seater stadium being used for usually tiny attendances. At least we shouldn't hve a problem running out of seats in the off chance Ricky manages to add 20K to our support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Hopefully the Berwick and Ayr games are on Saturdays The schedule for the previous 2 seasons as been pretty rigid. The 2nd seed (us) will be away on the first Saturday to an unseeded team, home midweek to another non-seed, away the second Saturday to the seeded team, off the following midweek and home to the remaining non-seed on the final Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: The schedule for the previous 2 seasons as been pretty rigid. The 2nd seed (us) will be away on the first Saturday to an unseeded team, home midweek to another non-seed, away the second Saturday to the seeded team, off the following midweek and home to the remaining non-seed on the final Saturday. So with only 1 away game against a non-seeded team, I hope it will be Berwick then so I can do my 1st visit to their ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Cornwall_Saint said: I'd go with: Motherwell - Gives us a chance to see what we are up against for the season ahead and where we need to improve. After an excellent season in both cups where it took the Green Bigots to defeat them, surely 'Well are due a defeat off someone else. Ayr United - I am unlikely to be in attendance due to my location, but I always enjoyed an away day to Ayr. Potential banana skin though as Killie found out last season. Spartans - Lowest ranked team. Queen's Park - Would give us a decent chance of progress compared to say, being drawn against any of Dumbarton, Raith, Alloa and Ayr. And there's something amusing about a 50K seater stadium being used for usually tiny attendances. At least we shouldn't hve a problem running out of seats in the off chance Ricky manages to add 20K to our support. Which the current amazingly high levels of press and media coverage might do. Not Motherwell or Killie or Hamilton for me... One of these will be our derby game. Would also be happy with the others though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Killie, Saints, Ayr and QP - sorted ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 43 minutes ago, Ayrshire Saints said: Killie, Saints, Ayr and QP - sorted ! You're a team short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 1 hour ago, HSS said: You're a team short. Indeed - Stranraer then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balbeg Buddie Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 When is the draw for the Groups ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, Balbeg Buddie said: When is the draw for the Groups ? Try the General St Mirren Discussion Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, Balbeg Buddie said: When is the draw for the Groups ? Seems a reasonable question. It took place at 6.30pm today. Killie, Saints, Dumbarton, Queens Park and Spartans. More on another thread as Renfrew said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balbeg Buddie Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, renfrew said: Try the General St Mirren Discussion Thread Why is it there ? Cornwall Saint started a perfectly good Thread here. Is there no moderation on this Forum ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Balbeg Buddie said: Why is it there ? Cornwall Saint started a perfectly good Thread here. Is there no moderation on this Forum ? Balbeg. Good question. It's not to do with moderation or the lack of it as such. There seem to be a school of thought that threads with new/specific titles are not to be encouraged. I'm with you on this..a perfectly good thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 South Section Draw Group E - Partick Thistle, Morton, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Stenhousemuir Group F - Hamilton Academical, Livingston, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, New Airdrieonians Group G - Motherwell, Queen of the South, Clyde, Edinburgh City, Stranraer Group H - Kilmarnock, ST MIRREN, Dumbarton, Queen's Park, Spartans North Section Draw Group A - Ross County, Dundee United, Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Elgin City Group B - St Johnstone, Falkirk, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Montrose Group C - Heart of Midlothian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Raith Rovers Group D - Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Brechin City, Peterhead, Stirling Albion Not sure about anyone else but I'm really looking forward to Cowdenbeath and Cove Rangers meeting after that less than friendly second leg in the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 I'm pretty sure the fixtures will be ... QP away 1st Saturday Dumbarton home 1st Tuesday KIlmarnock away 2nd Saturday Spartans home 3rd Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 With a still to be arranged friendly for 7 July and another on 21 July together with these league cup games July is going to be a busy month for players and fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted July 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Fixtures on opening weekend (All games Saturday 3pm unless stated otherwise) Group A Dundee United v Arbroath Ross County v Elgin City Alloa Athletic OFF Group B Falkirk v Montrose St Johnstone v East Fife Forfar Athletic OFF Group C Inverness CT v Cove Rangers Raith Rovers v Cowdenbeath Heart of Midlothian OFF Group D Brechin City v Peterhead Stirling Albion v Dundee Dunfermline Athletic OFF Group E Ayr United v Morton Stenhousemuir v Partick Thistle Albion Rovers OFF Group F New Airdrieonians v Livingston Annan Athletic v Hamilton Academical Berwick Rangers OFF Group G Clyde v Edinburgh City Queen of the South v Stranraer Motherwell OFF Group H Kilmarnock v St Mirren (Fri, 7.45pm) Spartans v Dumbarton Queen's Park OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 We got off to a good start. Bonus point for a penalty win away from home against Kilmarnock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Results (Match 1) Group A Dundee United 1-1 Arbroath Arbroath win 5-3 on penalties Ross County 2-0 Elgin City Alloa Athletic OFF Group B Falkirk 0-1 Montrose St Johnstone 0-0 East Fife St Johnstone win 5-4 on penalties Forfar Athletic OFF Group C Inverness CT 2-0 Cove Rangers Raith Rovers 0-2 Cowdenbeath Heart of Midlothian OFF Group D Brechin City 0-0 Peterhead Peterhead win 5-4 on penalties Stirling Albion 0-4 Dundee Dunfermline Athletic OFF Group E Ayr United 3-1 Morton Stenhousemuir 0-2 Partick Thistle Albion Rovers OFF Group F Annan Athletic 1-0 Hamilton Academical New Airdrieonians 1-2 Livingston Berwick Rangers OFF Group G Clyde 1-1 Edinburgh City Edinburgh win 4-1 on penalties Queen of the South 5-3 Stranraer Motherwell OFF Group H Kilmarnock 0-0 St Mirren St Mirren win 3-2 on penalties Spartans 0-0 Dumbarton Dumbarton win 4-3 on penalties Queen's Park OFF Great start the the League Cup, some excellent shocks going around. Group A seeing Dundee United beaten by Arbroath on pens. Group B is wide open, Falkirk beaten by Montrose, St Johnstone taking 2pts instead of the expected 3. Group C seeing Raith beaten by Fife area rivals and League 2 bottom side two years running Cowdenbeath. Group F with that fantastic win for Annan over Accies. Clyde lost on pens but gained a point with a last minute equaliser, potentially affecting both their and Edin City's chances with Edin getting 2 instead of 3pts. As for Saints, us and Dumbarton lead the way. Only Queen's Park can gain maximum points now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted July 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Fixtures (Tue 7.45pm unless stated) Group A Alloa Athletic v Arbroath Ross County v Dundee United Elgin City OFF Group B Falkirk v Forfar Athletic Montrose v East Fife St Johnstone OFF Group C Cowdenbeath v Inverness CT Cove Rangers v Heart of Midlothian (Wed 8pm) Raith Rovers OFF Group D Dunfermline Athletic v Peterhead Stirling Albion v Brechin City Dundee OFF Group E Stenhousemuir v Albion Rovers (7.30pm) Partick Thistle v Morton Ayr United OFF Group F Annan Athletic v Berwick Rangers Hamilton Academical v Livingston New Airdrieonians OFF Group G Motherwell v Edinburgh City Queen of the South v Clyde Stranraer OFF Group H Dumbarton v Queen's Park Spartans v St Mirren Kilmarnock OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Dundee v Dunfermline Today with a 3pm kick off. LIVE ON BT SPORT Also East Fife v Forfar which aint live on the Telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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