Scotty Tunbridge Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 2 hours ago, Matty-RCFC said: Inverness C&T please. Hot balls being used to guarantee ICT draw Aberdeen to try and stop them going bust imvho. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I feel like we play Stranraer every year in this group stage, hopefully away this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikethedee Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Glad we got Annan, never played them before and my mates have formed a long-distance supporters club for them, so hopefully they will travel up to Dens en masse for the game! We might get either home to ICT or away to Arbroath as a TV pick, I would imagine... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Being able to tick off Cove Rangers was fun last season, didn't exactly have me desperate to go up there again though. No new stadiums and probably finishing 2nd to Dunfermline, shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) Shouldn't be too much trouble but not a very interesting group for us, Annan excluded. Only played them once, in the 2009-10 Challenge Cup SF, and never at Galabank so hoping for that. Edited May 29 by RossBFaeDundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Is it the case you get extra money for TV games or is it all factored into prize money now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 20 hours ago, CM. said: Looking at our groups fixtures last year thats correct aye. Pot 4 v Pot 2 Pot 5 v Pot 1 Pot 2 v Pot 5 Pot 3 v Pot 4 Pot 5 v Pot 3 Pot 1 v Pot 2 Pot 4 v Pot 5 Pot 3 v Pot 1 Pot 1 v Pot 4 Pot 2 v Pot 3 Don't think that's set in stone, last year Dunfermline (3rd pot) kicked off away to Raith (2nd pot). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) Is it still the case that top seed plays 2nd and 4th at home and 3rd, 5th away? Edit: pretty much answered by post above that must have been seconds before mine. Edited May 29 by Archie McSquackle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) 12 minutes ago, jaggyness said: Is it the case you get extra money for TV games or is it all factored into prize money now? £18k group stage, £30k thereafter. Edited May 29 by Jamie_M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 3 minutes ago, HoBNob said: Don't think that's set in stone, last year Dunfermline (3rd pot) kicked off away to Raith (2nd pot). I don’t think the ordering is necessarily set in stone, but (based on previous seasons) the fixtures are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 That’ll be our pre-season friendly against Alloa getting cancelled since they’re now in our group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Meh. Slightly disappointed to get Alloa again, but Brechin away could be decent. Looking forward to seeing what creative way Saints manage to get knocked out this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaKnollBoy Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 hour ago, AyrshireTon said: That’ll be our pre-season friendly against Alloa getting cancelled since they’re now in our group. We had a friendly arranged against Forfar last season and then drew them in this cup, both games at Links Park and we were totally humped in both fixtures! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, HoBNob said: Don't think that's set in stone, last year Dunfermline (3rd pot) kicked off away to Raith (2nd pot). I posted that as an indication of which pot plays which home and away. I know the actual fixture dates differ as we were in pot 4 the last 2 seasons, opening away to Hibs in 2022 but finishing away to Livi in 2023 (both pot 1). Edited May 29 by CM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 5 hours ago, jagsfan57 said: I have never really understood why the relegated teams are ranked higher than the promoted teams - just another SPFLism I suppose. Given it's the league cup then I think I'm with them on this one by basing it on last seasons league standings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikethedee Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 My initial guesses as to which games will be televised: Aberdeen v EK Dabs v Falkirk Hibs v Kelty Dundee v Arbroath (if at Gayfield, Dundee v ICT otherwise) Motherwell v Patrick Ross County v Raith The Hibs & Aberdeen games would be for novelty value of the match-ups, the others are probably the most "glamourous" picks available. Fermers v Morton, Livi v Pars and maybe Dabs v Buckie as potential others, depending on how many will be shown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) Assuming the previous fixture ordering is repeated (and no reason why it shouldn't be), I imagine the TV games will probably come from this lot: Queen of the South v Aberdeen East Kilbride v Aberdeen Falkirk v Dundee Utd Kelty Hearts v Hibs Elgin City v Hibs Arbroath v Dundee Motherwell v Partick Thistle Edited May 29 by The Master 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arabdelic Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Group B is the champions group. Remarkably it contains the winners of The Championship, League 1, League 2 and Highland League. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 12 minutes ago, Spikethedee said: My initial guesses as to which games will be televised: Aberdeen v EK Dabs v Falkirk Hibs v Kelty Dundee v Arbroath (if at Gayfield, Dundee v ICT otherwise) Motherwell v Patrick Ross County v Raith The Hibs & Aberdeen games would be for novelty value of the match-ups, the others are probably the most "glamourous" picks available. Fermers v Morton, Livi v Pars and maybe Dabs v Buckie as potential others, depending on how many will be shown. Saints away to Brechin - with the Levein and Kirk factor - more likely than this one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemis Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 34 minutes ago, arabdelic said: Group B is the champions group. Remarkably it contains the winners of The Championship, League 1, League 2 and Highland League. They should play the Champions League music before all the games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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