Feck me - 3 wins and a draw - 15 goals and still not seeded. Will we get the luck of the draw or hit one of the 5 we could do with avoiding. However I bet all of them will also be wanting to avoid us. Would love to get Putridheid but the tea leaves suggest Plastic Whistle.

Looking like seedings will be: Celtic, Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Rangers, Morton, Partick, Alloa.

With the Unseeded being: Inverness, Peterhead, St Johnstone, Dundee U, Motherwell, Queens, Ayr U, Hamilton

Think I've got that right

Alloa v ICT!

Is this over two legs or one?

 

The prize money for this competition is:

£200k Winners

£100k Runners-up

£70k beaten semi-finalists

£50k beaten QFs

£30k beaten in 2nd round

£15k-£23k if knocked out in group stage, depending on position

On top of this prize money there is additional money for the teams involved in televised games (£30k for each finalist, but smaller sums in earlier rounds, I would presume) and of course a share of gate receipts.

 

11 minutes ago, jaggiesoverstaggies said:

Is this over two legs or one?

 

Straight knock-out now, one leg, tie will be 9th or 10th August.

What I'm not so sure about is what happens in the event of a draw after 90 mins - straight to pens like in the group stages, or extra time first? I'd suspect the latter, but I'm sure someone wil be able to confirm.

Extra time, then penalties.

http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/format/ 

Delighted with the draw and a chance to cross another never visited stadium off my list. 

Any chance it can be on the Wednesday though? My amateurs season kicks off on the Tuesday...

15 minutes ago, RossP said:

Any chance it can be on the Wednesday though? My amateurs season kicks off on the Tuesday...

No harm in asking!  Reminds me of the time I phoned a small local cinema one evening to ask when the film starts, and (true story!) got the reply "When can you get here?"

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8 minutes ago, RossP said:

Delighted with the draw and a chance to cross another never visited stadium off my list. 

Any chance it can be on the Wednesday though? My amateurs season kicks off on the Tuesday...

Tuesday please 

Is it really 13 years since we last visited Recreation Park? (Or the "Indodrill Stadium" as it is now....)

Our last 2 trips to Alloa were easy wins, 6-0 and 5-1, but last time we were there in a cup we lost 3-2.

33 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

but last time we were there in a cup we lost 3-2.

You're sounding awfully like a closet County fan!  

1 hour ago, Yngwie said:

No harm in asking!  Reminds me of the time I phoned a small local cinema one evening to ask when the film starts, and (true story!) got the reply "When can you get here?"

Monday would be good for me.

No room for complacency but we could not have asked for a kinder draw even if we were seeded. How pleasing would it be to keep this trophy in the Highlands ? We could parade it in Dingwall before the Hogmanay derby.

12 hours ago, Kingsmills said:

No room for complacency 

Surely, with Alloa being the seeded side we will be going down there as underdogs.  No complacency from me, but it must be seen as a great chance to pull off another cup upset!  

15 hours ago, TheMantis said:

Tuesday please 

Yes!

Has a decision been made? Not seen anything reported anywhere.

Apparently we're waiting for BT to decide which match they want. 

Tuesday August 9, 2016

Alloa Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle, kick-off 7.30pm

Dundee United v Partick Thistle, kick-off 7.45pm

Hamilton Academical v Morton, kick-off 7.45pm

Hibernian v Queen of the South, kick-off 7.45pm

Rangers v Peterhead, kick-off 7.45pm

 

Wednesday August 10, 2016

Ayr United v Aberdeen, kick-off 7.45pm

Celtic v Motherwell, kick-off 7.45pm (Live on BT Sport)

St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian, kick-off 7.45pm

Read more at http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/betfred-cup-r2-details-confirmed/#8z5Iu6wvRBYQfzwi.99

BT decided to cover one of the Old Firm for a change? Surprising move that one.

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4 hours ago, RiG said:

Has a decision been made? Not seen anything reported anywhere.

Sorry, I read it on the BBC 

They had all the games down as Tues.

As did the SPFL site!

5 hours ago, RiG said:

BT decided to cover one of the Old Firm for a change? Surprising move that one.

Pretty shocking that is the game that is being covered with little chance of an upset.

41 minutes ago, Huisdean said:

Pretty shocking that is the game that is being covered with little chance of an upset.

Not that shocking. Like it or not, they are a commercial TV channel and viewing figures are all they're interested in.

They choose the games on account of getting the largest audience and unfortunately it is the legions of brain-dead old filth fans that sway the TV. Our game v Alloa or Ayr v Aberdeen could be classed as games with more chance of an upset but the audience won't be half want they can get for an old firm formality. That is the sad truth.

47 minutes ago, Huisdean said:

Pretty shocking that is the game that is being covered with little chance of an upset.