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St Johnstone League Cup This will be a tough test for our new look squad against relegated St Johnstone who will be looking to bounce back to the Premiership after finishing bottom of the table last season and will fancy their chances of progressing out of the group stages in this League Cup encounter at the Caledonian Stadium. They had to battle hard to overcome East Kilbride in their opening Group F tie eventually sealing a 1-3 win over the new League2 side. Our opening fixture was in midweek where we edged out Elgin City with a hard fought but ultimately deserved 2-0 win over the Borough Briggs side. Early days yet with most teams still building up to the bigger challenges ahead with the League campaign getting underway in early August and teams looking to hit the ground running. Especially us as we start League1 at minus 5 points. Meh! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match/Ticket/Info Official Preview 🚍Bus & Bar94 Info below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The League Cup has not been a happy place for the Caley Jags in recent seasons but we got off to a winning start over Elgin City in midweek with Billy Mckay and Luis Longstaff the difference between the sides. Had Elgin not smacked the junction of post and bar it might have been different, but them's the breaks. Scott Kellacher was happy enough with the win and a clean sheet and more minutes in the legs. No listen! Really pleased with the first half. Looking forward to a hard game this weekend against St Johnstone, it will be a difficult test. Supporters Trust: St Johnstone: 1500 on Saturday 19 July: 🚍 & ⚽ & 🚍 Bar 94 will open at 1200, with last orders at 1430 (the bar must be fully vacated by 1445). The bar reopens at full time. Buses will leave the Bus Station for the Stadium at 1245 and 1415. Buses return from the Stadium to the Bus Station 10 minutes after the full time whistle and at 1800. The bus fare is £2.70 single (contactless payments or cash accepted), and Over 60 / Disabled and Under 22 Concession passes are valid, giving free travel on the service to passholders. Here's our team that we had out in our first competitive game of the season after an indifferent pre-season. This will be fairly close to our strongest line-up available at present with players still to get up to speed and adjusting to pastures new. Ross Munro appears to be our number 1 keeper and seems decent. the back four of Millen, Devine, Savage and Strachan have those positions ring fenced. We have an abundance of midfielders and that is where selections will be easily rotated on a horses for courses basis. Allan, MacLeod, Chalmers and Wotherspoon are all accomplished players with new signings Alfie Stewart, Jordan Alonge and Liam Sole able and willing to step in seamlessly. Robbie Thompson is also still here and will be pushing for a start. Calum MacLeod looks likely to be the big breakthrough player this season. The experience and guile of David Wotherspoon as an attacking midfielder will be invaluable in assisting Billy Mckay and Luis Longstaff up front. Kell's has made no secret of the fact that he want Alfie Bavidge back here as well. What an asset that would be as goal scorers are in short supply at the Caledonian Stadium just now. In saying that, Mckay and Longstaff got the first half goals against Elgin that eased us to the three points. 🛍️ Club Shop open from 10am until KO 🍺 Bar 94 open from 12pm 🎟️ Tickets available from eticketing.co.uk/ictfc This was the Super J's side that came from behind to run out 1-3 winners over East Kilbride in their opening League Cup fixture. A superb John Robertson free kick had given EK an early 7th minute lead which the new League2 side held until Jamie Gullan replied with a great free kick of his own seven minutes after the break. Adama Sidibeh added a second on the hour following a quick break forward with Mackenzie Kirk completing the scoring ten minutes before the end, Saints had to work hard for the three points but their persistence paid off in the end against stubborn opponents who look like they will be a great asset to League2. Simo Valakari was delighted with the win and acknowledged how difficult it was at this venue as he praised his opponents, at the same time as accepting that St Johnstone are nowhere near where he wants them to be. I'll take that as a word of warning... St Johnstone have an extensive list of players in & out (BBC Sport) In: Louis Lloyd, forward (Caernarfon Town); Sam Stanton, midfielder (Raith Rovers); Jamie Gullan, forward (Raith Rovers); Morgan Boyes, defender (Morton); Jack Baird, defender (Morton); Cheick Diabate, defender (Exeter City); Reghan Tumilty, defender (Hamilton Accies); Matty Foulds, defender (Harrogate Town). Stephen Mallan has since joined on a 1 year deal and former Caley Jag Reece McAlear has also signed on at Perth on a 2 year deal. Loan in: Toby Steward, goalkeeper (Portsmouth). Out: Andre Raymond, defender; Josh Rae, GK (Raith Rovers, loan to permanent); Drey Wright, midfielder (Dundee); Graham Carey, midfielder (Livingston); Stevie May, forward (Livingston, loan to permanent); Callan Hamill, defender (Arsenal); Matthew Smith, midfielder (Newport County); Alex Ferguson, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Liam Parker, defender (Cove Rangers, loan to permanent); Benjamin Kimpioka, forward; Barry Douglas, defender; Nicky Clark, forward (Ross County); Cammy MacPherson, midfielder; Max Kucheriavyi, midfielder; Adam McMillan, forward; Arran Cocks, forward; Bayley Klimionek, defender; Ben McCrystal, midfielder; Dominic Shiels, defender; Kyle Thomson, goalkeeper. Loan ended: Andy Fisher, GK (Swansea City); Sam Curtis, defender (Sheffield United); Zach Mitchell, defender (Charlton Athletic); Elliot Watt, midfielder (Burton Albion); Stephen Duke-McKenna, midfielder (Harrogate Town). New Dates for the Diary League Cup (4 matches)15.07.2025@19:45 2-0 Elgin City (H) ✔️ 19.07.2025@15:00 - St. Johnstone (H) 22.07.2025@19:45 - East Kilbride (A) 26.07.2025@15:00 - Raith Rovers (A) Challenge Cup (6 matches)12.08.2025@19:45 - Elgin City (A) 26.08.2025@19:45 - Aberdeen B (H) 06.09.2025@15:00 - Stirling Albion (H) 23.09.2025@19:45 - Dundee B (H) 11.10.2025@15:00 - Forfar Athletic (A) 06.11.2025@19:45 - Dundee Utd B (H) North Cup (1)06.08.2025@19:30 - Lossiemouth (A)