League Cup Draw

[The Mantis]

The season from hell is just over and yet Friday sees the draw for the League Cup sections, which start on 15th July. 

Despite finishing 12th in the Premiership, ICT are one of the 4 top seeds in the Northern section, along with Hearts, Dundee and County.

Second seeds are DUFC, DAFC, Hibs and Falkirk.

Then there are 12 unseeded clubs from Raith Rovers down to Buckie Thistle, making 4 groups of 5.

[Rasczak]

Falkirk, Stirling Albion, Brechin City, and Forfar Athletic.

[ictfcsince94]

At least we'll get an early indicator of how we face up against two of our championship opponents 

[RiG]

Why wasn't the club tweeting about the draw? Has something happened to the media team that we aren't being told about?

[Yngwie]

Group winners and best 4 of the 8 runners up go through.

Fixture dates and TV coverage announced next week.

[ictfcsince94]

7 minutes ago, RiG said:

Why wasn't the club tweeting about the draw? Has something happened to the media team that we aren't being told about?

Maybe we're seeing the the "volunteers" were not so volunteery?

[12th Man]

Falkirk, Brechin, Forfar and Stirling Albion.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/league-cup/betfred-cup-draw-throws-up-derby-clash-1-4464887

Draw was on Friday night.

[12th Man]

Assuming we will be playing on 4 of the 5 dates displayed.

http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/dates/

[+Fraz]

18 hours ago, ictfcsince94 said:

Maybe we're seeing the the "volunteers" were not so volunteery?

Not sure I follow what you mean.

[Yngwie]

40 minutes ago, 12th Man said:

Falkirk, Brechin, Forfar and Stirling Albion.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/league-cup/betfred-cup-draw-throws-up-derby-clash-1-4464887

Draw was on Friday night.

Wow, it turned out just as Rasczak predicted earlier in this thread! 

[12th Man]

Awaiting the probability of that happening from Charles 

[Roy Mackenzie]

19 hours ago, RiG said:

Why wasn't the club tweeting about the draw? Has something happened to the media team that we aren't being told about?

Must be on holiday with the Chairman...

[RiG]

It seems that one of the main tweeters has left their post. Shame no one else was able to step in. I'm in no way having a go at the club about this but given how important social media is these days I was surprised not to see any activity on the ICT account about the competition. Some of the stuff has been a bit cringe over the years but for the most part it's a good account to follow and the club has become quite well known for it. Shame if things do go a bit quieter on this front in the future.

[12th Man]

Well here's hoping that one of the accounts main posters returns and carries on where he left off seeing as he practically built up the number of followers himself.

Edited June 3, 2017 by 12th Man

[RiG]

6 minutes ago, 12th Man said:

Well here's hoping that one of the accounts man posters returns and carries on where he left off seeing as he practically built up the number of followers himself.

Agree. Coverage of the Superbowl was weird but I'd say it's balanced out by some of the comedy football tweets (The Meekings cracking save Tweet for example) which gathered a lot of attention for the club. Shame but hopefully the other guys can step in and pick things up.

[Yngwie]

Always enjoyed the tweets, there have been some memorable one-liners.

Any particular reason given for the resignation?

[caleyboy]

Sorry for my ignorance here but who are we talking about?

[+bughtmaster]

Our number one tweeter, I think.

[ictfcsince94]

8 hours ago, Fraz said:

Not sure I follow what you mean.

Big caleyD has hung up his media-team jeckit. The point I was trying to make is that there was always a big deal made about how so many people 'working' at the club were volunteers giving up their time for free.  Then the day that people at the club were to be told whether they were being kept on or not, a volunteer resigns...hmmm....

[+Gringo]

19 hours ago, 12th Man said:

Assuming we will be playing on 4 of the 5 dates displayed.

http://spfl.co.uk/league-cup/dates/

So, according to those dates, we could be out of the League Cup before the SPFL Championship season starts

[+Fraz]

11 hours ago, ictfcsince94 said:

Big caleyD has hung up his media-team jeckit. The point I was trying to make is that there was always a big deal made about how so many people 'working' at the club were volunteers giving up their time for free.  Then the day that people at the club were to be told whether they were being kept on or not, a volunteer resigns...hmmm....

OK cool. Let us know when an acceptable time is for volunteers to hang up thor boots (metaphorically). 

[RiG]

[The Mantis]

Couldn't be better. Can't make Falkirk or Brechin but we play them in the league anyway. 18th and 29th are perfect for me as we're away 19th-28th, watching the Scotland Women at the Euros 

[RiG]

Excellent prices for the Brechin (and Falkirk) games. Obviously the free entry for ST holders is only for the Brechin game. Good stuff from the club.

Edited June 16, 2017 by RiG

[RiG]

All the teams in the group have agreed to charge fans the same admission for each of the games. A good move from all the sides.

http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/prices-slashed-for-betfred-cup-fixtures/