2nd Round League Cup draw - Hibs v Stranraer

[NadeAteMyLunch!]

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I wanted away v Airdrie

Airdrie have been reserved for what shall now be Bigot-Fest 2015

Airdrie v Sevco

Abandon all hope as you enter the stadium

[S4uzee]

Glad I got the cup top up before the Rangers game now

[Onceinawhile]

Stranraer looked a decent team last year, but we should have enough to dispose of them.

How many rounds are there in the league cup?

[Thecat23]

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I know, I was at some of those games.

IIRC, mostly were poorly attended and quite dire fair. Although that could be applied to most Scottish Football in the late 70s


At one of those games, an older kid nicked my Hibs Flag. It wasn't you, was it?

😄 I'm only 37 so wasn't me I promise!

[hibee_girl]

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Stranraer looked a decent team last year, but we should have enough to dispose of them.

How many rounds are there in the league cup?

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

[Moulin Yarns]

Ross County v Ayr United
Forfar Athletic v Heart of Midlothian
Kilmarnock v Berwick Rangers
Raith Rovers v Hamilton Academical
Queen of the South v Morton
Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee
Partick Thistle v Falkirk
East Fife v Motherwell
Hibernian v Stranraer
Airdrieonians v Rangers
St Mirren v Livingston

Ties to be played August 25/26

[Onceinawhile]

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

Thanks. 4 wins from hampden!(assuming we don't get the of in the semi.)

[Keith_M]

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 I'm only 37 so wasn't me I promise!

OK, I admit it, I was mugged by a toddler.


Now gimme my flag back!

[Sir David Gray]

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Stranraer looked a decent team last year, but we should have enough to dispose of them.

How many rounds are there in the league cup?

Six rounds in total.

Round 1 - 15 ties
Round 2 - 11 ties
Round 3 - 8 ties (last 16)
Round 4 - 4 ties (Quarter finals)
Round 5 - 2 ties (Semi finals)
Round 6 - 1 tie (Final)

[Hamish]

Our game will be the Wednesday as we are at Ibrox the previous Sunday

[Stevie Reid]

Great draw and the cup top up proves to be a great investment again

[brog]

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No it's not.

It was a Cup that was introduced and run by the Scottish League, hence the 'League Cup' name.

Yep. & only League teams can enter unlike the Scottish. A couple of things, I think this is the first time in the current format that we will have to play 6 games to win the cup. Secondly I remember the old league format with great fondness. It was, latterly, seeded also with 2 teams from top (div 1) & 2 from bottom (div2 ) in each group. As originally only one team qualified though it was still very competitive. Younger fans may not realise that when we won the LC we actually lost a game, 4-1 to Dons away. Re crowds my memory is that for games against smaller teams, eg Queens Pk in 1972 they were small, about 8k but I remember 3 games against Aberdeen at home in early 70's, not necessarily group games when IIRC there were 20k on each occasion & similarly a 1/4 vs Falkirk had well over 20k. I'm not necessarily advocating a return to a group format but it's not really working right now. I do find it bizarre that Yams play 6 games to win it while teams in the same div, St J & ICT will only have to play 4.

[Baldy Foghorn]

Excellent, got to love the CTU........

[Hibernia&Alba]

That's an ideal draw; very happy.

Airdrie v Rangers. Every knuckledragger in the west of Scotland will be there. Commentary by David Attenborough :-D

[hfc rd]

Good draw. I guess if we progress, we will be unseeded for the next round. Therefore we could get a premiership team in the 3rd round.

[Bishop Hibee]

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Our game will be the Wednesday as we are at Ibrox the previous Sunday

Good for me as I won't have to change my shift 👍🏻 Good draw for us. Cup top up a winner for those able to attend the games so far.

[staunchhibby]

Ctu a good buy

[Sir David Gray]

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Good draw. I guess if we progress, we will be unseeded for the next round. Therefore we could get a premiership team in the 3rd round.

We'll almost certainly be unseeded for the 3rd round (assuming we beat Stranraer) unless no more than two teams win out of;

Dundee
Hamilton
Partick Thistle
Ross County
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
St Mirren
Hearts

[Billy Whizz]

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Excellent, got to love the CTU........

The ones who have it, could end up bankrupting the club!

[Scorrie]

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That's an ideal draw; very happy.

Airdrie v Rangers. Every knuckledragger in the west of Scotland will be there. Commentary by David Attenborough :-D

Shouldn't that be Newco v Sevco? the not original Airdrie against the new The Rangers...

[Baldy Foghorn]

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The ones who have it, could end up bankrupting the club!

Haha, nice try

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Shouldn't that be Newco v Sevco? the not original Airdrie against the new The Rangers...

Aye, the football club formerly known as Clydebank versus the Bootleg Rangers. All tickets priced £16.90 and half time entertainment by Airdrie's finest flute band.

[Sweet Left Peg]

Tough ties for Hamilton, QotS, Dundee and Thistle I would suggest.

[Billy Whizz]

Wonder if ex Hibs winger, Paul Cairney will play against us. He wasn't in the Stranraer squad on Saturday. Maybe injured?

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Indeed..with a random draw the best team still wins the competition, however it makes it more likely that the final and the semi's will be played by the usual suspects. A random draw makes it more likely that a smaller team/underdog will make the semi's or final..which is surely what cup football is all about.

I have to admit it is slightly different with World Cup/Euros qualifying..a random draw could mean that Germany/Spain/Italy/France were all in the same qualifying group and only one of them would definitely qualify for the finals..which would be a bit unjust. Once it get's to the finals though, there should be no seeding imho

Seeding works for Tennis because Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer aint gonna get younger and so eventually a 'different' player will inevitably come through.

It doesn't work for football because nobody is going to come through to displace the giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Man Utd, Juventus etc. In fact lets face it ... If things don't change the Champions League is just gonna be same old, same old, every year ... its like that now for me. The last team ( or teams ) who couldn't be considered a giant to reach the final were Porto and Monaco over 10 years ago.

The WC and EC are even worse .. The last small country to even make the WC final was Czechoslovakia in 1962.

As far as I'm concerned seeding is killing football for small clubs and small countries and taking away any chance they might have to get lucky .... That might be fair, in that it ensures the biggest and best get to finals ........ but where the hell is the hope for millions of people who don't support big clubs or belong to big countries ..... more to the point, where's the bloody fun?

[21.05.2016]

Good draw

[banarc7062]

Excellent draw. The CTU has more than paid or itself. Delighted I opted for it. GGTTH

[oneone73]

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Excellent draw. The CTU has more than paid or itself. Delighted I opted for it. GGTTH

Really? 3x15=45. I paid £50 for the CTU.
Still hoping it'll prove value for money tho!

[Eyrie]

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The WC and EC are even worse .. The last small country to even make the WC final was Czechoslovakia in 1962.

World Cup yes, but Denmark (1992) and Greece (2004) have both won the European Championship.

That said, I'd agree that abolishing seedings would liven things up in both our domestic cups.

[Bristolhibby]

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Seeding works for Tennis because Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer aint gonna get younger and so eventually a 'different' player will inevitably come through.

It doesn't work for football because nobody is going to come through to displace the giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Man Utd, Juventus etc. In fact lets face it ... If things don't change the Champions League is just gonna be same old, same old, every year ... its like that now for me. The last team ( or teams ) who couldn't be considered a giant to reach the final were Porto and Monaco over 10 years ago.

The WC and EC are even worse .. The last small country to even make the WC final was Czechoslovakia in 1962.

As far as I'm concerned seeding is killing football for small clubs and small countries and taking away any chance they might have to get lucky .... That might be fair, in that it ensures the biggest and best get to finals ........ but where the hell is the hope for millions of people who don't support big clubs or belong to big countries ..... more to the point, where's the bloody fun?

Greece Euro 2004? Denmark Euro 92?

J