2022/23 Premier Sports Cup

[Sir David Gray]

Confirmation today from the SPFL that next season's Premier Sports Cup will have no regionalisation in the group stages and the 40 teams (37 teams in the SPFL who didn't qualify for Europe in 2021/22 plus Fraserburgh as the Highland League winners, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic as the Lowland League winners and Buckie Thistle as the Highland League runners-up since the Lowland League runners-up were given a place this season) will be split into 8 groups of 5 based on seedings.

Group stage draw is being held on 25th May at 1pm on the Freesports Channel.

Group stage dates are;

MD1: Weekend of July 9/10, 2022
MD2: Midweek of July 12/13, 2022
MD3: Weekend of July 16/17, 2022
MD4: Midweek of July 19/20, 2022
MD5: Weekend of July 23/24, 2022

Due to the World Cup being held in November and December, the semi finals will be held on the weekend of January 14/15, 2023 and the final will be on Sunday February 26, 2023.

Who do we want in the group stages next season?

Although the seedings are still to be announced I believe it will be;

Pot 1

One from Dundee Utd/Motherwell/Ross County
Livingston
Hibs
Aberdeen
St Mirren
St Johnstone
Dundee
Kilmarnock

Pot 2

Arbroath
Inverness CT
Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical
Greenock Morton
Ayr Utd
Dunfermline Athletic

Pot 3

Queen of the South
Cove Rangers
Airdrieonians
Montrose
Queen's Park
Alloa Athletic
Falkirk
Peterhead

Pot 4

Clyde
Dumbarton
East Fife
Kelty Hearts
Forfar Athletic
Annan Athletic
Edinburgh City
Stenhousemuir

Pot 5

Stranraer
Stirling Albion
Albion Rovers
Elgin City
Cowdenbeath
Fraserburgh
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Buckie Thistle

I'll go for us drawing the worst teams in each pot please so;

Hibs
Dunfermline
Peterhead
Stenhousemuir
Buckie Thistle

https://spfl.co.uk/news/premier-sports-cup-202223

[Hibernian Verse]

It's frightening that we are 8 weeks away from Matchday 1 with no manager and a major squad upheaval still to go.

[G15 Hibs]

It's frightening that we are 8 weeks away from Matchday 1 with no manager and a major squad upheaval still to go.

I'm still looking forward to this season ending, never mind the next one starting

[HH81]

Queen of the South and Annan away please.

[Diclonius]

Dunfermline, Alloa, Kelty and Cowdenbeath please.

[Wilson]

I'm still looking forward to this season ending, never mind the next one starting

Ha! Same here! :)

[GreenCastle]

Good chance for the new manager to win some games.

[Antifa Hibs]

League Cup is about as close to a European friendly and a jolly we'll get these days so the furthest away tie please - on a Saturday at 3pm if possible.

[hibbyfraelibby]

At last something to look forward to...:wink:

[JohnMcM]

Why am I allowing myself to still be so angry about us being in the position of having to play these matches in the first place.

[Greenbeard]

Why am I allowing myself to still be so angry about us being in the position of having to play these matches in the first place.
Exactly. We should be playing pish teams from Gibraltar, Andorra or Lichtenstein instead of pish teams from Scotland.

[davhibby]

Nice to see they’ve ditched the regionalisation so hopefully we get a couple of nice central belt away games. Or Annan as I’ve never been.

I’d also just say that I think all the teams below pot 2 are just in one big pot all together.

So we could get something like:
Dunfermline
Buckie
Bonnyrigg
Albion Rovers

We’ll be at home to the pot 2 team and one of the unseeded teams.

[hibby rae]

Confirmation today from the SPFL that next season's Premier Sports Cup will have no regionalisation in the group stages and the 40 teams (37 teams in the SPFL who didn't qualify for Europe in 2021/22 plus Fraserburgh as the Highland League winners, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic as the Lowland League winners and Buckie Thistle as the Highland League runners-up since the Lowland League runners-up were given a place this season) will be split into 8 groups of 5 based on seedings.

Group stage draw is being held on 25th May at 1pm on the Freesports Channel.

Group stage dates are;

MD1: Weekend of July 9/10, 2022
MD2: Midweek of July 12/13, 2022
MD3: Weekend of July 16/17, 2022
MD4: Midweek of July 19/20, 2022
MD5: Weekend of July 23/24, 2022

Due to the World Cup being held in November and December, the semi finals will be held on the weekend of January 14/15, 2023 and the final will be on Sunday February 26, 2023.

Who do we want in the group stages next season?

Although the seedings are still to be announced I believe it will be;

Pot 1

One from Dundee Utd/Motherwell/Ross County
Livingston
Hibs
Aberdeen
St Mirren
St Johnstone
Dundee
Kilmarnock

Pot 2

Arbroath
Inverness CT
Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical
Greenock Morton
Ayr Utd
Dunfermline Athletic

Pot 3

Queen of the South
Cove Rangers
Airdrieonians
Montrose
Queen's Park
Alloa Athletic
Falkirk
Peterhead

Pot 4

Clyde
Dumbarton
East Fife
Kelty Hearts
Forfar Athletic
Annan Athletic
Edinburgh City
Stenhousemuir

Pot 5

Stranraer
Stirling Albion
Albion Rovers
Elgin City
Cowdenbeath
Fraserburgh
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Buckie Thistle

I'll go for us drawing the worst teams in each pot please so;

Hibs
Dunfermline
Peterhead
Stenhousemuir
Buckie Thistle

https://spfl.co.uk/news/premier-sports-cup-202223

I'm looking at from possible entertaining away days etc

So,

- Morton

- QoS or Montrose

- Forfar or Edinburgh City (cheeky derby 😂)

- Stranraer or Bonnyrigg

[H18 SFR]

Hibernian Football Club
Ayr United Football Club
Queen’s Park Football Club
Edinburgh City Football Club
Stranraer Football Club