EdinburghBlue Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Wonder what ridiculous new wheeze the SPFL will come up with this year for the Challenge Cup? Anyway, usual kickoff question... when's the draw? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Was there not a suggestion that at least two of the four foreign nations wouldn't be entering teams? If the format does stay the same... Preliminary Round (4 teams) Fraserburgh vs Formartine Utd Kelty Hearts vs Spartans First Round (48 teams) 10 teams from Championship 10 teams from League One 10 teams from League Two Cove Rangers, Brora Rangers and Fraserburgh/Formartine Utd East Kilbride, BSC Glasgow, Kelty Hearts/Spartans 12 Colt teams from Premiership Second Round (32 teams) 24 First Round winners 2 teams from NI Premiership 2 teams from League of Ireland Premier 2 teams from Welsh Premier 2 teams from National League Any word on the foreign sides? @HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 No idea. It's been rumoured Conference and Eire sides aren't interested. I was going to say at least it couldn't be made any worse but then I remembered the first year of the new arrangement with a silly number of rounds and foreign sides entering at Last 16. Who knows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: I was going to say at least it couldn't be made any worse... Better not mention the possibility of creating a group stage to create extra games for the colt teams then... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 We could give Glasgow sides the chance to enter multiple Colts teams. Maybe under 16s, under 12s and under 8s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 According to HL fixture-list published today R1 is Wednesday 7th August and R2 follows immediately on Wednesday 14th August .https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/fixture-list-announced-for-17-team-highland-league-in-season-2019-20-178516/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 We could give Glasgow sides the chance to enter multiple Colts teams. Maybe under 16s, under 12s and under 8s. The Queen's Park kids are up for that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirscottyoung Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Boom! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, sirscottyoung said: Boom! I don't mind this happening again, but the SPFL need to come out from the beginning saying what their plans are for the fixtures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Can’t decide if they are hashtagging “League of Ireland” or “LOL” at the bottom Edited May 30, 2019 by Christophe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Plenty of clubs have been pretty open about their disdain for this competition. How has it managed to keep on going? Last year we changed the whole team for this, it's tough to get motivated about a competition when your club's not even bothered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Plenty of clubs have been pretty open about their disdain for this competition. How has it managed to keep on going? Last year we changed the whole team for this, it's tough to get motivated about a competition when your club's not even bothered. Rough quote from our chairman said at our recent supporters meeting was ‘we have to play in it’. Get the impression if it became ‘opt in’ there would be a load of withdrawals.That said foreign teams seem to be allowed to deny entry, delay games for several months and pull out of matches witthout consequence, spfl clubs should start asking for the same flexibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Is it mandatory for Premiership clubs to enter their 'colts'? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Is it mandatory for Premiership clubs to enter their 'colts'?Hopefully they won’t bother! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Plenty of clubs have been pretty open about their disdain for this competition. How has it managed to keep on going? Last year we changed the whole team for this, it's tough to get motivated about a competition when your club's not even bothered. Stories that lower leagues had to accept the colts and foreign sides in return for the top league agreeing to the group stages in the League Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 In the Trust update on the Thistle official site it was mentioned there is proposed plans for Championship sides to enter a round later than previously. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/update-from-ptfc-trust-2/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Better not mention the possibility of creating a group stage to create extra games for the colt teams then... Because they keep getting pumped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Pie Of The Month said: In the Trust update on the Thistle official site it was mentioned there is proposed plans for Championship sides to enter a round later than previously. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/update-from-ptfc-trust-2/ This season everyone started in R1 bar 8 foreign teams. Even then 4 HL/LL teams had to play Prelims. All else being equal: Championship sides entering R2 would force 24 teams into Prelims? Edited May 31, 2019 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 This season everyone started in R1 bar 8 foreign teams. Even then 4 HL/LL teams had to play Prelims. All else being equal: Championship sides entering R2 would force 24 teams into Prelims?Proposal seems to be for round 3. Not sure on the details but obviously that’s not just 1 round later.24 playing ‘prelims’ or 12 teams kicked out... oh look here’s 12 diddy teams who add nothing to the competition and are only entering to provide training for their players, perhaps they should leave? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 If 18 teams (10 Championship and 8 foreign) come in at R3, you need 14 ties in R2. You need to cut 32 teams (10 League One, 10 League Two, 12 Colts) plus any Highland/Lowland League entrants down to 28 teams. Maybe... Round 1: 12 Colts plus Berwick, East Kilbride, Brora Rangers, Fraserburgh. (16 teams to 8 teams) Round 2: 10 League One clubs, 10 League Two clubs plus R1 winners. (28 teams to 14 teams) Round 3: 10 Championship clubs, Waterford, Bohemians, 2 clubs from ENG/WAL/NI plus R2 winners. (32 teams to 16 teams) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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