[St Charles Owl]

1st round successfully negotiated. Can't ask for any more than that.

Obviously only time will tell, but do you think this new format will help the clubs in so much as it means pre-season is almost replaced with competitive games instead?? While the games have been relatively easy, I wonder if the fact they "mean" something may get you into the swing of league games earlier than normal.

[El Car]

A proper series of friendlies would have been more beneficial in many ways. It would even have been better if we'd started with East Stirlingshire and worked our way up to Motherwell. As it was we had a tough game to begin with but then weren't pushed much in the other 3, so it won't do much for our league-readiness. The other problem is you can only make 3 changes in official cup games so we couldn't get as good coverage of the whole squad over the games.

I actually mooted a version of the league cup with a similar format a few years ago, but that was with a view to expanding the top flight. That would have means fewer league games, but it could be compensated for by introducing this group stage. The way it's been done just means we have to squeeze more games into an already tight schedule in the opening weeks.

[Fredstersafool]

Get this finished then concentrate on winning the prem title now.

[Larry-AV]

Scottish League Cup, 4th Group games - I will update all the scores in this post.

25/07/2016 : Rangers 3-0 Stranraer

Prior to the games tonight only Alloa Athletic, Dunfermline Athletic, Partick Thistle and St Johnstone could match Rangers' group winning maximum of 12 points and no team could exceed it. After these results only Alloa and Partick remain, so Rangers will be seeded in the Round of 16 Draw this Sunday.

26/07/2016 :
Albion Rovers 1-2 Clyde
Alloa Athletic 3-2 Ross County
Berwick Rangers 2-3 Kilmarnock
Brechin City 1-1 St Johnstone - Brechin City 4-2 on penalties.
Dunfermline Athletic 1-5 Inverness CT
Forfar Athletic 2-0 East Fife
Livingston 0-2 Ayr United
Motherwell 3-0 East Stirlingshire
Queen's Park 3-3 Airdrieonians - Airdrieonians 8-7 on penalties.
Stenhousemuir 1-4 Partick Thistle
Stirling Albion 4-1 Elgin City
Peterhead 2-1 Dundee

27/07/2016 :
Arbroath 0-2 Cowdenbeath
Cove Rangers 3-0 Montrose
Edinburgh City 2-4 Hamilton Academical

[Larry-AV]

Scottish League Cup, 5th (and final) Group games.

The draw for the first knock-out round, the Round of 16, will follow the match on Sunday.

Saturday, 30/07/2016 :
Dumbarton 3-3 Peterhead - Peterhead 6-5 on penalties.
Dundee 7-0 Forfar Athletic
East Stirlingshire 0-2 Annan Athletic
Falkirk 2-0 Brechin City
Greenock Morton 2-0 Berwick Rangers
Hamilton Academical 2-1 Livingston
Inverness CT 7-0 Arbroath
Kilmarnock 0-0 Albion Rovers - Albion Rovers 5-3 on penalties.
Partick Thistle 2-0 Queen's Park
Queen of the South 1-0 Stenhousemuir
Raith Rovers 0-1 Alloa Athletic ... the Wasps are seeded !
Ross County 7-0 Cove Rangers
St Johnstone 4-0 Stirling Albion
St Mirren 3-0 Edinburgh City
Stranraer 0-3 Motherwell

Sunday, 31/07/2016 : Dundee United 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic

[Larry-AV]

31/07/2016 : Scottish League Cup, Group Winners and the 4 best Runners-up.

A : Peterhead {08 points}
B : St Johnstone {10}
C : Inverness CT {10} and Dundee United {10}
D : Alloa Athletic {12}
E : Partick Thistle {12} and Queen of the South {09}
F : Rangers {12} and Motherwell {09}
G : Hamilton Academical {09} and Ayr United {09}
H : Greenock Morton {11}

Scottish League Cup, teams in the Round of 16.

Seeded :

Aberdeen
Alloa Athletic {D1}
Celtic
Greenock Morton {H1}
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Partick Thistle {E1}
Rangers {F1}

Unseeded :

Ayr United {G2}
Dundee United {C2}
Hamilton Academical {G1}
Inverness CT {C1}
Motherwell {F2}
Peterhead {A1}
Queen of the South {E2}
St Johnstone {B1}

[Larry-AV]

31/07/2016 : Scottish League Cup, Round of 16 (2nd round) draw.

Alloa Athletic v Inverness CT
Ayr United v Aberdeen
Celtic v Motherwell
Dundee United v Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical v Greenock Morton
Hibernian v Queen of the South
Rangers v Peterhead
St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

The second round ties are scheduled for the 9 and 10 of August.

[Larry-AV]

01/08/2016 : Scottish League Cup fixtures.

The link shows the dates and KO times for all of the Round of 16 (2nd Round) matches.

Rangers FC - Peterhead Tie Confirmed

Tuesday 09/08/2016 : Rangers v Peterhead, KO 19:45 hours.

Dates for ties

Tuesday, 09/08/2016 :

Alloa Athletic v Inverness CT
Dundee United v Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical v Greenock Morton
Hibernian v Queen of the South
Rangers v Peterhead

Wednesday, 10/08/2016 :

Ayr United v Aberdeen
Celtic v Motherwell - BT Sport
St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian

Quarter-Finals: 20/21 September
Semi-Finals: 22/23 October
Final: 27 November

[Larry-AV]

Scottish League Cup Round 2, Tuesday 09/08/2016 : Rangers v Peterhead, KO 19:45 hours, SKY.

Stream : Feed2All - Rangers v Peterhead

[St Charles Owl]

Emphatic performance by Rangers so far, leading 5-0 with 15 mins to go.