Toby Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Away to Celtic B or Annan In the second round. Annan away on a Tuesday night in August sounds like a lovely wee excursion. Celtic B away on a Tuesday night makes EastEnders and Love Island sound appealing. After so long without going to football, I’d still rather poke hot needles in my eyes than go to that shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogs49 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 59 minutes ago, Toby said: Away to Celtic B or Annan In the second round. Annan away on a Tuesday night in August sounds like a lovely wee excursion. Celtic B away on a Tuesday night makes EastEnders and Love Island sound appealing. After so long without going to football, I’d still rather poke hot needles in my eyes than go to that shite. Our Second Round game against Annan (preferably) will be on Saturday 4th September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_the_builder Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Are Celtic B/reserves/colts/whatever they're calling themselves still using Cappielow for their home games? Meaning we'll be the away team in our own ground if they get through? here today, gone to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogs49 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 minute ago, bob_the_builder said: Are Celtic B/reserves/colts/whatever they're calling themselves still using Cappielow for their home games? Meaning we'll be the away team in our own ground if they get through? No they don't use Cappielow now, think their Home games are at Airdrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_panther Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Gherry will be keeping his fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 They've done brackets for the whole tournament now: we will be away in every round if we progress. Annan, Montrose, Stranraer and Fraserburgh please. Reminder that everyone going to watch games involving B teams increases their credibility and we should all boycott this nonsense if we want them kept out of competitive tournaments, particularly when they're trying to parachute Rangers and Celtic B into the SPFL. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The only way to accurately show the level of contempt that most seem to now have with this competition is to boycott it completely, IMO. It's become a bit of a shambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Never thought I’d say it, but I hope we bring back the overseas bumpkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 'ate B teams (not racist, just don't like 'em) love whales love norfurn irelund love the r o eye 'ate reserves simple as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standman Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Everything they do with this cup chips away at my dwindling enthusiasm for it . They couldn’t even leave you with the wee bit of anticipation of the draw being made for the next round should we get through Let's rock ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Celtic B beating Annan 2-0 late in the game. Won’t be giving credibility to their inclusion in this tournament by attending, but full strength team, take a dozen off them and pretend the fixture never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Jim McInally puts on a keeper at right back apparently in protest at colt teams.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, irnbru said: Jim McInally puts on a keeper at right back apparently in protest at colt teams.... They still won in spite of that*. *”That” being Jim McInally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealTonKid Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The B&Q Centenary Cup still stinking out the Scottish footballing schedule 30+ years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, RealTonKid said: The B&Q Centenary Cup still stinking out the Scottish footballing schedule 30+ years later. I like the Challenge Cup. At least, I like the concept of the Challenge Cup. I don’t buy the shite about it being a “diddy” tournament- surely if you use that theory, every competition other than the Champions League and the World Cup is that? Just make it a 32 team knockout tournament with the 30 lower league teams and the Lowland/Highland champions/relegated team. There’s no need to polish a shite. It is what it is and there’s nothing wrong with a minor tournament being just that. I’ve got some good memories of games in it, especially around the mid-2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toulouse Le Plot Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Toby said: I like the Challenge Cup. At least, I like the concept of the Challenge Cup. I don’t buy the shite about it being a “diddy” tournament- surely if you use that theory, every competition other than the Champions League and the World Cup is that? Just make it a 32 team knockout tournament with the 30 lower league teams and the Lowland/Highland champions/relegated team. There’s no need to polish a shite. It is what it is and there’s nothing wrong with a minor tournament being just that. I’ve got some good memories of games in it, especially around the mid-2000s. I agree. I think there is a place for lower league Cup competitions. One of the things that first got me interested in lower league English Football was seeing footage of things like the Auto Windscreen Shield, back whenever it wasn't widely covered by Sky TV and in a pre-Internet era. Perhaps the peak Challenge Cup era for us was when we played St. Mirren at a packed Love Street. That was an era when we thought we could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with anyone in the bottom three tiers, and fancied our chances of seriously winning these things. Let's face it, it's not like that anymore. The belief has gone. As well as colt teams, I'm not keen on random non-league English sides or teams from Ireland, Northern Ireland or Wales being involved in this competition. There was nothing wrong with the way it was, except Morton not actually winning it ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealTonKid Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 My preference has always been the league. It’s a nice bonus to go on a run in the cups, but I’m a bread ‘n butter guy and will always take the three points. For me, the competition lost its appeal with format changes, the introduction of colt teams and the dismissive attitude of previous managers. Given our limited playing squad options, I just hope we get through the tie unscathed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toulouse Le Plot Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, RealTonKid said: My preference has always been the league. It’s a nice bonus to go on a run in the cups, but I’m a bread ‘n butter guy and will always take the three points. For me, the competition lost its appeal with format changes, the introduction of colt teams and the dismissive attitude of previous managers. Given our limited playing squad options, I just hope we get through the tie unscathed. I think everyone's preference is the league. Cups by their very nature are an addition to the league season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so72 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I don't like the colt teams but I do enjoy having the other teams around the UK and Ireland as it is realistically the only chance of a non-Scottish away day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_the_builder Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I'll not even be looking for the result of this one whenever it comes around. I always used to look forward to the Challenge Cup games but it's a shambles now with Colts and English/Irish non-league teams. Focus should rightly always be the league but it was a competition we should have always had a realistic chance of winning. If they put it back to something resembling its original format with just lower league Scottish teams then great but for now I'm done with it. Hopefully we just play the reserves, can you imagine if Ugwu, Jacobs or Oliver picking up a serious injury from this game? F*ck that! here today, gone to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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