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Buckie Thistle and Elgin City in SPFL Trust Trophy third round draw


By Craig Christie

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The draw for the last 32 of the SPFL Trust Trophy takes place at 1pm today.

SPFL Trust Trophy.
SPFL Trust Trophy.

Elgin City and remaining Highland League pair Buckie Thistle and Brechin City could draw opponents from Northern Ireland or Wales.

Elgin defeated Dundee United B 1-0 in the first round then beat League 2 rivals Stenhousemuir 3-1 last Tuesday.

Buckie ousted fellow Highland League side Brora Rangers on penalties, having knocked out Hearts B 3-2 in round one.

Brechin have beaten Hibernian B and Stirling Albion, the latter in a penalty shootout last Wednesday.

Linfield and Cliftonville enter the draw from Northern Ireland along with Welsh pair The New Saints and Caernarfon Town

The draw for the third round will be shown live on the SPFL YouTube channel.

There is no seeding at this stage of the competition but the four clubs from Northern Ireland and Wales will be drawn against Scottish teams.

Third-round ties are due to be played on the weekend of September 24/25.

Draw numbers

1 Linfield

2 Cliftonville

3 The New Saints

4 Caernarfon Town

5 Dundee

6 Arbroath

7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

8 Partick Thistle

9 Raith Rovers

10 Hamilton Academical

11 Morton

12 Ayr United

13 Dunfermline Athletic

14 Queen of the South

15 Cove Rangers

16 Airdrieonians

17 Montrose

18 Queen’s Park

19 Alloa Athletic

20 Falkirk

21 Peterhead

22 Clyde

23 East Fife

24 Kelty Hearts

25 Annan Athletic

26 FC Edinburgh

27 Elgin City

28 Buckie Thistle

29 Brechin City

30 Celtic B

31 Kilmarnock B

32 Rangers B


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