SPFL Trust Trophy 2023/24

SPFL TRUST TROPHY FORMAT FOR 2023/24

Round 1 (22 clubs - 11 ties) – Midweek of August 1/2

Seeded and regionalised (B teams kept apart)

• 11 cinch Premiership B teams
• Top four Highland League clubs from 2022/23
• Top four Lowland League clubs from 2022/23
• Clubs 8th-10th in cinch League 2 in 2022/23

Round 2 (20 clubs - 10 ties) – Midweek of August 15/16

Regionalised but not seeded

• 11 winners from Round 1
• Clubs 1st-7th in cinch League 2 in 2022/23
• Clubs 9th-10th in cinch League 1 in 2022/23

Round 3 (32 clubs - 16 ties) – Weekend of September 9/10

Not regionalised or seeded but cross-border clubs drawn against Scottish clubs

• 10 winners from Round 2
• Clubs 1st-8th in cinch League 1 in 2022/23
• Clubs 2nd-10th in cinch Championship in 2022/23
• Club 12th in cinch Premiership in 2022/23
• Four cross-border clubs (Bala Town, The New Saints, Cliftonville & Coleraine)

Round 4 (16 clubs – 8 ties) – Weekend of October 14/15
All-in-draw – no seeding

Quarter-finals – Weekend of November 18/19

Semi-finals – Weekend of February 3/4

Final – Weekend of March 23/24