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Thursday 17th August 2017

IRN-BRU Cup R2 draw live today

The draw for the second round of the IRN-BRU Cup will be made at the Falkirk Wheel at 1.00pm today.

The draw for the second round of the IRN-BRU Cup will be made at the Falkirk Wheel at 1.00pm today.

It will be streamed live on the SPFL Facebook page – watch HERE

The 24 first-round winners will be joined by Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Falkirk, along with Linfield and Crusaders from Northern Ireland; Welsh clubs The New Saints and Connah’s Quay Nomads; and Sligo Wanderers and Bray Wanderers from the Republic of Ireland.

The draw is unseeded but the six non-Scottish clubs will be kept apart – one team from each country will be drawn at home and one away. 

Pot A
1 Sligo Rovers
2 Bray Wanderers

Pot B
3 Linfield
4 Crusaders

Pot C
5 The New Saints
6 Connah's Quay Nomads

Pot D
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
8 Falkirk
9 Dundee United
10 Dunfermline Athletic
11 Queen of the South
12 St Mirren
13 Dumbarton
14 Raith Rovers
15 Ayr United
16 Livingston
17 Alloa Athletic
18 Stranraer
19 Albion Rovers** or Spartans
20 Peterhead
21 Annan Athletic
22 Montrose
23 Elgin City
24 Berwick Rangers
25 Ross County Colts
26 Hamilton Academical Colts
27 Motherwell Colts
28 Partick Thistle Colts
29 Aberdeen Colts
30 Heart of Midlothian Colts
31 Buckie Thistle
32 Cove Rangers

Ties are due to be played on the weekend of September 2/3, subject to TV selections.

** Disciplinary proceedings have commenced against Albion Rovers, who fielded an ineligible player in their game against Spartans on Tuesday, which Albion Rovers won on penalties. 

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