It's the Scottish Challenge Cup, Round One. This round involves 24 teams: twelve 2019-20 Premiership colt teams, the top four 2018-19 Highland League teams, the top four 2018-19 Lowland League teams, and the bottom four 2018-19 League Two teams. (So in terms of 2019-20 positions there are actually five teams from the Lowland league, four from League Two, and three from the Highland League.)
The 24 teams are divided into North and South sections. As usual the border between North and South is haywire, with Fife in the South, and Lanarkshire in the North. Every colt team is unseeded, so each match in this round is between an authentic club and a colt team.
Last year's top attendance in Round One was 700. (See below.) Can Berwick vs Rangers colts beat that? [No.]
The matches:
Fraserburgh [2 - 3] Ross County colts
Hibs colts [3 - 4] Elgin City
Brora Rangers [6 - 0] Aberdeen colts
Livingston colts [1 - 3] Formartine United
Albion Rovers [1 - 4] Hearts colts
St Johnstone colts [1 - 4] Cove Rangers
Kelty Hearts [4 - 0] Kilmarnock colts
Hamilton colts [4 - 0] BSC Glasgow (tomorrow)
This season Hamilton's New Douglas Park is operating under the name Fountain of Youth Stadium.
Berwick Rangers [1 - 2] Rangers colts
St Mirren colts [1 - 0] East Kilbride
Queen's Park [2 - 2] Celtic colts [Celtic win on PK.]
Motherwell colts [1 - 0] Spartans (tomorrow)
What are the attendance figures from games involving colt teams in last year's cup?
150 East Stirlingshire vs Motherwell U21s (Aug 14)
191 Dundee U21s vs Hibs U21s (Aug 14)
208 Kilmarnock U21s vs St Mirren U21s (Aug 14)
266 Annan vs Celtic U21s (Aug 14)
297 Hamilton U21s vs Clyde (Aug 14)
344 Hearts U21s vs Ross County (Aug 14)
479 Raith Rovers vs Aberdeen U21s (Aug 14)
636 Rangers U21s vs Falkirk (Aug 14)
700 Dundee Utd vs St Johnstone U21s (Aug 15)
460 Livingston U21s vs Forfar (Aug 21)
208 Dundee U21s vs Motherwell U21s (Sept 6)
316 St Mirren U21s vs Hamilton U21s (Sept 8)
408 Sligo Rovers vs Livingston U21s (Sept 8)
507 St Mirren U21s vs Queen's Park (Oct 13)
950 Motherwell U21s vs Sligo Rovers (Oct 13)
1209 Motherwell U21s vs Ross County (Nov 17)
Average: 457
Past sponsors of the Challenge Cup:
1990-95 B&Q (building supplies)
1995-98 nobody
1999-2006 Bell's (whisky)
2006-08 nobody
2008-11 MG Alba (Gaelic media)
2011-14 Ramsdens (pawnbroker)
2014-16 Petrofac (oil drilling)
2016-19 Irn-Bru (soft drink)
2019- Tunnock's (biscuits)
Port Glasgow Athletic versus Stranraer. Port Glasgow defeated Stranraer 3 - 0 in round one of the 1904-05 Scottish Cup.
UEFA Champions League 3QR, first leg:
Cluj [1 - 1] Celtic (tomorrow)
Maribor [1 - 3] Rosenborg (tomorrow)
UEFA Europa League 3QR, first leg:
Midtjylland [2 - 4] Rangers (Aug 8)
Rijeka (Croatia) [2 - 0] Aberdeen (Aug 8)
Sutjeska (Montenegro) [1 - 2] Linfield (today)
Ludogorets Razgrad [5 - 0] The New Saints (Aug 8)
Slovan Bratislava [1 - 0] Dundalk (tomorrow)
Vaduz [0 - 5] Eintracht Frankfurt (Aug 8)
Malmö [3 - 0] Zrinjski Mostar (Aug 8)
2019 CONCACAF League, preliminary round, second leg:
Antigua GFC [0 - 0] Forge FC (Aug 8) [Forge advance.]
Capoise [1 - 1] Robinhood (tomorrow) [Robinhood advance.]
2019 Canadian Championship, semi-finals, first leg:
Ottawa Fury [0 - 2] Toronto FC (tomorrow)
Montreal Impact [2 - 1] Cavalry FC (tomorrow)
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