Renfrewshire Rivalry Reignited As Buddies Draw The ‘Ton In League Cup Second Round

St. Mirren and Morton will meet in a Renfrewshire derby in the Second Round of the Scottish Communities League Cup. Both teams share a fierce rivalry which has been kept separated in recent years competitively due to St. Mirren’s stay in the SPL, while Morton continue to be a mid table side in the first division. However, league form will go out the window, as the SPL side descend upon Cappielow for the game.

Both sides fans forums have been filled with posts in anticipation of the game with the rivalry rekindled and both sets of supporters looking forward to the match. The match will surely bring a big gate to Morton, with the Tuesday/Wednesday evening kick off unlikely to damper any of the excitement for the match.

In other cup news, Aberdeen will face a very tough fixture when Dundee come calling to Pittodrie. Dundee are many peoples favourites to get promoted to the SPL this year, and a match against an Aberdeen side who are known to falter occasionally in the cup competitions versus lower league opposition will provide a very intriguing match up. Aberdeen will be hoping to avoid being the big name scalp, while Dundee will look to show that they have the quality required to play in the SPL.

East Fife will play host to another rivalry as their Fife neighbours Dunfermline will visit Bayview. Both teams make up half of the senior teams playing in Fife with Raith Rovers and Cowdenbeath being the other two. While Dunfermline fans probably see Raith as being their main rivals, this will not make the tie any less enthralling, and Jim McIntyre at Dunfermline will need to make sure his team take this one seriously if they are to avoid any slip-ups.

Falkirk will also play their neighbours Stenhousemuir, with both sides from the Falkirk area, this is another match that is sure to be feisty.

The full draw is as follows:

Hibernian v Berwick Rangers

East Fife v Dunfermline Athletic

St. Johnstone v Livingston

Airdrie United v Raith Rovers

Falkirk v Stenhousemuir

Ayr United v Inverness

Queen of the South v Forfar Athletic

Morton v St. Mirren

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

Clyde v Motherwell

Aberdeen v Dundee

Rangers, Celtic, Dundee United, Hearts and Kilmarnock all get byes to the next round due to their top five finish in the SPL last season, and all five teams will be seeded in the draw for the third round.

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