The fixtures for the group stage of the Betfred Cup were announced this afternoon. The ties in our group, Group G, are as follows

Saturday 15 July
East Kilbride v Hamilton Academical, kick-off 3.00pm
Stenhousemuir v Queen of the South, kick-off 3.00pm

Tuesday 18 July
Albion Rovers v Stenhousemuir, kick-off 7.45pm
Queen of the South v East Kilbride, kick-off 7.45pm

Saturday 22 July
East Kilbride v Albion Rovers, kick-off 3.00pm
Hamilton Academical v Queen of the South, kick-off 3.00pm

Tuesday 25 July
Albion Rovers v  Hamilton Academical, kick-off 7.45pm
Stenhousemuir v East Kilbride, kick-off 7.30pm

Saturday 29 July
Hamilton Academical v Stenhousemuir, kick-off 3.00pm
Queen of the South v Albion Rovers, kick-off 3.00pm

The group stage uses the traditional three points for a win and one point for a draw model but all drawn matches go straight to a penalty shoot-out, with the winner awarded a bonus point.  

The 8 group winners and best 4 runners up go onto the last 16 and join Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone.