The draw for the first round and second round of this season’s SPFL Trust Trophy will take place at 1.00pm on Monday July 4 at Airdrieonians’ Excelsior Stadium. It will be streamed live on the SPFL YouTube channel.

City will enter the first round of the competition which will be played in the midweek of August 9/10. The draw will involve 11 cinch Premiership B teams, the top four teams from both the Highland League and Lowland League, and the bottom three clubs from last season’s cinch League 2.

SPFL TRUST TROPHY FORMAT FOR 2022/23

Round 1 (22 clubs - 11 ties) – Midweek of August 9/10
Seeded and regionalised (B teams kept apart)
• 11 current cinch Premiership B teams
• Top four Highland League clubs from 2021/22
• Top four Lowland League clubs from 2021/22
• Clubs 8th-10th in cinch League 2 in 2021/22

Round 2 (20 clubs - 10 ties) – Midweek of August 23/24
Regionalised but not seeded
• 11 winners from Round 1
• Clubs 1st-7th in cinch League 2 in 2021/22
• Clubs 9th-10th in cinch League 1 in 2021/22

Round 3 (32 clubs - 16 ties) – Weekend of September 24/25
Not regionalised or seeded but cross-border clubs kept apart
• 10 winners from Round 2
• Clubs 1st-8th in cinch League 1 in 2021/22
• Clubs 2nd-10th in cinch Championship in 2021/22
• Club 12th in cinch Premiership in 2021/22
• Four cross-border clubs (two from JD Cymru Premier and two from Danske Bank Premiership)

Round 4 (16 clubs – 8 ties) – Weekend of December 10/11
All-in draw – no seeding

Quarter-finals – Weekend of January 7/8

Semi-finals – Weekend of February 4/5 or midweek of February 7/8 – subject to change

Final – Weekend of March 25/26 (provisional date)