Buddies sent to Dingwall in Co-op Cup

Last updated : 06 August 2010 By Team Talk

County have been handed another chance to take a top-flight scalp after being paired with Danny Lennon's Buddies.

The Dingwall outfit, who beat SPL sides Hamilton, Hibernian and Celtic in cup competition last season, face Lennon's new-look Saints at Victoria Park later this month.

Hearts have been handed a home tie against Elgin City in the draw, which features the SPL clubs who did not qualify for European football.

Mark McGhee's much-changed Aberdeen squad face a tough trip to Alloa, last season's Irn-Bru Second Division runners-up.

The Dons were knocked out of the cups by Dundee and Raith Rovers last season and face a hard game on Recreation Park's artificial surface to avoid another shock.

Raith have another chance to cause an upset after being drawn at home to Hamilton and Inverness have been drawn at home against Peterhead.

Mixu Paatelainen's first cup match in charge of Kilmarnock will come at home against Airdrie, while St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes faces one of his former clubs, Morton, at McDiarmid Park.

The seeded draw should ensure that most if not all SPL clubs move into the last 16, where Rangers, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian and Motherwell join the action.

But Hearts boss Jim Jefferies has already warned his players against complacency when they face the team that finished second bottom of the Third Division last term.

Jefferies told heartsfc.co.uk: "In any cup competition you want to have home advantage so in that respect it's a good draw for us.

"However, it will be Elgin's cup final so we certainly cannot afford to underestimate them."

Co-operative Insurance Cup second-round draw: Kilmarnock v Airdrie, Brechin v Dundee, Hearts v Elgin City, Alloa v Aberdeen, St Johnstone v Morton, Ross County v St Mirren, Inverness v Peterhead, Partick Thistle v Falkirk, Queen of the South v Forfar, Raith Rovers v Hamilton, Dunfermline v Clyde.

Ties to be played on August 24/25.

Source: Team Talk

Source: Team Talk