In the Trust

Cliftonville Football Club are pleased to confirm our participation in this season’s SPFL Trust Trophy.

A 53-team knockout competition comprising Scottish Premiership B sides and Clubs from Scotland’s Championship, League One, League Two, Highland and Lowland Leagues, the Reds – who qualified by virtue of being the Sports Direct Premiership’s highest-placed non-European participants – will be joined by Coleraine and Welsh representatives The New Saints and Bala Town as the tournament’s cross-border entrants.

Cliftonville will join the series in the third round, fixtures for which are currently scheduled for the weekend of September 9/10.

SPFL Trust Trophy 2023/24
First round
Midweek of August 1/2
– 11 Scottish Premiership B teams
– Top four Scottish Highland League Clubs from 2022/23
– Top four Scottish Lowland League Clubs from 2022/23
– Clubs 8th-10th in Scottish League Two in 2022/23

Second round
Midweek of August 15/16
– 11 winners from first round
– Clubs 1st-7th in Scottish League Two in 2022/23
– Clubs 9th and 10th in Scottish League One in 2022/23

Third round
Weekend of September 9/10
– 10 winners from second round
– Clubs 1st-8th in Scottish League One in 2022/23
– Clubs 2nd-10th in Scottish Championship in 2022/23
– Dundee United
– Cliftonville, Coleraine
– Bala Town, The New Saints

Fourth round
Weekend of October 14/15
– Open draw

Quarter-finals
Weekend of November 18/19
– Open draw

Semi-finals
February 3/4
– Open draw

Final
Weekend of March 23/24