Jute Posted September 8, 2015 Report Posted September 8, 2015 Road to Hampden starts again with first Round draw made today. Banks O'Dee vs Cove Rangers BSC Glasgow vs Auchinleck Talbot Strathspey Thistle vs Edinburgh University Lothian Thistle / Girvan vs Kelty Hearts Preston Athletic vs Fort William Lossiemouth vs Forres Mechanics Keith vs Inverurie Loco Works Spartans vs Coldstream Hawick Royal Albert vs Huntly Deveronvale vs Clachnacuddin Threave Rovers vs University of Stirling Gala Fairydean Rovers vs Linlithgow Rose Cumbernauld Colts vs Glasgow University Nairn County vs Selkirk Buckie Thistle vs Rothes Fraserburgh vs Dalbeattie Star Wick Academy vs Whitehill Welfare Formartine United vs Gretna 2008 Ties to be played on Saturday 26th September 2015 Quote
Jute Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Posted September 26, 2015 Full Times: Wick 2-2 Whitehill Threave 1-3 Stirling Uni Nairn 5-1 Selkirk Lossiemouth 1-4 Forres Spartans 5-1 Coldstream Preston 2-3 Fort William Lothian HTV 3-0 Kelty Hearts Strathspey 1-2 Edinburgh Uni Gala FR 0-2 Linlithgow Rose Fraserburgh 3-2 Dalbeattie Star Keith 1-5 Inverurie Hawick Ra 0-3 Huntly BSC Glasgow 2-2 Auchinleck Banks O Dee 2-3 Cove Rangers Formartine 3-1 Gretna 2008 Deveronvale 0-5 Clach Buckie 7-0 Rothes Only real shock is BSC holding Talbot to a draw. Draw for next round is Monday. Quote
Jute Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Posted October 1, 2015 2nd round drawn today which included 3rd division sides. Inverurie Loco Works v Edinburgh University Nairn County v Whitehill Welfare / Wick Academy Cumbernauld Colts v Auchinleck Talbot / BSC Glasgow University of Stirling v Queen's Park Turriff Utd v Fraserburgh Edinburgh City v Buckie Thistle Formartine Utd v Clyde Elgin City v Spartans East Kilbride v Forres Mechanics Brora Rangers v Arbroath Annan Athletic v Berwick Rangers East Fife v Stirling Albion Huntly v East Stirlingshire Lothian Thistle HV v Montrose Clachnacuddin v Linlithgow Rose Fort WIlliam v Cove Rangers Ties to be played 24th October. Quote
Jute Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Posted October 31, 2015 Draw for third round was made during the week. William Hill Scottish Cup 3rd Round Draw Stranraer v Buckie Thistle Queen's Park v Forfar Athletic Formatine United v Fort William/Cove Rangers Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic East Fife/Stirling Albion v Cumbernauld Colts Albion Rovers v Greenock Morton Falkirk v Turriff United/Fraserburgh Nairn County/Wick Academy v Linlithgow Rose Peterhead v Livingston Huntly v Lothian Thistle /Montrose Elgin City v Raith Rovers Airdrieonians v Brechin City Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic Inverurie Loco Works v Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir v East Kilbride/Forres Mechanics Cowdenbeath v Arbroath Ties to be played weekend of Saturday 28th November Dons come in in the next round. Quote
Madbadteacher Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 [ Dons lose in in the next round. FTFY Quote
tom_widdows Posted November 3, 2015 Report Posted November 3, 2015 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale put Montrose out after Extra time 3 Non league clubs guaranteed in the 4th Round Quote
Jute Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Posted January 8, 2016 Forgot to stick this in for 4th round St Johnstone v Kilmarnock Dunfermline v Ross County Stirling v Inverness CT Linlithgow Rose v Forfar Dundee v Falkirk Livingston v Morton Dumbarton v Queen Of The South East Kilbride v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Motherwell v Cove Rangers Hearts v Aberdeen Airdrie v Dundee United Stranraer v Celtic Rangers v Cowdenbeath St Mirren v Partick Annan v Hamilton Accies Raith Rovers v Hibernian Could see potential shocks at Airdrie, Linlithgow and Dundee games. East Kilbride and Lothian Thistle game means we are guaranteed at least one non league side in the 5th round. Quote
Jute Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Posted January 13, 2016 5th round draw Motherwell vs Stirling Albion or Inverness Caledonian Thistle East Kilbride or Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale vs Celtic Dundee United vs Partick Thistle Ross County vs Linlithgow Rose or Forfar Athletic Rangers vs Kilmarnock Annan Athletic vs Greenock Morton Dumbarton vs Dundee or Falkirk Heart of Midlothian vs Hibernian Great draw for East Kilbride or Lothian although no chance the tie will be played at their home parks. Money from this tie if televised will keep them going for years. Quote
Madbadteacher Posted January 13, 2016 Report Posted January 13, 2016 Televised tie will surely be the hun v mini-hun tie Quote
manc_don Posted January 13, 2016 Report Posted January 13, 2016 Televised tie will surely be the hun v mini-hun tie That and the Edinburgh Derby. Quote
Jute Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Posted January 13, 2016 Sky having 2 games and BBC 1 game would expect Sky to take Dims game and the Tribute Act v Killie game and BBC to take Edinburgh derby. With egg chasing at Murrayfield on the Saturday the Edinburgh derby will be on a Sunday anyway. Quote
Jute Posted January 19, 2016 Author Report Posted January 19, 2016 Forfar v Linlithgow replay abandoned at half time due to floodlight failure. Caley currently 1-0 up on Stirling at a virtually empty Caledonian Stadium. Quote
Jute Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 East Kilbride win 2-0 against Lothian Thistle to set up 4th round tie against the green bigots. TV money and prize money alone means £100,000 to them. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 East Kilbride win 2-0 against Lothian Thistle to set up 4th round tie against the green bigots. TV money and prize money alone means £100,000 to them. Got to be played at New Douglas Park though, what's the reasoning for playing it there? Is it just because of TV? Quote
manc_don Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Got to be played at New Douglas Park though, what's the reasoning for playing it there? Is it just because of TV? Usually change it for policing and safety do they not? Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Usually change it for policing and safety do they not? Playing devil's advocate here, but if a club is in a competition where it is a possibility it can not host a game at their home ground, should they be in the competition? Quote
rocket_scientist Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Playing devil's advocate here, but if a club is in a competition where it is a possibility it can not host a game at their home ground, should they be in the competition? That would depend on whether the competition was one of football ability or one of stadia comparisons. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 That would depend on whether the competition was one of football ability or one of stadia comparisons. It's a senior level cup competition. If you're drawn at home I think you should be expected to fulfil that fixture as it's drawn. Why is it ok, for example, for St Johnstone to play at EK, but not Celtic or Aberdeen? Quote
manc_don Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 That would depend on whether the competition was one of football ability or one of stadia comparisons. I'd agree, i'd say public safety take precedent over footballing ability. They'd expect a bigger (and possibly aggressive) crowd than say St Johnstone so I'd expect the Police would want to be able to police it easier. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 It's a senior level cup competition. If you're drawn at home I think you should be expected to fulfil that fixture as it's drawn. Why is it ok, for example, for St Johnstone to play at EK, but not Celtic or Aberdeen? No idea. Probably something to do with anticipated spectator levels and crowd safety. Fairy story potential - wee clubs beating big clubs - is a more attractive proposition than adherence to Health and Safety regulations, particularly when in the rare event that the wee team gets far enough that it does become an issue, it's a very simple fix, just switching the venue. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I'd agree, i'd say public safety take precedent over footballing ability. They'd expect a bigger (and possibly aggressive) crowd than say St Johnstone so I'd expect the Police would want to be able to police it easier. I know you won't take this the wrong way where the majority on fitba webchatspeaksites would but let me help you here. Public safety doesn't take precedence over football ability. That's confused critical thinking. The nature of the competition is one thing. The logistics for making it happen is another. I would normally over-elaborate and make the point to incontrovertible death but I'm hoping that that nails it. The notion that a wee team couldn't play in the national cup competition if it didn't satisfy minimum stadia criteria is a terrible one. Totally different when you're talking leagues where the ability to accommodate 2,000 or 10,000 is an anticipated regular occurrence. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Or, radically, they could just limit the number of spectators in the ground to the ground's actual capacity. I understand why they do it, just think it's a bit of a shame. People banging on about the "magic of the cup"... East Kilbride are at home to Celtic, which will be played at Hamilton's ground so we can milk it for all the cash we can. Aye, magic indeed. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 People go to watch football at these wee club grounds every week and so there's nothing preventing them hosting Celtic. It's just tough shit that demand for tickets will exceed the ability to supply by more than 10 to 1. Remember how many "home fans" would come out of the woodwork for it too. So rather than your devil advocating minimum stadia requirements, is your deil now proposing must play at home? That's a bit mean spirited isn't it, when the balls coming out in reverse would have meant an even bigger payday? Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 People go to watch football at these wee club grounds every week and so there's nothing preventing them hosting Celtic. It's just tough shit that demand for tickets will exceed the ability to supply by more than 10 to 1. Remember how many "home fans" would come out of the woodwork for it too. So rather than your devil advocating minimum stadia requirements, is your deil now proposing must play at home? That's a bit mean spirited isn't it, when the balls coming out in reverse would have meant an even bigger payday? But that's the draw, otherwise why don't we just fix it so that the 'big' teams are always at home? Quote
rocket_scientist Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 But that's the draw, otherwise why don't we just fix it so that the 'big' teams are always at home? You're working this out as you go along, aren't you? First you advocated minimum stadia requirements. Now you're demanding must play at home. I don't see what harm there is in switching venues when quite obviously nobody on the planet has any objection? Apart from you. Quote
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