Parkgatequeens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I haven't seen any mention of them. Does anyone know of any that were released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Beach Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Brora v Arbroath 574 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It seems SFA aren't bothered until SPFL clubs enter. R2 from today's Scotsman:Annan-Berwick ... 404Brora-Arbroath ... 547Clachnacuddin-Linlithgow ... 310Cumbernauld-Auchinleck ... 487East Fife-Stirling Albion ... 504East Kilbride-Forres ... 329Edinburgh City-Buckie ... 221Elgin-Spartans ... 534Formartine-Clyde ... 470Huntly-East Stirlingshire ... 187Inverurie-Edinburgh Univ ... 239Lothian Thistle-Montrose ... 212Nairn-Wick ... 230Stirling Uni-Queen's Park ... 394 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It seems SFA aren't bothered until SPFL clubs enter. R2 from today's Scotsman:Annan-Berwick ... 404 Brora-Arbroath ... 547 Clachnacuddin-Linlithgow ... 310 Cumbernauld-Auchinleck ... 487 East Fife-Stirling Albion ... 504 East Kilbride-Forres ... 329 Edinburgh City-Buckie ... 221 Elgin-Spartans ... 534 Formartine-Clyde ... 470 Huntly-East Stirlingshire ... 187 Inverurie-Edinburgh Univ ... 239 Lothian Thistle-Montrose ... 212 Nairn-Wick ... 230 Stirling Uni-Queen's Park ... 394 Are a chunk of those teams not SPFL teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I thought he was referring to the whole competition thusfar. There were virtually no statistics for the preliminary stages or R1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 The newspapers get all their data from Opta who have people covering all the league games. I take it they don't send anyone to the early rounds of the Scottish Cup so no attendances or teamlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spider Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 long gone are the days when neutrals / cup enthusiasts would ensure that gates below 500 were the exception, whereas here only three excceeded that figure - we're doomed, doomed ah tell ye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 The newspapers get all their data from Opta who have people covering all the league games. I take it they don't send anyone to the early rounds of the Scottish Cup so no attendances or teamlines. SFA used to collate instead, though. Can perhaps understand omitting the 'preliminaries' but they should treat R1 properly, IMO. long gone are the days when neutrals / cup enthusiasts would ensure that gates below 500 were the exception, whereas here only three excceeded that figure - we're doomed, doomed ah tell ye Were figures in the old R1/R2 that different to today? May have been, tbf, given only 8 non-leaguers qualified making it was more 'special' (but less inclusive). Similar to first year of current format (2007-08), anyway: Albion Rovers-Burntisland ... 265 Annan-Huntly ... 243 Arbroath-Elgin ... 583 Buckie-Nairn ... 532 Cove-Keith ... 317 Culter-Vale of Leithen ... 500 Edinburgh City-East Stirlingshire ... 188 Edinburgh Univ-Deveronvale ... 350 Forfar-Dumbarton ... 382 Girvan-Stranraer ... 410 Inverurie-East Fife ... 770 Linlithgow-Spartans ... 1,600 Montrose-Pollok ... 945 Selkirk-Dalbeattie ... 157 Threave-Stenhousemuir ... 300 Whitehill-Golspie ... 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It seems SFA aren't bothered until SPFL clubs enter. R2 from today's Scotsman: Annan-Berwick ... 404 Brora-Arbroath ... 547 Clachnacuddin-Linlithgow ... 310 Cumbernauld-Auchinleck ... 487 East Fife-Stirling Albion ... 504 East Kilbride-Forres ... 329 Edinburgh City-Buckie ... 221 Elgin-Spartans ... 534 Formartine-Clyde ... 470 Huntly-East Stirlingshire ... 187 Inverurie-Edinburgh Univ ... 239 Lothian Thistle-Montrose ... 212 Nairn-Wick ... 230 Stirling Uni-Queen's Park ... 394 Most of those are SPFL clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 FFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Without being funny HJ, but I think most of the teams listed were SPFL sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Only 31.25%, actually. most [məʊst] greatest in amount or degree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Only 31.25%, actually. most [məʊst] greatest in amount or degree: Are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC-1874 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Formartine's crowd of 470 is quite impressive when you consider that the population of Pitmedden where they play is only about 1,200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Indeed - 1,424 (2011). Brora's 1,282. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC-1874 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yay. We are bigger than Brora. ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spider Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Were figures in the old R1/R2 that different to today? May have been, tbf, given only 8 non-leaguers qualified making it was more 'special' (but less inclusive). I've no stats to back this up, but just my memories/perceptions from my teenage years in the 70s when the lack of regular football on telly (and other distractions) seemed to me to generate a lot more enthusiasm amongst non-regular football attenders once the early rounds of the cup were drawn. Could just be my imagination of course, but I would have thought that all the following ties would have beeen capable of generating 500+ in those days, but I guess the novelty value has long gone for families where (for example before you attack my political correctness!!!) the mum's got internet shopping, the dad's got live games on the telly and the kids are fighting over whose turn it is for the Playstation: Clachnacuddin-Linlithgow Cumbernauld-Auchinleck East Kilbride-Forres Formartine-Clyde Huntly-East Stirlingshire Lothian Thistle-Montrose Stirling Uni-Queen's Park General lower league attendances weren't really much higher back then, but the Scottish Cup seemed to have much more of a magic and curiosity value then than it does now. Makes me sound really old I know, but I despair at the lack of marketing by the SFA who don't really seem to have any interest in promoting the competition until most of the non-league clubs have exited, which seems in direct contradiction to their enthusiasm for the pyramid structure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yay. We are bigger than Brora. Smaller towns represented were: Rothes (1,252) Wigtown (921) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Healthy Arbroath away support boosted Brora Well, healthy considering.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I've no stats to back this up, but just my memories/perceptions from my teenage years in the 70s when the lack of regular football on telly (and other distractions) seemed to me to generate a lot more enthusiasm amongst non-regular football attenders once the early rounds of the cup were drawn. Could just be my imagination of course, but I would have thought that all the following ties would have beeen capable of generating 500+ in those days, but I guess the novelty value has long gone for families where (for example before you attack my political correctness!!!) the mum's got internet shopping, the dad's got live games on the telly and the kids are fighting over whose turn it is for the Playstation: Clachnacuddin-Linlithgow Cumbernauld-Auchinleck East Kilbride-Forres Formartine-Clyde Huntly-East Stirlingshire Lothian Thistle-Montrose Stirling Uni-Queen's Park General lower league attendances weren't really much higher back then, but the Scottish Cup seemed to have much more of a magic and curiosity value then than it does now. Makes me sound really old I know, but I despair at the lack of marketing by the SFA who don't really seem to have any interest in promoting the competition until most of the non-league clubs have exited, which seems in direct contradiction to their enthusiasm for the pyramid structure Speaking from the perspecctive a teenager, now, I would have gone to a Scots Cup game if Arbroath or Forfar were playing at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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