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Tuesday 16th April
(R2) Preston 4-2 Kinnoull (aet, FT 2-2)
Newtongrange 0-2 Crossgates
Wednesday 17th April
(R2) St Andrews 0-1 Kirkcaldy & Dysart
Saturday 20th April
(R2) Glenrothes 1-0 Harthill
(R2) Hill of Beath 3-2 Thornton
(R2) Lochore 2-1 Camelon
Arniston 3-2 Kirkcaldy & Dysart (aet, FT 2-2)
Sauchie 5-0 Blackburn
Whitburn 3-1 Jeanfield (aet, FT 1-1)
Whitehill 1-3 Preston
Tuesday 23rd April
Broxburn v Glenrothes
Haddington v Dunbar
Lochore v Hill of Beath
Whitburn the notable Saturday 'shock'.
Fourth Round
Arniston v Broxburn/Glenrothes
Lochore/Hill of Beath v Sauchie
Haddington/Dunbar v Crossgates
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Tuesday 16th April
(R4) Heriot-Watt Uni 3-2 Armadale
(R4) Whitehill 2-1 Camelon (aet, FT 1-1)
Saturday 20th April
(R3) Ormiston 1-8 (eight) St Andrews
Saturday 27th April
(R4) St Andrews v Newtongrange
(SF) Heriot-Watt Uni v Whitehill
date tbc
(SF) St Andrews/Newtongrange v Leith
'Old school EOS' feel here.1 -
56 minutes ago, JS_FFC said:
Wikipedia has got them both going out to Zaragoza in consecutive rounds. Are you saying that the QF draw was made before the last 16 was played, such that a Hearts win over Zaragoza would have mean they’d have played Dunfermline?
Exactly, indeed it must have been... Hearts v Zaragoza went to a playoff that wasn't held until 2 months after 2nd leg, and was effectively simultaneous with QFs starting.
European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1965-66 - Details (rsssf.org)
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22 hours ago, craigkillie said:
This has come up on here before, but in the case of Hibs v Leeds the draw hadn't been made yet when the first team were knocked out. Based on the history of the competition, it seems plausible to me that there was an element of "country protection" in this tournament which would have made it less likely (or even impossible) they were drawn together. The semi-final draw had been made before Rangers lost to Leeds though, so that was definitely a narrow miss.
I cannot find thread but I've a feeling this point arose years ago and Dunfermline + Hearts in 1965-66 was the only occasion 2 non-OF clubs got each other in a draw.
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7 hours ago, newcastle broon said:
The clubs will though, a bit of revenue at the lower end of the scale lost. The Premiership clubs are just bullies after all its a FA competition and nothing to do wi the Premier League. A joke of a decision.
3 hours ago, GordonS said:Ending a 152-year tradition so that the billionaire clubs can play 2-4 more Champions League games and go to the World Club Cup in the USA at the end of the season. Very #Barclays.
3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:Absolutely fucked it. Prem League games after the final, nae replays. Yeah we get it.
What's particularly sad is the FA think these secret negotiations produced a good deal because R5 returns to a weekend plus they get some pennies (in EPL terms); and anyway they "had" to help EPL clubs in Europe as there simply aren't enough dates.
Yet somehow those same EPL clubs have found enough dates to start the season 1 week later than previously, and spread R4 out over a weekend and adjacent midweek. You can also bet that in a few years they'll want to take the weekend part of R4 out and just play it in midweek. Meanwhile the FA Cup Final is no longer the last game of the season - nor even has the weekend to itself; and replays have inexplicably also been abolished in R1 & R2 even though EFL1&2 clubs wouldn't want that.
They've been completely outmanoeuvred by EPL.2 -
53 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
It is unofficial, but perfectly acceptable.
Scottish Premiership Championship Group not to be confused with the Scottish Championship
Scottish Premiership Relegation Group contesting relegation to the Scottish Championship
Scottish Championship not to be confused with the Scottish Premiership Championship Group
Scottish Premiership Playoffs contesting promotion & relegation between Premiership & Championship... 2/3 of which only involve Championship clubs
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Why can't it be another midweek at Dens?
Plus won't many ticketholders need turned away - Dens holds more than McDiarmid and have to be unallocated seating?0 -
There were 9x Dundee derbies in 1987-88: Forfarshire Cup Final on Christmas holiday Monday.
Including local cups when still big I recall there are OF or Edinburgh examples in double figures.0 -
13 hours ago, Eednud said:
10 hours ago, rollstar said:I'd say the lower picture there, of the English cup final, is an unusually good action shot for 1905, it's easy to imagine being there. I mean compare it with the picture of the Third Lanark team, which isn't even an action shot but it looks like it could have been taken in 1880.
But what really shows that the past is a foreign country, is the fact that the Newcastle keeper is wearing the same strip as his team mates. Until right now I would never have guessed that that lasted into the 20th century, but googling reveals that it was only his cap which showed that he was the keeper. I am astounded!
If people think Hampden has bad sightlines consider the view most spectators got of that FA Cup Final in the old Crystal Palace ground:
Note also the hoarding promoting:
among varied fare:
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Iran state TV saying a "first wave" of ballistic missiles have now also been fired - their version of Scud seemingly.
Remarkable to have reached a situation where Iran's openly and directly bombarding Israel.0 -
Ukraine-Russia has its throwback to WWI with the remorseless reliance on artillery barrages... now Israel-Iran has its own to WWII with in essence sophisticated V bombs, or the Blitz without pilots.
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Broxburn continue erratically; but still looks very unlikely anybody can catch them. Down the bottom is clearly now a 4 cornered fight with Inverkeithing, Glenrothes, Luncarty and Crossgates.
Updated state of play across southerly tier 6:
South of Scotland League (22 games)
West of Scotland League (30 games)
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Dunipace may be promoted imminently and are now favourites for title; behind them all take turns at stuttering. Down the bottom Oakley, who've only beaten Vale all campaign, in big trouble.
Run-in:
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Armadale had a scare but ultimately won. Thornton look to reel-in Bo'ness Athletic.. Edinburgh South to reel-in Armadale... down the bottom Ormiston to reel-in Tweedmouth... but Newburgh are teetering.
Run-in:
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Hawick's form has badly collapsed since February... unless they or Pumpherston can finish in rampant style, it looks like the top 3 are fairly secure, with West Calder in driving seat for the title. Plenty head-to-heads to shake-up the placings certainly.
Stoneyburn have now reached double figures of home postponements (plus 7 more away)... thusfar 44% of their home games have been off.
Run-in:
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2 hours ago, The Master said:
If there’s no public money, would they go to the effort and expense of converting Hampden again?
I can see them doing most events in Glasgow, but send the athletics to London (depending on West Ham’s needs) or Birmingham.
Days later: 2026 European Athletics Championships - Wikipedia
2 hours ago, KirkieRR said:Nae athletics stadium. Or could we be silly and have indoors athletics? It would be great but the athletics issue is a deal-breaker.
Scotstoun + temporary ends/'exclusive ticketing'?
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With some caveats for TV - or Clyde and Hamilton clashing (plus Peterhead sometimes play home on Wednesdays not Tuesdays?) - playoff dates will presumably be:
Premiership/Championship:
QF 1st leg Tuesday 7th May
QF 2nd leg Friday 10th May
SF 1st leg Tuesday 14th May
SF 2nd leg Friday 17th May
Fin 1st leg Thursday 23rd May unless Aberdeen finish 11th and are in Scottish Cup Final
Fin 2nd leg Sunday 26th May unless Aberdeen finish 11th and are in Scottish Cup Final
Championship/SPFL1:
SF 1st leg Tuesday 7th May
SF 2nd leg Saturday 11th May
Fin 1st leg Tuesday 14th May (?)
Fin 2nd leg Saturday 18th May (?)
SPFL1/SPFL2:
SF 1st leg Tuesday 7th May
SF 2nd leg Saturday 11th May
Fin 1st leg Tuesday 14th May
Fin 2nd leg Saturday 18th May
SPFL2/Lowland/Highland:
SF 1st leg Saturday 27th April
SF 2nd leg Saturday 4th May
Fin 1st leg Saturday 11th May
Fin 2nd leg Saturday 18th May
East/South/West for Lowland:
1st leg/RR#1 Saturday 18th May
RR#2 Tuesday 21st May
2nd leg/RR#3 Friday 24th May
Highland/North Caledonian/North Juniors/Tayside Juniors:
(no SF/round-robin required)
Fin 1st leg no fixed date? maybe Saturday 4th May?
Fin 2nd leg no fixed date? maybe Saturday 11th May?
(Strathspey end Sat 20th Apr but Lochee Utd not until Wed 1st May and could have North & Tayside Junior Cup Final on Sat 18th May)1 -
On 19/07/2023 at 09:48, HibeeJibee said:
Anyway our First Minister has done a bit of grandstanding hedged in caveats and claims we may step in. Given we don't have an athletics stadium - plus Hampden is now bidding for UEFA finals in 2026 & 2027 - and public finances are shot, this surely isn't happening: Humza Yousaf to 'explore' Scotland Commonwealth Games bid - BBC News
Equally if we're not hosting athletics I don't really see where we fit in... e.g. any nation with an athletic stadiums will have a track and a pool.On 19/07/2023 at 14:40, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:Humza Yousaf talking about stepping in is utter nonsense. We can talk about the potential venues for this and that, but as a country we’re broke, whispers of Glasgow, a city with child poverty, massive cuts to addiction services and social services pending but we’ll spunk money on the commonwealth games? Aye right.
2014 behind the scenes was a complete shambles. The only reason the costs were kept down as significantly as they were was that the Police were roped in to do much of the logistical planning and security (ie around the athletes village etc where in other countries it was private security companies), the snp has defunded the police in Scotland to record low levels so its just physically impossible to even ‘part host’ the games. Scotland can’t afford to host the euros either.On 04/08/2023 at 23:14, Donathan said:Khan and Yousaf have both made noises about hosting so it’ll probably be London 2026 and Glasgow 2030 or vice versa.
Commonwealth Games 2026: Scaled-down Glasgow event option to be proposed - BBC Sport
Scotland set to put forward Glasgow as back-up host for 2026 Commonwealth GamesGlasgow is among the potential hosts of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
This week the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said it was "considering multiple proposals" amid continued uncertainty over the event's long-term future. Last week, Singapore joined Malaysia in ruling out a bid, after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew as host in July because of rising costs.
Should any of the fresh bids from outside the UK not prove viable, there is a back-up concept which would bring a scaled-back Games to Scotland. Confirmation of Glasgow's offer is expected in the coming days.
The event was held in Glasgow in 2014 and facilities from then - such as the Emirates Arena - would be used again. So, too, would existing accommodation options.
Instead of the 20 sports in Birmingham in 2022, the event would be limited to between 10 and 13 disciplines. Those efficiencies would mean there would be no public spending, with the £130-150m budget being covered by the CGF and commercial income.
A final decision is expected by the end of May.
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These special friendlies were staged as the last-ever games at Telford Street and Peterhead Rec':
Have any other grounds - or stands - been closed with dedicated farewell matches?2 -
How splits are shaping-up Europe-wide:
Austria:
Belgium:
Bulgaria:
Cyprus + tier 2:
Czech Republic:
Denmark + tier 2:
Finland + tier 2:
Gibraltar:
Greece + tier 2:
Iceland:
Israel + tier 2:
Malta tier 2:
Moldova + tier 2:
Northern Ireland + tier 2:
Romania + tier 2:
Scotland:
Serbia + tier 2:
Slovakia:
Switzerland:
Ukraine tier 2:
Wales:
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Rangers manager Clement says they will know by Tuesday at 12:00 BST where Wednesday evening's match will be played.
What if weather subsequently deteriorates?0 -
9 minutes ago, Spyro said:
Did Peebles (Rovers) ever have one? I might just be making that up but it rings a bell
Peebles went junior in 1960s, returned in 1970s, but could not rejoin SFA as ground criteria had long since tightened since they first joined decades earlier. Aberdeen Uni forgot to renew their membership in 1986 apparently.
No licence renewal has been refused since scheme began c2010 IIRC... not 'newco' Rangers in 2012, or venue-less Cove in 2016, or Wigtown in 2017 who scratched from cup/mothballed/etc.2 -
Bad week in cups for Bo'ness Athletic: ejected from King Cup for cup-tied player v Leith, then beaten in League Cup at Newtongrange.
They'll hope for better in shootout for Scottish Cup place:
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Third Age: the EOS Third Division 2023-24
in East of Scotland Football League
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Edinburgh University's relegation means 4th can no longer become a promotion place.
Hawick and Pumpherston lose; Livingston Utd manage a win!