Where is it written in stone that clubs in a higher division will always beat those in a lower one in a Cup game?
I take it Celtic have never lost such a game .........
No it isn''t. The difference between say the bottom two divisions of the SPFL is not as great as that between the SPFL and the Lowland/Highland Leagues and the ability to attract players is therefore affected more acutely. In any case the vastly overwhelming majority of lower division SPFL players are only on one year contracts. They're not at all likely to re-sign to play in a lower league for a lower wage and the club concerned is going to be seen as on the slide and so not going to be as attractive a proposition compared to other clubs.
And my comments did not in any way argue against relegation from the SPFL (that was only in your head.)
I only said that this particular relegation is a much bigger barrier to being promoted back than it might appear to someone looking on it from a distance.
There are excellent reasons for that. Among them the fact that a relegated club is unlikely even to hold onto the players who weren't good enough anyway and also unlikely - especially in the short term - to attract players who are capable of a promotion push. Not to mention the drop-off in prize money in the Lowland/Highland compared to the SPFL (parachute payments notwithstanding.)
I suspect the point was that Darvel didn't make it to the LL. No West club has as yet.
Auchinleck's performance so far this season doesn't say much for their standards.
The juniors had no access to the Scottish Cup way back then. The Senior Leagues, SFL, SPL, HL, EoSL, SoSl, plus outliers like Girvan, Glasgow Uni and Golspie did.
Sorry to be negative as you are making conciliatory and somewhat encouraging noises but that sounds to me a bit like if a better opportunity came along you'd be off sharpish.
As I recall I've only seen a maximum of ten goals in the one game, a 5-5 draw with East Fife at Boghead (in the 70s?) That's a goal every nine minutes on average. It was the worst game I've ever seen - awful defending on both sides.
(I did see the 5-4 at Stirling but missed our first as I got in late. That was much more enjoyable - mainly for Paddy Flannery noising up one of their players and a magnificent Mark Crilly pass over the top to said Paddy Flannery.)
That's only since very recently. Before that it was one. Before that it was none at all. Not even a play-off.
And it's two from a division with 24 clubs in it. Not 2 from ten - which is what you seem to be suggesting (and which would be insane.)
What on Earth makes you think Stranraer (or indeed any other Tier 4 club) coming down will be a strong team in the LL? How will they be as attractive to potential players as they were in the SPFL? In Stranraer's case this will be even worse because of their geographical location. I predict Albion Rovers will have great difficulty getting together a squad good enough to make a push in the LL in season 2023-24.