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Well done Spartans hopefully they go on and get up (at the expense of Elgin) - no offence to Elgin it’s too far away . I think home advantage is alternated?

Spartans 2-5 Dundonald Bluebell @ Ainslie Park Stadium . EOS Qualifying Cup R4. The Fifers raced into a 4-0 1st half lead against what was essentially Spartans U20’s side. They home side pulled it back to 4-2 but chasing a 3rd they conceded again late on. Crowd 88.

Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool @ Stamford Bridge . The home side saw 2 goals disallowed by VAR as they failed to take their chances. Much changed Liverpool had chances too but continue to struggle to find any form. That’s 2 straight goalless draws I’ve seen I think I last did that in 2010 . Crowd around 41,000.

Erik Ten Hag is the 9th longest serving manager in the Premier League.

Oh deary me .

Having seen the antics of Pather in an earlier round after they won I dread to think how they took that today .

They are of 3 World Cup winner's born in the area: Sir Geoff Hurst MBE and Jimmy Armfield CBE, who were with England in 1966, and Simone Perrotta who was born in Ashton but played for Italy in 2006. Apparently he only found out about it 7 years later lol.

Curzon Ashton 0-0 Bradford Park Avenue @ Tameside Stadium . National League North. Stalemate . The home side will feel they should have won but Bradford repelled 🛡 everything thrown at them and on another day could have snatched a win of their own. Crowd 341.

Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool @ Etihad Stadium . Mo Salah put the visitors ahead with a great finish but City levelled before the break and were far too strong in the 2nd half winning easily. Thankfully for Liverpool they declared at 4. Crowd 52,877.

Leith Athletic 0-1 Peebles Rovers @ Meadowbank Stadium 🏟. East of Scotland League Cup R2. A tight game - 1st v 2nd Division - was settled in the 2nd half when the Leith No.2 saw red and Peebles used the man advantage to get on top and find a winner ️. Crowd 138.

Spartans 3-0 Gretna 2008 @ Ainslie Park . Parks Motor Group Scottish Lowland League. 3 comfortable points for the home side who led 2-0 at the break and added a 3rd midway though the 2nd half. Spartans lead the way at the top of the table with 3 games left. Crowd 360.

lol

That certainly won’t happen.

FC Edinburgh 1-3 Queen of the South @ Meadowbank Stadium . cinch SPFL League 1. Friday night in the capital for the Doonhamers and they are fortunate to be level at the break. An excellent 2nd half performance has them 3-0 up before a late consolation . Crowd around 750.

Heaton Stannington 0-1 Blyth Spartans @ Grounsell Park . Wednesday trip to Newcastle for this Northumberland Senior Cup Semi-final. The home side battle away well but were undone by a well worked goal midway through the 2nd half. Brilliant crowd of 1339.

Penicuik Athletic 0-1 Lothian Thistle HV @ Penicuik Park . 12.15pm kick-off. Sunday 19 March. EOSFL Premier Division. Lothian won the final game of the 2023 Scottish Groundhop with a great strike 10 minutes from time. Crowd 398.

Tranent Juniors 1-1 Bo’ness United @ Foresters Park . Lowland League. ⏱ 5pm kick-off. The visitors opened the scoring shortly after the break before Tranent found a late equaliser but lose ground in the race at the top. Crowd 607.

Tynecastle 2-3 Sauchie Juniors @ Meggetland Stadium . EOSFL Premier Division. The visitors ahead after only ⏱ 23 seconds before it quickly became 10-a-side . Tynie levelled at the break before the visitors went on to win it in the 2nd half. Good game. Crowd 448.

A certain Alex Jack Cup final at Netherdale springs to mind I don’t think there was a blade of grass left at the end !!!

Well said. What a win today

Willie using his free bus pass to make the 4 hour round trip to Musselburgh to save £4 .

It’s something they do on all on their Groundhops. It maximises the income generated by the clubs and helps to make it worthwhile given the inconvenience caused to players, club volunteers, supporters etc.

If it’s really a big deal for £3/4 then it’s the clubs who do the gate they can see people right with a concession. Groundhop UK (and others) run them every few weeks using a tried and tested formula. All the clubs involved this weekend will at least be a few grand better off.

All the best to Ian and Jocky. Were involved at the top end of U20 football for 4 seasons when it first started and moved on to build a more than competitive side over the same sort of time at Edinburgh United. A good appointment from the Vale committee. Get a side on the park for the last 8 games to see out the season and get building for next season in the 1st Division.

Lad who scored the opener after 23 seconds, red carded after 3 minutes ! 10 game ban !