Gerry B Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well done to all at Spartans. Good luck in next round. See you all soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy gilmore Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well done spartans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well done to Spartans, hopefully we get them away in the next round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 What price are normal League games? Might be able to make the Preston game next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 What price are normal League games? Might be able to make the Preston game next week. £5/£3 or if you can look under 12 then you'll be in free I'm away to Manc next Saturday so unfortunately will miss the Preston game, but will be back for the Ed City game the following week, I think it's an early ko that one though. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoudaBetsy Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 £5/£3 or if you can look under 12 then you'll be in free I'm away to Manc next Saturday so unfortunately will miss the Preston game, but will be back for the Ed City game the following week, I think it's an early ko that one though. Grimbo How much are spartans season tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Cheers Grimbo think i'll make the game next week hopefully my mate has got a taste for going to Ainslie again too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 How much are spartans season tickets? £50 for the full season that includes the EoS, the Womens & the U20's teams fixtures too. cannae beat it eh. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Well done Spartans and thanks ever so much for Mark Whatley, what a guy he is. Maybe see you in February Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoudaBetsy Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 £50 for the full season that includes the EoS, the Womens & the U20's teams fixtures too. cannae beat it eh. Grimbo Great price Grim. Guess there's a concession one, saw u12s are free. Been spartans 3 times now, decent setup & was great upset tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Great price Grim. Guess there's a concession one, saw u12s are free. Been spartans 3 times now, decent setup & was great upset tbh. Yeah forgot to mention that, they are £25. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O'Houlihan Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Good chance to progress to QF's , Berwick or Albion at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hardy Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Don't expect Berwick or Albion would have wanted this draw. Having seen Albion win at Stirling Uni. earlier I rather hope they get through to play Spartans. I will tip Spartans to win at home though whichever one they play. Good Luck Spartans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Albion rovers stuffily beat us last season at theirs in the Cup, by a miss hit cross that squaffed in to the net, jammy gits, I want revenge. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I don't think any of the clubs will be happy with this draw. Yes Spartans could go through and be the first non-league team into the quarters since whenever?? (HJ help needed on this one). However they could also be eliminated by another "miss hit cross" and nobody will remember the game in years to come even though it was in the last sixteen of the cup. The pay day for all the clubs will also be hit. Berwick or Rovers will not bring a huge following with them as perhaps an SPFL premier club would have brought. However Spartans have a very good chance to make another bit of history and I wish them all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_GURU Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I don't think any of the clubs will be happy with this draw. Yes Spartans could go through and be the first non-league team into the quarters since whenever?? (HJ help needed on this one). However they could also be eliminated by another "miss hit cross" and nobody will remember the game in years to come even though it was in the last sixteen of the cup. The pay day for all the clubs will also be hit. Berwick or Rovers will not bring a huge following with them as perhaps an SPFL premier club would have brought. However Spartans have a very good chance to make another bit of history and I wish them all the best. I think the players would be very happy at this draw. Gives them a good opportunity to get to the quarters. Some may have wanted Celtic etc but this is the next best possible draw. The people looking at finances may have preferred someone else but I reckon spartans can win this one and get a real bumper game next round . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Grimbo can get himself about,hope you weren't supposed to be at work today cos you might get the bullet after popping up on BBC and STV,would have been nice to get a biggy in next round but got to have a chance of going through at home agst Berwick or Albion Rovers,you'll have all the Hoskins to look forward to if Berwick get through,lol,all the best to the Spartans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkn munky o Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Bbc news was grim tonight. Great coverage for our most famous supporter or should that be infamous. Great draw for us if we are at our best on 7th of feb quarter finals here we come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Grimbo can get himself about,hope you weren't supposed to be at work today cos you might get the bullet after popping up on BBC and STV,would have been nice to get a biggy in next round but got to have a chance of going through at home agst Berwick or Albion Rovers,you'll have all the Hoskins to look forward to if Berwick get through,lol,all the best to the Spartans. Erm I must have a double, make mine a brandy. I fancy a change of job anyway. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I don't think any of the clubs will be happy with this draw. Yes Spartans could go through and be the first non-league team into the quarters since whenever?? (HJ help needed on this one). However they could also be eliminated by another "miss hit cross" and nobody will remember the game in years to come even though it was in the last sixteen of the cup. The pay day for all the clubs will also be hit. Berwick or Rovers will not bring a huge following with them as perhaps an SPFL premier club would have brought. However Spartans have a very good chance to make another bit of history and I wish them all the best. Elgin City reached the quarter finals in 1968 and Eyemouth United reached the quarters also in 1959-60, losing narrowly 1-2 home to that year's runner up Kilmarnock. Now for the spooky coincidence - on both occasions, they put out Albion Rovers during their cup run... Beyond this, I could only find Armadale in 1919-20 (a year before their election to the SFL anyway) and Stevenston United in 1913-14, taking Third Lanark to three replays before going out. What made the latter even more remarkable was they were taking part in the Scottish Cup for the first time. Their Warner Park ground had to be hastily reconstructed to take in 16 000 spectators (a jump in 15 500 from their usual gate). Beith also did so as a non-league senior in 1904-05. (Junior fans may care to note that both Arthurlie and the pre-united Bo'ness reached the Scottish Cup quarters in 1927, both however were SFL sides back then) If you want the record for a former league club turned non-league in the cup, that still stands with former winners Renton reaching the quarters in 1906-07, putting out that year's league runners up Dundee on the way. [That's should give you enough boring factoids for that game's programme, Grim!] At the position Spartans are in, the old "draw a big club to get a big gate" school of accountancy becomes redundant. Every round you survive, you've another slice of prize money to look forward to, and now the £10 000 mark has been passed by reaching the fifth the incentives to stay in are bigger - at least for small clubs with lower overheards. Moreover, as the numbers drop, the greater the chance of television coverage, which is where the real money lies. Yes, a big team draw would help there, but simply by reaching the quarters Spartans would increase the chances of that anyway and be assured more lengthy TV coverage than merely just the goals and near misses. Spartans chairman may be feigning disappointment, but on the quiet he's probably having palpitations at the realistic chance of reaching the quarters - and all the lustre it would bring the club for years to come as more than mere occasional "giant killers"- now being within their grasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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