MDM Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Can anyone tell me what happened to Peebles Rovers in this years King Cup? I see them down to play Leith in the 2nd round after receiving a bye in the first: Tynecastle v Stirling University Coldstream v Burntisland Shipyard Leith Athletic v Peebles Rovers Lothian Thistle HV v Heriot Watt University But the next I see is Leith through to the semi's without having played the tie - as far as I can tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Still trying to get to the bottom of this and seen the following on the Scottish Football fixtures web page (https://scottishfootballfixtures.wordpress.com/2016-17-senior-non-league/king-cup-16-17/) King Cup 16-17 The King Cup is a long established competition contested by the eleven clubs from the East of Scotland FA who are also members of the East of Scotland League. Up until recently, Lowland League clubs also took part but this ceased for the 2015-16 competition. The format is straight knockout. 2016-17 COMPETITION First Round Heriot Watt University 6-0 Eyemouth United (Mar 18) Leith Athletic 8-0 Ormiston (Mar 18) Tweedmouth Rangers 2-3 Coldstream (Apr 1) Second Round Tynecastle 5-1 Stirling University Res (Mar 18) Lothian Thistle HV 3-1 Heriot Watt University (Apr 1) Coldstream 6-0 Burntisland Shipyard (Apr 8 ) Leith Athletic wo-scr Peebles Rovers Semi Finals Leith Athletic – Tynecastle (Apr 25) Lothian Thistle HV – Coldstream (May 3) Final Why did Peebles scratch or why did Leith get a walk over? Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Discovered the story here speaking to some people at the Coldstream game on Saturday. Last season Peebles scratched from the King Cup in the Semi-Final. (Away to LTHV, IIRC). Apparently there was some kind of investigation into the circumstances which led to them being debarred from playing in this season's competition. Burntisland are members of both FAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Thanks HibeeJibee Which makes me wonder why they were included in the draw in the first place! I'm sure Eyemouth United, Ormiston or Tweedmouth Rangers would have preferred a bye into the second round rather than being put out in the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Dunno. Possibly the process wasn't completed until after the cup was drawn. They scratched on April 30th and if it was drawn at AGM in early June that'd only be a few weeks later. If you think about it though Leith v Ormiston in R1 effectively became a R2 tie, so no-one "lost out". Would have been worse if they had been due to play one of the clubs who'd reached a R1 bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Leith end season with King Cup - won 4-2 aet earlier - and EOS League Cup. LTHV end season with EOS League, Alex Jack Cup and South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners' Shield - plus EOS Cup. Congratulations both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuklaWandy Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Leith Athletic v Tynecastle semi final report: https://gameofthrowinssite.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/leith-athletic-v-tynecastle/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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