mrman2011 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I would have a reduced format,Less non-league sides but with more quality and more of a chance of League 2 sides playing SPL sides when/if the crowds come back, We dont really need pointless rounds for this years edition I would have 8 non league sides (4 Highland and 4 Lowland) 22 top sides into the last 32 28 sides battling out for 10 places Prelim (8 matches) First round (10 matches) More compact and much more easy to follow for the casual viewer which will help the development and forward thinking to Scottsh football which i'm sure that you will all agree -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrman2011 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Brora, Fraserburgh, Roches, Buckie (Highland) Keity, Bonnyrigg, BSC Glasgow, East Stirling (Lowland) Sample Prelim Round draw Stranraer vs Bonnyrigg BSC Glasgow vs Roches Queens Park vs Elgin Brechin vs Kelty Fraserburgh vs Buckie Stirling Albion vs East Stirling Stenhousemuir vs Cowdenbeath Brora vs Edinburgh City Sample First round Fraserburgh/Buckie vs Forfar Peterhead vs Annan Albion Rovers vs Sten/Cowden Fraserburgh/Buckie vs Dumbarton Cove Rangers vs Clyde BSC/Rothes vs Queens Park/Elgin Dumbarton vs East Fife Brechin/Kelty vs Montrose Partick vs Stan/Bonny Stirling Al/East Stir vs Falkirk Exciting hey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 No. Not fair on the non-league clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrman2011 Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 We have to limit the Non League clubs due to the nature of the season and aspects such as Testing and when they are playing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 41 minutes ago, mrman2011 said: We have to limit the Non League clubs due to the nature of the season and aspects such as Testing and when they are playing The SFA have already proposed a model that limits it to 10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrman2011 Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 hours ago, FairWeatherFan said: The SFA have already proposed a model that limits it to 10. Thats good of the SFA but 8 would make it a more effective competition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAI Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) mrman, I admire your tenacity - but I can't agree with you this time. Small clubs deserve their annual chance of A Shot at Glory and the Scottish FA should be wary of robbing the Scottish Cup of its essence. The best I can do in terms of the format is a 7-round-plus-preliminary competition. The Premiership teams enter at the last 32 stage as usual, the Championship teams the round before, with League One and Two teams entering alongside the best non-league teams in the first round proper; it broadly keeps teams of a similar standard entering together. Preliminary Round: 48 teams (9 Highland, 9 Lowland, 30 non-league qualifiers) 1st Round: 60 teams (24 Preliminary Round winners, 10 League One, 10 League Two, 8 Highland, 8 Lowland) 2nd Round: 40 teams (30 Round 1 winners, 10 Championship) 3rd Round: 32 teams (20 Round 2 winners, 12 Premiership) 4th round, and the rest, in the usual way. Hope that adds up! Edited September 5, 2020 by RabidAI Correcting typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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