HibeeJibee Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Draw tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Draw tonight. Will there be a league cup and football nation cup this year? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Even allowing for the earlier start I'd expect certain cups across various leagues may be held-back to see how it all goes. Indeed even in normal times EOS League Cup wouldn't usually start until spring. South Challenge Cup R1+R2 regionalised and more rounds than usual in spring. SOSL not starting "local competitions" until September. Etc. etc. Edited June 3, 2021 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumphyman Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Pumpherston v Stirling University anyone know the rest of the draw Winner home to Whitburn in the 2nd round. Edited June 3, 2021 by Pumphyman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Pumphyman said: Pumpherston v Stirling University anyone know the rest of the draw It's up on their twitter feed. Think its still ongoing. https://twitter.com/EastScotlandFA/with_replies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Bo'ness Athletic v Tweedmouth Rangers or Edinburgh South.Good first draw for the new BA's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B75 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Armadale v Bathgate . Winner plays Edinburgh College in 2nd round Edited June 3, 2021 by B75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 From the twitter feed. First Round Armadale Thistle v. Bathgate Thistle Easthouses Lily MW v. Haddington Athletic Edinburgh United v. Leith Athletic Lochgelly Albert v. Syngenta Lochore Welfare v. Kennoway Star Hearts Luncarty v. Dunipace Preston Athletic v. Burntisland Shipyard Pumpherston v. Stirling University EOS Tweedmouth Rangers v. Edinburgh South Second Round Armadale Thistle or Bathgate Thistle v. Edinburgh College Arniston Rangers v. Oakley United Bo'ness Athletic v. Tweedmouth Rangers or Edinburgh South Coldstream v. Livingston United Craigroyston v. Heriot-Watt University Easthouses Lily MW or Haddington Athletic v. Glenrothes Edinburgh United or Leith Athletic v. Hawick RAU Kinnoull v. Preston Athletic or Burntisland Shipyard Kirkcaldy & Dysart v. Fauldhouse United Lochore Welfare or Kennoway Star Hearts v. Lochgelly Albert or Syngenta Ormiston v. St Andrews United Peebles Rovers v. West Calder United Pumpherston or Stirling University EOS v. Whitburn Rosyth v. Luncarty or Dunipace Stoneyburn v. Dalkeith Thistle Thornton Hibs v. Newburgh 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumphyman Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I take it this cup is for clubs below the Premier League ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Pumphyman said: I take it this cup is for clubs below the Premier League ? From this season, yes. It used to be open to all. HJ will presumably know why it changed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 4 hours ago, GordonS said: From this season, yes. It used to be open to all. HJ will presumably know why it changed. The King Cup has been for the clubs below the Premier since 2019-20. Think it was purely about minimising fixture congestion with the influx of clubs. The Premier was guaranteed to be a 30 game season from then on. Premier teams also having Scottish/AJ Cup, SCC, League Cup, and Qualifying Cups where they could go deep in. SCC and League Cup being possible end of season finales. Moving the King Cup to lower division only gave those clubs something else to play for in the back end of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Pumphyman said: I take it this cup is for clubs below the Premier League ? 1 hour ago, GordonS said: From this season, yes. It used to be open to all. HJ will presumably know why it changed. It was closed to Lowland sides starting from 2014-15, and later closed to EOS Premier Division sides starting from 2019-20. Basically due to fixture congestion. Also the Alex Jack Cup was morphing from being a defacto "cup of the small clubs", as it was when most of the Scottish Cup entrants were in the top division... into more of a mixed economy, as all the ex-Juniors had come in but only a selection from big to small were getting licensed. So limiting the King Cup gave the "small clubs" a cup of their own again. (Oddly enough the Alex Jack Cup next season will likely have just Crossgates and Inverkeithing from Premier; and no Haddington/Dunipace/St Andrews/Dalkeith/etc.; so will again be a "cup of the small clubs", giving all a great chance to win it and claim the Scottish Cup slot). Tranent were the last Premier club to win the King Cup beating Bonnyrigg in extra time at Prestonfield in 2018-19. It was never actually won by a Lowland club: could have been in 2013-14 but though Whitehill reached the Final, they crashed v Edinburgh Uni at the Pennypit. Traditionally the Final brings the curtain down on the season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 To save on dates, and to have only 1 club idle each weekend instead of 3 clubs, most ties are 'spread out' over the first half of the season - with the weekends where clubs are the odd team in their conference aligned with their opponent. Of course in some ties both clubs are of the same conference or their day as the odd team already falls elsewhere. First Round Sat 24 Jul Easthouses Lily v Haddington Athletic Sat 07 Aug Preston Athletic v Burntisland Shipyard Sat 28 Aug Armadale Thistle v Bathgate Thistle Sat 02 Oct Lochore Welfare v Kennoway Star Hearts Sat 06 Nov Luncarty v Dunipace tbc Edinburgh Utd v Leith Athletic, Lochgelly Albert v Syngenta, Pumpherston v Stirling University EOS, Tweedmouth Rangers v Edinburgh South Second Round Sat 14 Aug Coldstream v Livingston United Sat 21 Aug Peebles Rovers v West Calder United Sat 25 Sep Kirkcaldy & Dysart v Fauldhouse United Sat 30 Oct (Edinburgh South) v Hawick RAU Tue 09 Nov Bo'ness Athletic v Tweedmouth Rangers/Edinburgh South Tue 09 Nov Rosyth v Luncarty/Dunipace Wed 10 Nov (Stirling University EOS) v Whitburn Sat 04 Dec Thornton Hibs v Newburgh Sat 11 Dec (Haddington Athletic) v Glenrothes Sat 18 Dec (Kennoway Star Hearts) v (Lochgelly Albert) tbc Armadale/Bathgate v Edinburgh College, Arniston Rangers v Oakley United, Craigroyston v Heriot-Watt University, Ormiston v St Andrews United, Kinnoull v Preston Athletic/Burntisland Shipyard, Stoneyburn v Dalkeith Thistle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Saturday 24th July 2021 Easthouses Lily 2-2 Haddington Athletic (aet, FT 1-1, 2-4p) Unless you count some held-over City Cup ties played preseason... or Spartans v Threave in Ramsdens Cup qualifier 1st leg (they were LL members by then)... ... by my reckoning this must be the earliest cup match in EOS history. Today's result also sets-up: Saturday 11th December 2021 Haddington Athletic v Glenrothes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 02/07/2021 at 16:42, HibeeJibee said: Sat 07 Aug Preston Athletic v Burntisland Shipyard This isn't listed on the EOS website despite being in the fixtures PDF and neither playing elsewhere on that date? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Ginaro said: This isn't listed on the EOS website despite being in the fixtures PDF and neither playing elsewhere on that date? Possibly some website technical trouble? None of the EOS Qualifying Cup ties the following midweek are showing either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Saturday 7th August 2021 Preston Athletic v Burntisland Shipyard Preston and Burntisland are the next 'odd couple'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Saturday 7th August 2021 Preston Athletic 2-3 Burntisland Shipyard Impressive win for Fifers. Today's result also sets-up R2 tie: date tbc Kinnoull v Burntisland Shipyard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzabee Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Saturday 7th August 2021 Preston Athletic 2-3 Burntisland Shipyard Impressive win for Fifers. Today's result also sets-up R2 tie: date tbc Kinnoull v Burntisland ShipyardShippy 3 up and let Preston back in it with 10 to go. Both teams hit the woodwork also. Good game all round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Saturday 14th August 2021 Coldstream v Livingston United Next up to covet the King crown are Coldstream and Livingston. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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