HibeeJibee Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 As noted in another thread - an adjustment to the cup format means drastically improved opportunities for EOS clubs from this season. Many will go straight into R1 - alongside the Lowland & Highland clubs - putting them only 1 win from SPFL opposition, 2 from Championshop and 3 from Premiership. Those who don't get byes only have to win 1 preliminary tie to reach R1. Preliminary will be drawn week commencing Monday 9th August - date tbc - with 11 ties & 15 byes. Preliminary ties are Saturday 28th August. Dalkeith, Dunbar, Sauchie, Clydebank, Cumnock plus Darvel make their debuts... Musselburgh, Auchinleck plus Irvine Meadow appear for first time as members having previously entered as qualifiers. Burntisland, Girvan plus Golspie also return after taking option to sit-out last season. Some formidable West Premier opponents and similarly Banks o'Dee are no pushovers. Rather impressively 2/3 of entrants hail from EOSL: East of Scotland League (24) Premier Division (16) Blackburn United, Broxburn Athletic, Camelon, Dunbar United, Dundonald Bluebell, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Jeanfield Swifts, Linlithgow Rose, Lothian Thistle HV, Musselburgh Athletic, Newtongrange Star, Penicuik Athletic, Sauchie, Tranent, Tynecastle, Whitehill Welfare First Division (8) Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Dalkeith Thistle, Dunipace, Easthouses Lily, Haddington Athletic, Hawick RAU, Preston Athletic West of Scotland League (7) Premier Division (5) Auchinleck Talbot, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel, Irvine Meadow First Division (2) Girvan, Glasgow University South of Scotland League (4) Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Threave Rovers, Wigtown & Bladnoch North Caledonian League (1) Golspie Sutherland North Juniors (1) Banks o'Dee 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malty Guy Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 nice presentation of the process 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 By my reckoning the odds are 9 or 10 out of 24 clubs should get byes tomorrow. (Remember for some reason these are entirely random so the First Division clubs plus Girvan and Glasgow Uni can obtain them). Of the remaining 14 or 15 about 2/3 of them should draw each other. Of course is all luck of the draw. Those who do have to play external opponents probably want to avoid the West Premier quintuple or Banks o'Dee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Live feed link (starts 1pm): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 They're drawing 15 byes first, then 11 ties from remainder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Byes to R1: East Premier Camelon, Hill of Beath, LTHV, Newtongrange, Sauchie, Tranent East FIrst Div Dunipace, Haddington West Premier Auchinleck, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel West First Div Glasgow Uni South St Cuthbert, Wigtown 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Preliminary ties: Linlithgow v Banks o'Dee Burntisland v Dalkeith Newton Stewart v Coldstream Irvine Meadow v Musselburgh Dundonald v Penicuik Preston v Threave Hawick v Golspie Blackburn v Easthouses Tynecastle v Girvan Jeanfield v Whitehill Dunbar v Broxburn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Wee Rose v BOD is the clear tie of the round. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Solid draw. Tough ties for Linlithgow and Musselburgh, but very able to get wins; maybe bring it back to Olivebank for Athletic... Coldstream, Preston, Hawick and Tynecastle all capable of prevailing... 8 byes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Whitehill making history and following the example of Scottish clubs in Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yessiricanboogie Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 43 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Byes to R1: East Premier Camelon, Hill of Beath, LTHV, Newtongrange, Sauchie, Tranent East FIrst Div Dunipace, Haddington West Premier Auchinleck, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel West First Div Glasgow Uni South St Cuthbert, Wigtown With 6 premier teams it means games can be brought forward. Easy options for camelon would be moving sauchie game from midweek, hill of beath game from mid week at end of September or the best option be move lthv game from midweek in November as that has no chance of us playing Saturday Tuesday Saturday at home in November. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 12/08/2021 at 13:11, HibeeJibee said: Preliminary ties: Linlithgow v Banks o'Dee Burntisland v Dalkeith Newton Stewart v Coldstream Irvine Meadow v Musselburgh Dundonald v Penicuik Preston v Threave Hawick v Golspie Blackburn v Easthouses Tynecastle v Girvan Jeanfield v Whitehill Dunbar v Broxburn Good luck to all EOS contestants tomorrow. I'd be hopeful of at least 16 clubs featuring in R1... 8 already got byes; there are 5 all-EOS ties (where Burntisland, Penicuik, Blackburn, Jeanfield and Broxburn are probably favourites albeit Dundonald and Dunbar in particular might have a lot to say about that); and there are 6 other games. Of those a misfiring Linlithgow face a tough tie at home v BoD, who routinely obliterate most opposition great and small, but it's hard to know how that translates into matches against clubs outwith the north-east. Similarly story with Threave who are the cream of SOS but that means a big fish in a shallow pond visiting a resurgent Preston. Tynecastle and Hawick will be favourites... Musselburgh and struggling Coldstream will be underdogs and might take a replay. Postponements, abandonments or replays try again next Saturday; except Dundonald v Penicuik (this Tuesday) and Blackburn v Easthouses (this Wednesday only if postponed/abandoned). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 "Hawick will be favourites" Not an oft typed sentence... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, tamthebam said: "Hawick will be favourites" Not an oft typed sentence... and not deserved either as it proves. Blackburn United 2-1 Easthouses Lily Burntisland Shipyard 1-1 Dalkeith Thistle Dunbar United 3-1 Broxburn Athletic Dundonald Bluebell 1-3 Penicuik Athletic Hawick RAU 0-2 Golspie Sutherland Irvine Meadow 2-1 Musselburgh Athletic Jeanfield Swifts 4-1 Whitehill Welfare Linlithgow Rose 1-2 Banks o'Dee Newton Stewart 1-3 Coldstream Preston Athletic 2-0 Threave Rovers Tynecastle 4-2 Girvan Disappointment for Hawick, Musselburgh and Linlithgow. Excellent wins for Coldstream, Preston and Tynecastle. Impressive debut from Dunbar. R1 draw is tomorrow at 5:30pm: Highland League (18) Brechin City, Brora Rangers, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Deveronvale, Formartine United, Forres Mechanics, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie Loco Works, Keith, Lossiemouth, Nairn County, Rothes, Strathspey Thistle, Turriff United, Wick Academy East of Scotland League (16) Premier Division Blackburn United, Camelon, Dunbar United, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Jeanfield Swifts, Lothian Thistle HV, Newtongrange Star, Penicuik Athletic, Sauchie, Tranent, Tynecastle First Division Coldstream, Dalkeith Thistle/Burntisland Shipyard, Dunipace, Haddington Athletic, Preston Athletic Lowland League (16) Berwick Rangers, Bo'ness United, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Broomhill, Caledonian Braves, Civil Service Strollers, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star, East Kilbride, East Stirlingshire, Edinburgh University, Gala Fairydean Rovers, Gretna 2008, Spartans, University of Stirling, Vale of Leithen West of Scotland League (6) Premier Division Auchinleck Talbot, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel, Irvine Meadow First Division Glasgow University South of Scotland League (2) St Cuthbert Wanderers, Wigtown & Bladnoch North Caledonian League (1) Golspie Sutherland North Juniors (1) Banks o'Dee Edited August 28, 2021 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Noticed a mistake above :- Bo'ness United are the Lowland League team ...... Bo'ness Athletic are not in the cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue White Dynamite Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 21 hours ago, tamthebam said: "Hawick will be favourites" Not an oft typed sentence... Hawick RA Utd 0 Golspie Sutherland 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#DUFC Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Great result for Dunbar v Broxburn. Great attendance and support today. Weathered the storm last 15/20 mins of first half but well deserved win. Hopefully another home tie in next round. What a day for the club and community. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blowin In the Wind Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 42 minutes ago, #DUFC said: Great result for Dunbar v Broxburn. Great attendance and support today. Weathered the storm last 15/20 mins of first half but well deserved win. Hopefully another home tie in next round. What a day for the club and community. Gifted 3 goals and Broxburn missed 3 really good chances at 1-1, but seriously all the best to Dunbar in the next rounds. Broxburn did it a few years ago and it can be a real adventure. Always a great place to visit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yessiricanboogie Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, Blowin In the Wind said: Gifted 3 goals and Broxburn missed 3 really good chances at 1-1, but seriously all the best to Dunbar in the next rounds. Broxburn did it a few years ago and it can be a real adventure. Always a great place to visit. Dunbar and penicuik have been my favourite to visit so far this season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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