Deanburn Dave Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Scottish Cup First Round draw is on Monday 29 August. Best of luck to the Lowland league teams...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekok Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Agree would be good to get all into round 2 ( and beyond ) to show up the dolts ( spooky, spellcheck came up with Colts )calling us a tinpot league. Yes ,not perfect but lots to commend and in my opinion the best value for money in Scottish football. Game at Spartans yesterday was a great watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowdenleith Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Something bothering me, why don’t they just rename the preliminary round as the first round, and renumber the rest to include a 6th round before the quarters, like they do in England? Seems sensible to me…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Nation Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Cowdenleith said: Something bothering me, why don’t they just rename the preliminary round as the first round, and renumber the rest to include a 6th round before the quarters, like they do in England? Seems sensible to me…. The FA Cup has six preliminary rounds, so their QF (round 6) is actually the 12th round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 In the FA Cup they start the First Round proper once the first EFL sides enter. Guessing that distinction dates back to before they had a proper pyramid. The Preliminary in the Scottish makes sense to me at the moment as byes are given. If they go back to the two Prelims with membership expansion it won't make as much sense. A distinction at the point might that the First Round sees the first clubs enter from the Professional Game Board leagues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 minute ago, FairWeatherFan said: In the FA Cup they start the First Round proper once the first EFL sides enter. Guessing that distinction dates back to before they had a proper pyramid. The Preliminary in the Scottish makes sense to me at the moment as byes are given. If they go back to the two Prelims with membership expansion it won't make as much sense. A distinction at the point might that the First Round sees the first clubs enter from the Professional Game Board leagues. Probably be at least a couple more rounds added in Scotland as non league football gets organised over the next decade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, PossilYM said: Probably be at least a couple more rounds added in Scotland as non league football gets organised over the next decade. Going to be quite a while to have more than two preliminaries if they keep the current First Round onwards format. 26 teams enter the First Round from Tier 6 or higher. 2nd Prelim could hold 52 and the 1st Prelim could hold 104. Needs 50+ teams to get licenced and max qualifiers to fill those spots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 hour ago, FairWeatherFan said: Going to be quite a while to have more than two preliminaries if they keep the current First Round onwards format. 26 teams enter the First Round from Tier 6 or higher. 2nd Prelim could hold 52 and the 1st Prelim could hold 104. Needs 50+ teams to get licenced and max qualifiers to fill those spots. Would be thinking East/West and South could find 50 extra clubs that would be looking to gain a SFA licence and go into the big Scottish. I'd be hoping half the Wosfl would be interested to start with this decade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, PossilYM said: Would be thinking East/West and South could find 50 extra clubs that would be looking to gain a SFA licence and go into the big Scottish. I'd be hoping half the Wosfl would be interested to start with this decade. Looking at & achieving are two different things. 50's a massive number even including those in the Highland area. Especially as over time there have been changes to licencing standards. Which is why people openly speculate on the introduction of seating. Much like floodlights, before licencing was introduced a seated stand was a requirement. Edited August 28, 2022 by FairWeatherFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 39 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Looking at & achieving are two different things. 50's a massive number even including those in the Highland area. Especially as over time there have been changes to licencing standards. Which is why people openly speculate on the introduction of seating. Much like floodlights, before licencing was introduced a seated stand was a requirement. Going by what I've seen around the West Region more than a few clubs have installed a degree of seats that were nonexistent in the old Junior days a few seasons ago. Obviously a club like Talbot who took the old stand extension at Hamilton Accies brick by brick to Ayrshire. Further down the Leagues the two small built seated stands at Blantyre Vics that look as though the hold about a 100 between then. Depends what the basics for a SFA licence are. 100/200 seats under cover in the future. Not exactly impossible for an ambitious club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) First Round Draw 1 Gretna 2008 v Edinburgh Univ 2 Cumbernauld Colts v Dalbeattie Star 3 Jeanfield Swifts v Brechin City 4 Musselburgh Ath v Newtongrange Star 5 Forres Mechanics v Glasgow Univ 6 Gala Fairydean Rovers v Sauchie 7 Keith v Cumnock 8 Syngenta v Auchinleck Talbot 9 Benburb v Dundonald Bleubell 10 Banks o' Dee v Turriff Utd 11 Rutherglen Glencairn/Kilwinnning Rangers v Tranent 12 Strathspey Thistle v Camelon 13 Darvel v Tynecastle 14 Formartine Utd v East Stirlingshire 15 Carnoustie Panmure/Hawick Royal Albert v Rothes 16 Wick Academy v Lochee Utd 17 Civil Service Strollers v Fraserburgh 18 Linlithgow Rose v Berwick Rangers 19 Lossiemouth v Buckie Thistle 20 Nairn County v Drumchapel United 21 Cowdenbeath v Bo'ness Utd 22 Pollok v Huntly 23 Dunbar Utd v Clachnacuddin 24 Dunipace v Broxburn Athletic 25 Caledonian Braves v Newton Stewart 26 Deveronvale v East Kilbride 27 Clydebank v Spartans 28 Irvine Meadow/Hill of Beath v Inverurie Locos 29 Open Goal Broomhill v Brora Rangers 30 University of Stirling v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Edited August 29, 2022 by Footballfirst 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigiemack Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Formartine away for the third time in 10 years. I want to cry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigiemack Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 TV Game surely BSC Cumbernauld against B'Jesus Brora Rangers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 16 minutes ago, craigiemack said: TV Game surely BSC Cumbernauld against B'Jesus Brora Rangers? The BBC have a thing about former SPFL side so could be Cowden v Bo’ness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekok Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Something tells me Broomhill v Brora. Sure Simon on the case already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretnascotty Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Cracking draw for Gretna, although the team we beat 7-2 earlier this season will be much changed for the cup i'm sure. Still i fancy us to come through that & hopefully earn a good tie in the following round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 12 hours ago, ekok said: Something tells me Broomhill v Brora. Sure Simon on the case already. That's the one that jumped out at me for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 15:15, Footballfirst said: First Round Draw 1 Gretna 2008 v Edinburgh Univ 2 Cumbernauld Colts v Dalbeattie Star 3 Jeanfield Swifts v Brechin City 4 Musselburgh Ath v Newtongrange Star 5 Forres Mechanics v Glasgow Univ 6 Gala Fairydean Rovers v Sauchie 7 Keith v Cumnock 8 Syngenta v Auchinleck Talbot 9 Benburb v Dundonald Bleubell 10 Banks o' Dee v Turriff Utd 11 Rutherglen Glencairn/Kilwinnning Rangers v Tranent 12 Strathspey Thistle v Camelon 13 Darvel v Tynecastle 14 Formartine Utd v East Stirlingshire 15 Carnoustie Panmure/Hawick Royal Albert v Rothes 16 Wick Academy v Lochee Utd 17 Civil Service Strollers v Fraserburgh 18 Linlithgow Rose v Berwick Rangers 19 Lossiemouth v Buckie Thistle 20 Nairn County v Drumchapel United 21 Cowdenbeath v Bo'ness Utd 22 Pollok v Huntly 23 Dunbar Utd v Clachnacuddin 24 Dunipace v Broxburn Athletic 25 Caledonian Braves v Newton Stewart 26 Deveronvale v East Kilbride 27 Clydebank v Spartans 28 Irvine Meadow/Hill of Beath v Inverurie Locos 29 Open Goal Broomhill v Brora Rangers 30 University of Stirling v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Three gone immediately with games against fellow LL rivals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 15:15, Footballfirst said: First Round Draw 1 Gretna 2008 v Edinburgh Univ 2 Cumbernauld Colts v Dalbeattie Star 3 Jeanfield Swifts v Brechin City 4 Musselburgh Ath v Newtongrange Star 5 Forres Mechanics v Glasgow Univ 6 Gala Fairydean Rovers v Sauchie 7 Keith v Cumnock 8 Syngenta v Auchinleck Talbot 9 Benburb v Dundonald Bleubell 10 Banks o' Dee v Turriff Utd 11 Rutherglen Glencairn/Kilwinnning Rangers v Tranent 12 Strathspey Thistle v Camelon 13 Darvel v Tynecastle 14 Formartine Utd v East Stirlingshire 15 Carnoustie Panmure/Hawick Royal Albert v Rothes 16 Wick Academy v Lochee Utd 17 Civil Service Strollers v Fraserburgh 18 Linlithgow Rose v Berwick Rangers 19 Lossiemouth v Buckie Thistle 20 Nairn County v Drumchapel United 21 Cowdenbeath v Bo'ness Utd 22 Pollok v Huntly 23 Dunbar Utd v Clachnacuddin 24 Dunipace v Broxburn Athletic 25 Caledonian Braves v Newton Stewart 26 Deveronvale v East Kilbride 27 Clydebank v Spartans 28 Irvine Meadow/Hill of Beath v Inverurie Locos 29 Open Goal Broomhill v Brora Rangers 30 University of Stirling v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Have Dundonald got a French tie-in now a la Edusport? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigiemack Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Clayhole Blue said: Have Dundonald got a French tie-in now a la Edusport? Sacre Bleu not another one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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