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Updated second round draw - on or around 1st June Auctioneers or Maryburgh v Contin or CK FC Dounby Athletic or Kirkwall Hotspurs v Helmsdale Utd or Brora Wanderers East Utd or Thorfinn v High Ormlie Hotspurs or Keiss Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union or Avoch v Benbecula or Back Fort William or Portree v Staxigoe Utd or Wick Groats Harris or Lochs v Firth or Rendall Kirkwall Rovers or Stromness Athletic v Lairg Rovers or Tain Thistle Lochinver or Halkirk v Stornoway Athletic or Stornoway Utd Mallaig or Culbokie v Highland Athletic or Ardersier Ness or Barra v Kyleakin or Stratton Wanderers Ness Utd B or Lerwick Thistle v Lybster or Lochbroom North West Skye or Inverness Athletic v Westside or Carloway Scalloway or Delting v Black Rock Rovers or Glen Urquhart Tomatin Utd or Kirkhill v Golspie Stafford or Inver Top Joes or Pentland Utd v Shetland Banks or North Isles Watten or Wick Thistle v Loch Ness or Sleat & Strath

Confirmed first round fixtures - on or around 11th May North Golspie Stafford v Inver Helmsdale Utd v Brora Wanderers High Ormlie Hotspurs v Keiss Lairg Rovers v Tain Thistle Lochinver v Halkirk Lybster v Lochbroom Staxigoe Utd v Wick Groats Top Joes v Pentland Utd Watten v Wick Thistle South Auctioneers v Maryburgh Black Rock Rovers v Glen Urquhart Contin v CK FC Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union v Avoch Fort William v Portree Highland Athletic v Ardersier Kyleakin v Stratton Wanderers Loch Ness v Sleat & Strath Mallaig v Culbokie North West Skye v Inverness Athletic Tomatin Utd v Kirkhill Western Isles Benbecula v Back Harris v Lochs Ness v Barra Stornoway Athletic v Stornoway Utd Westside v Carloway Orkney Dounby Athletic v Kirkwall Hotspurs East Utd v Thorfinn Firth v Rendall Kirkwall Rovers v Stromness Athletic Shetland Ness Utd B v Lerwick Thistle Scalloway v Delting Shetland Banks v North Isles

Preliminary round results North Castletown 0-1 Pentland Utd John o' Groats 1-5 High Ormlie Hotspurs Mallard 0-9 Golspie Stafford Thurso Academicals 0-3 Wick Groats Thurso Swifts 0-1 Helmsdale Utd Wick Thistle 5-0 Thurso Pentland South Culbokie w/o-scr Conon Bridge Culloden 3-4 Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union Gellions 2-2 (1-4p) CK FC Highland Athletic 4-2 Slackbuie Rovers Mallaig 7-1 Drakies Tomatin Utd 3-1 Hill Rovers Western Isles Back 1-0 Point Carloway 3-1 Eriskay North Uist 1-4 Westside Stornoway Athletic 3-2 Iochdar Saints Orkney East Utd 3-1 Kirkwall Accies Harray 0-6 Thorfinn Shetland Delting 6-0 Ness Utd Lerwick Spurs 2-3 Scalloway

I thought Balloan had become Stratton Wanderers, but I might be wrong

Preliminary round - Orkney Saturday 20th April 1215 Harray v Thorfinn (Kirkwall Grammar School) 1430 East Utd v Kirkwall Academicals (Dounby pitch) Preliminary round - Western Isles Friday 19th April 1830 Back v Point (Upper Coll) Saturday 20th April 1030 Carloway v Eriskay (Cnoc a' Choilich) TBC North Uist Utd v Westside (TBC) 1030 Stornoway Athletic v Iochdar Saints (Goathill Park)

The Mallard is the pub at the station in Dingwall. Stratton Wanderers were Balloan.

Second round - 1st June Auctioneers or Maryburgh v Contin or Gellions or CK FC Culloden or Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union or Avoch v Benbecula or Back or Point Dounby Athletic or Kirkwall Hotspurs v Thurso Swifts or Helmsdale Utd or Brora Wanderers East Utd or Kirkwall Academicals or Harray or Thorfinn v John o' Groats or High Ormlie Hotspurs or Keiss Fort William or Portree v Staxigoe Utd or Thurso Academicals or Wick Groats Harris or Lochs v Firth or Rendall Kirkwall Rovers or Stromness Athletic v Lairg Rovers or Tain Thistle Lerwick Spurs or Scalloway or Delting or Ness Utd v Black Rock Rovers or Glen Urquhart Lochinver or Halkirk v Stornoway Athletic or Iochdar Saints or Stornoway Utd Mallaig or Drakies or Culbokie or Conon Bridge v Highland Athletic or Slackbuie or Ardersier North West Skye or Inverness Athletic v North Uist or Westside or Carloway or Eriskay Ness or Barra v Kyleakin or Stratton Wanderers Ness Utd B or Lerwick Thistle v Lybster or Lochbroom Tomatin Utd or Hill Rovers or Kirkhill v Mallard or Golspie Stafford or Inver Top Joes or Castletown or Pentland Utd v Shetland Banks or North Isles Watten or Wick Thistle or Thurso Pentland v Loch Ness or Sleat & Strath

Draw has been made, regionalised preliminary and first round ties, before going all-in from the second round onwards. A good number of entries this season, with great representation from the island sides. Avoch are the defending champions and will be fancying their chances to hold on to the cup for another year. Preliminary round - 20th April North Castletown v Pentland Utd John o' Groats v High Ormlie Hotspurs Mallard v Golspie Stafford Thurso Academicals v Wick Groats Thurso Swifts v Helmsdale Utd Wick Thistle v Thurso Pentland South Culbokie v Conon Bridge Culloden v Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union Gellions v CK FC Highland Athletic v Slackbuie Mallaig v Drakies Tomatin Utd v Hill Rovers Western Isles Back v Point Carloway v Eriskay North Uist v Westside Stornoway Athletic v Iochdar Saints Orkney East Utd v Kirkwall Academicals Harray v Thorfinn Shetland Delting v Ness Utd Lerwick Spurs v Scalloway First round - 11th May North John o' Groats or High Ormlie Hotspurs v Keiss Lairg Rovers v Tain Thistle Lochinver v Halkirk Lybster v Lochbroom Mallard or Golspie Stafford v Inver Staxigoe Utd v Thurso Academicals or Wick Groats Thurso Swifts or Helmsdale Utd v Brora Wanderers Top Joes v Castletown or Pentland Utd Watten v Wick Thistle or Thurso Pentland South Auctioneers v Maryburgh Black Rock Rovers v Glen Urquhart Contin v Gellions or CK FC Culloden or Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union v Avoch Fort William v Portree Highland Athletic or Slackbuie v Ardersier Kyleakin v Stratton Wanderers Loch Ness v Sleat & Strath Mallaig or Drakies v Culbokie or Conon Bridge North West Skye v Inverness Athletic Tomatin Utd or Hill Rovers v Kirkhill Western Isles Benbecula v Back or Point Harris v Lochs Ness v Barra North Uist or Westside v Carloway or Eriskay Stornoway Athletic or Iochdar Saints v Stornoway Utd Orkney Dounby Athletic v Kirkwall Hotspurs East Utd or Kirkwall Academicals v Harray or Thorfinn Firth v Rendall Kirkwall Rovers v Stromness Athletic Shetland Lerwick Spurs or Scalloway v Delting or Ness Utd Ness Utd B v Lerwick Thistle Shetland Banks v North Isles

If you play like that against East Kilbride (or even Clyde), you'll get skelped. See you next season.

If this is supposedly the top side in the Highland League, then I don't think anyone will be fearing them in the playoffs. Brechin seem nervous, Wick don't seem to care.

Final was played at Harlaw Park, Inverurie (I was there!)

I think it's probably a pretty slim chance, but if they're going to the effort of simple procedure, then I wouldn't put doing a quick online keyword search past them. Could just edit the posts and remove specifics: the location, court, the signage issue etc.

They started off in the North Caley for their first season, but at the time they were pretty vocal about wanting to bring junior football to Inverness. The North Caley still being very much an amateur league in all but name and they felt they could exploit a niche. They were accepted to the juniors the season after, IIRC. Edit: they actually did two seasons in the North Caley, started in 2006/07 the entered the North Region Division 2 in 2008/09. They only ever played at Ferry Brae in their North Caley years. They won the Jock Mackay Cup as their only bit of NCL silverware.

I'd be careful here, the companies do Google searches and you've pretty much identified yourself by naming the specific location and your defence.

I think that was the issue. Ferry Brae isn't properly enclosed, no pitch barrier and no spectator toilets. I don't know what the changing rooms are like. There was a document that set out the minimum requirements from the SJFA for the Superleagues. Obviously, some clubs grandfathered in, but City were expected to meet the standard.

It wasn't City, it was one of the clubs in the amateur/welfare/whatever grade the Inverness & District were playing that year that got booted out for too many naughty words causing upset to the North Kessockians.

Tayport, Fort William and Golspie Sutherland are also licensed; although unless there are masses of points deductions for other clubs, aren't going to be winning any leagues.

You don't need a club doctor to be physically present during matches. You need one nominated to provide professional oversight to club policies, but you can have a paramedic or physio (or a doctor) present at games.

No social club at the ground. Easy enough to get the bus from city centre to the ground though.

Shame Bruce Guthro died a few months ago

Quite a lot. For all its issues, the NHS is actually pretty good at this sort of stuff.

Yes, you are delaying paying tax now with a SIPP, but the advantage is still there for higher rates tax payers in that you can use contributions to reduce your income to below the thresholds, useful if you claim e.g. child tax credits, which you start to lose currently. Also for avoiding the >60% tax trap once you start to lose your personal allowance. You obviously will see any investment gains when withdrawing your pension, but you do have some flexibility in keeping your pension income within the basic rate. For most people, paying into a pension makes more sense than an ISA, particularly when employer contributions are taken into account. I think many people forget about the value of this, if you stop your pension contributions, you will lose free money from your employer and any increase in your take home will be less than your contributions as it'll be taxed.

The advantage of AVC into e.g. a SIPP is the tax relief, which can be useful to bring yourself below some of the cliff-edge thresholds. Payments into a ISA are obviously after tax has been deducted. Saying that, an ISA is more flexible if you need the money, in a SIPP, the cash is essentially locked away until you reach 55. There is the lifetime ISA which can be used either for a house deposit for a first time buyer or can be withdrawn after 60. There is a limit of £4000 per year, but the government will pay a 25% bonus annually, topping it up to £5000, plus any interest.

Bladder cancer certainly a possibility. I also wonder about a haematological malignancy like a lymphoma/leukaemia that was picked up on his pre-op blood tests. Would fit with him "starting treatment" so soon.

It's not just the state pension itself, but those of us in the many of the public sector schemes have pensions that are linked to the state pension age. Yes, you can withdraw before then, but you take a reduction. My plans were to retire once mortgage was paid off and then use savings to bridge the gap before I could claim my pension a few years early so the reduction wasn't too acute. Will now have to run the numbers again. No way can I work until my late 60s in the NHS.