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Cumbernauld Colts 2 v 1 BSC Glasgow

Not a betting person, but if any bookmaker is still offering those odds for the Cumbernauld Colts v BSC Glasgow game tomorrow, I might be tempted to chance my arm, once I know tonight’s score, of course.

Think it was honours even between them last season, with both sides winning at home. I’m setting my sights lower and just hoping Edinburgh University can break their scoring duck this weekend.

Edinburgh University has lost quite a few experienced players this season and others are still not back; it’s also a few weeks until term time and new blood, so the next few weeks will probably see a patched up team and, alas, painful defeats.

Agree with your Kelty prediction. Caledonian Braves have quite a young team, so three games in a week might be tough for them, and Kelty should prove a stiffer test than Gretna 2008 and Edinburgh University, respectively. I think the Strollers v Rose game is harder to predict.

Friday 2nd Cumbernauld Colts v BSC Glasgow Saturday 3rd Berwick Rangers v Stirling University Caledonian Braves v Kelty Hearts Civil Service Strollers v Bonnyrigg Rose Dalbeattie Star v Gala Fairydean East Stirlingshire v Gretna 2008 The Spartans v Edinburgh University Vale of Leithen v East Kilbride Some interesting fixtures this weekend. Who will lose their 100% record, who will get their first point(s)? How many teams will be at the bottom on 0 points by Saturday evening?

You kill me, Nimmo’s notes.

How does a side go from losing 8-0 at the weekend to almost holding the defending champions to a draw?

Caledonian Braves 3 v 2 Gretna 2008

Ouch. Don’t think the University keeper could do anything about either.

Just seen the East Stirlingshire opener, cracking strike.

Looks as if they have worked hard to get things done. Sure they would have preferred a Saturday for their first new home game, but hey ho. Perhaps this thread could now be renamed, too.

Good points but still not much clearer on why it is that others write them off so blithely. If they were a flash in the pan, then that would perhaps be understandable, but they seem to have been consistently rising over the seasons, so you would perhaps expect them to be considered as potential winners. However, when I see people predict their challengers, they rarely get a mention.

Not entirely sure why that should be. Second last year, hard to beat, and certainly capable of scoring goals.

BSC will surely be happy to have taken 4 points from two tricky opening fixtures. The Spartans’ Twitter feed made it sound as if it was rather robust at times.