HibeeJibee Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Greatest entry of any senior tournament since 1891 with 163 clubs participating. Auchinleck are the holders. Bonnyrigg no longer feature... Cowdenbeath debut alongside new WOSL clubs Easterhouse, Eglinton, Rossvale Academy, Thorn Athletic and West Park Utd. Newburgh banned for offences. Opening pair of rounds are again regionalised - although in practice over 90 clubs get R1 byes. R1 & R2 draws for zones involving EOSL clubs: Crossgates v Uni of Stirling and Luncarty v Kirkintilloch eye-up shocks over higher opposition in other leagues, while Glenrothes see OG Broomhill bandwagon/circus roll into town. Armadale v Tranent especially attractive. Jeanfield will look forward to hosting Cowdenbeath or Cumbernauld Colts, while Sauchie will fancy their chance against Cumbernauld Utd and Musselburgh will hope to shock Gala. Depending on wins in R1 there could be attractive match-ups like Penicuik v Peebles, Heriot-Watt Uni v Edinburgh Uni, Whitburn v Broxburn and Haddington v Tranent. Edited July 10, 2022 by HibeeJibee 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) Camelon 4-2 West Park United Cowdenbeath 0-2 Cumbernauld Colts Crossgates Primrose 1-3 University of Stirling East Stirlingshire 2-0 Kirkcaldy & Dysart Glenrothes 1-0 Open Goal Broomhill Kilsyth Rangers 1-5 Hill of Beath Hawthorn Luncarty 2-3 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (aet, FT 2-2) Rosyth 0-3 Gartcairn Shotts Bon Accord 6-0 Burntisland Bathgate Thistle 0-5 Penicuik Athletic Civil Service Strollers 6-1 Heriot-Watt University Dalkeith Thistle 0-3 Whitburn Edinburgh United 4-2 Pumpherston Ormiston Primrose 2-1 Easthouses Lily Tweedmouth Rangers 2-3 Dunbar Tynecastle 2-1 Livingston United West Calder United 4-1 Edinburgh College Excellent afternoon's work from the league's representatives. Glenrothes beating OG Broomhill a particular standout given the gulf in tiers and resources - they'll be crying into their podcasts tonight. Hill of Beath hammered Kilsyth Rangers on their own patch also worthy of special mention. Camelon recovered to see off West Park. Armadale will scent another shock hosting Tranent tomorrow at Bathgate. Dunbar and Tynecastle both survived apparent scares. Luncarty led against West Premier leaders Kirkintilloch before ultimately losing narrowly aet. Kirkcaldy & Dysart held East Stirlingshire until 71mins, whilst Crossgates put up a great fight against Uni of Strirling. Rosyth and Burntisland were always likely to be underdogs against Gartcairn and Shotts, although the margins of defeat are perhaps the only clouds on an otherwise silver day. Edited August 20, 2022 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) R2 is Saturday 10th September, with winners advancing to 'all-in' R3. North-East Zone ties: Bo'ness United v Thorniewood United Camelon v Thornton Hibs Easterhouse v Kinnoull Gartcairn v Syngenta Glenrothes v Bellshill Athletic Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts v Kilsyth Athletic Jeanfield Swifts v Cumbernauld Colts Kennoway Star Hearts v Glasgow University Hill of Beath Hawthorn v Dunipace Linlithgow Rose v Oakley United Lochgelly Albert v Bo'ness Athletic Lochore Welfare v Dundonald Bluebell Rossvale Academy v Shotts Bon Accord Sauchie v Cumbernauld United St Andrews United v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy University of Stirling v East Stirlingshire South-East Zone ties: Civil Service Strollers v Edinburgh University Coldstream v Harthill Royal Dunbar United v Preston Athletic Edinburgh South v Arniston Rangers (Sun 11 Sep) Edinburgh United v Blackburn United Fauldhouse United v Hawick Royal Albert Haddington Athletic v Armadale Thistle/Tranent Lothian Thistle HV v Craigroyston (Fri 9 Sep) Musselburgh Athletic v Gala Fairydean Rovers Newtongrange Star v West Calder United Penicuik Athletic v Peebles Rovers Spartans v Berwick Rangers Stoneyburn v Ormiston Vale of Leithen v Tynecastle Whitburn v Broxburn Athletic Whitehill Welfare v Leith Athletic Edited August 20, 2022 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Well done to the Fulshie, some result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Burnieman said: Well done to the Fulshie, some result. Wrong thread - our opportunity to be dumped from the South Challenge Cup arrives next month. Armadale Thistle 1-2 Tranent R2 SE: Haddington Athletic v Tranent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Just been at the Armadale v Tranent game. Really good competitive cup tie between 2 sides that want to try and play football. Really impressed with Armadale today. Whether they raised their game today to be playing a bigger side, or whether they actually fancied their chances and just had a go, one thing is for sure... that is a far better side than their current tier 9 ranking would suggest! Any tier 6 team with any sort of transfer budget should be having a look at their goalie and the lad wearing Number 8 today (Rooster?) Armadale started the game lively... then out of nowhere lost an early goal. That knocked them out their stride a bit, but they never allowed Tranent any easy or comfortable possession and slowly they started to play some nice triangles and make some runs forward again. They probably should have been level before the break, but a couple of bad touches in the box, good blocks by the Tranent defence and a good save by the goalie, the went in behind. Started the 2nd half outplaying Tranent in the midfield. And this is a Tranent side with a good and solid midfield. But a good break forward by Tranent into the box resulted in a penalty and they were 2 up. This was possibly where they difference in league standings showed, Tranent were able to run a little more directly and when up against it, find a way to score. Armadale deservedly got a consolation right at the end and at final whistle, looked to be a lot of respect and well wishes from the Tranent staff to them. Definitely job done for Tranent. They have survived a real scare and come out the winners in much closer game than I think they imagined. Not often I say it, but... sympathy to the referee today. The stand side linesman had an absolute shocker. I think I heard someone say it was his first game today... if that's accurate, it showed! About 3 times the ref had to run over to chat with him about what his decision actually was! He twice flagged Armadale offside as they were chasing the game. The first looked a bad decision, but can almost understand it as a few players were close together... a couple would have been off, but the lad that gathered the ball and went through with just keeper to beat, was definitely on. The second was just abysmal... again Armadale player running in from left wing to go through on goal was flagged offside... must have been on by near to 10 yards... played on by the left fullback who was closest player to the linesman! As ref said to the Armadale bench both times, he's got to trust the linesmans decision as he has the better angle and was in line with play... And as this "quick" post turns into a bit of an accidental essay... a final word on Creamery Park... my first time seeing it's new enclosure and it's a really nice, moden standing area. Not dissimilar to the safe standing areas you see in continental stadiums. Three tiers of spacious standing area. Could become a standard addition for clubs looking to get their licence. The stantions at the front are a little annoying as can block the view... but the only real negative comment is, I think they've built it a little far from the pitch! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Jordi1977 said: Just been at the Armadale v Tranent game. Really good competitive cup tie between 2 sides that want to try and play football. Really impressed with Armadale today. Whether they raised their game today to be playing a bigger side, or whether they actually fancied their chances and just had a go, one thing is for sure... that is a far better side than their current tier 9 ranking would suggest! Any tier 6 team with any sort of transfer budget should be having a look at their goalie and the lad wearing Number 8 today (Rooster?) Armadale started the game lively... then out of nowhere lost an early goal. That knocked them out their stride a bit, but they never allowed Tranent any easy or comfortable possession and slowly they started to play some nice triangles and make some runs forward again. They probably should have been level before the break, but a couple of bad touches in the box, good blocks by the Tranent defence and a good save by the goalie, the went in behind. Started the 2nd half outplaying Tranent in the midfield. And this is a Tranent side with a good and solid midfield. But a good break forward by Tranent into the box resulted in a penalty and they were 2 up. This was possibly where they difference in league standings showed, Tranent were able to run a little more directly and when up against it, find a way to score. Armadale deservedly got a consolation right at the end and at final whistle, looked to be a lot of respect and well wishes from the Tranent staff to them. Definitely job done for Tranent. They have survived a real scare and come out the winners in much closer game than I think they imagined. Not often I say it, but... sympathy to the referee today. The stand side linesman had an absolute shocker. I think I heard someone say it was his first game today... if that's accurate, it showed! About 3 times the ref had to run over to chat with him about what his decision actually was! He twice flagged Armadale offside as they were chasing the game. The first looked a bad decision, but can almost understand it as a few players were close together... a couple would have been off, but the lad that gathered the ball and went through with just keeper to beat, was definitely on. The second was just abysmal... again Armadale player running in from left wing to go through on goal was flagged offside... must have been on by near to 10 yards... played on by the left fullback who was closest player to the linesman! As ref said to the Armadale bench both times, he's got to trust the linesmans decision as he has the better angle and was in line with play... And as this "quick" post turns into a bit of an accidental essay... a final word on Creamery Park... my first time seeing it's new enclosure and it's a really nice, moden standing area. Not dissimilar to the safe standing areas you see in continental stadiums. Three tiers of spacious standing area. Could become a standard addition for clubs looking to get their licence. The stantions at the front are a little annoying as can block the view... but the only real negative comment is, I think they've built it a little far from the pitch! The goalie's just moved there from a tier five side (Bo'ness United). Great keeper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, John S said: The goalie's just moved there from a tier five side (Bo'ness United). Great keeper That's a very good bit of business done there by Armadale. He looked a really good keeper on todays showing. Is he on loan? Or a permanent deal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jordi1977 said: That's a very good bit of business done there by Armadale. He looked a really good keeper on todays showing. Is he on loan? Or a permanent deal? Permanent as far as I'm aware 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Got to agree, looked a VERY solid keeper and had a couple of excellent saved. The RB was brilliant too, the winger he was up against was good. The one time he was caught out of position and the covering player gave away the penalty. The linesman was a disaster... he should've been on the other side away from the shouts from the stand as he completely shat the bed. Denied Dale a couple of breakaway chances and didn't seem sure himself what decisions he was giving. Never 3 divisions between the teams but we've done the reasons behind that to death now. Tranent never looked like losing it though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man from the East Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 4 hours ago, John S said: Permanent as far as I'm aware I’m told that he just found the various LL fixtures taking up too much personal time. Local level football gives a bit more personal time and a better Football/life balance. a very valid reason. so I’m told. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderbrokeyourhearts Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Just been at the Armadale v Tranent game. Really good competitive cup tie between 2 sides that want to try and play football. Really impressed with Armadale today. Whether they raised their game today to be playing a bigger side, or whether they actually fancied their chances and just had a go, one thing is for sure... that is a far better side than their current tier 9 ranking would suggest! Any tier 6 team with any sort of transfer budget should be having a look at their goalie and the lad wearing Number 8 today (Rooster?) Armadale started the game lively... then out of nowhere lost an early goal. That knocked them out their stride a bit, but they never allowed Tranent any easy or comfortable possession and slowly they started to play some nice triangles and make some runs forward again. They probably should have been level before the break, but a couple of bad touches in the box, good blocks by the Tranent defence and a good save by the goalie, the went in behind. Started the 2nd half outplaying Tranent in the midfield. And this is a Tranent side with a good and solid midfield. But a good break forward by Tranent into the box resulted in a penalty and they were 2 up. This was possibly where they difference in league standings showed, Tranent were able to run a little more directly and when up against it, find a way to score. Armadale deservedly got a consolation right at the end and at final whistle, looked to be a lot of respect and well wishes from the Tranent staff to them. Definitely job done for Tranent. They have survived a real scare and come out the winners in much closer game than I think they imagined. Not often I say it, but... sympathy to the referee today. The stand side linesman had an absolute shocker. I think I heard someone say it was his first game today... if that's accurate, it showed! About 3 times the ref had to run over to chat with him about what his decision actually was! He twice flagged Armadale offside as they were chasing the game. The first looked a bad decision, but can almost understand it as a few players were close together... a couple would have been off, but the lad that gathered the ball and went through with just keeper to beat, was definitely on. The second was just abysmal... again Armadale player running in from left wing to go through on goal was flagged offside... must have been on by near to 10 yards... played on by the left fullback who was closest player to the linesman! As ref said to the Armadale bench both times, he's got to trust the linesmans decision as he has the better angle and was in line with play... And as this "quick" post turns into a bit of an accidental essay... a final word on Creamery Park... my first time seeing it's new enclosure and it's a really nice, moden standing area. Not dissimilar to the safe standing areas you see in continental stadiums. Three tiers of spacious standing area. Could become a standard addition for clubs looking to get their licence. The stantions at the front are a little annoying as can block the view... but the only real negative comment is, I think they've built it a little far from the pitch!Armadale are comfortably a Premier or division 1 team. It’s just circumstance they are where they are.Rooster was captain of Linlithgow only 12 months ago and although all getting into their 30s. Strickland, him and Leiper if still playing are all good players. Would imagine them and Bo’ness will go up twice in the next two years with Whitburn and Syngenta a year ahead. Will take a good 3 or 4 seasons for everyone to find their right place and these 10-0s to start disappearing. At the end of all this if the LL finally open up the pyramid will have been a great success, but you can already see the EOS has been handled really well, it’s just a shame it didn’t all happen at once and we would have this conference x in the wrong place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) On 20/08/2022 at 19:45, HibeeJibee said: Luncarty led against West Premier leaders Kirkintilloch before ultimately losing narrowly aet. ... but Kirkintilloch failed to check the suspensions and fielded a banned player, so Luncarty progress to visit St Andrews: St Andrews United v Luncarty Muirkirk similarly booted out with Kello now travelling to Royal Albert: Edited August 26, 2022 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 Sensibly and unsurprisingly this weekend's 64 cancelled ties in R2 have been rescheduled to the date of the next round (Sat 15th Oct) - which effectively leaves the cup running to last season's pattern. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 42 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Sensibly and unsurprisingly this weekend's 64 cancelled ties in R2 have been rescheduled to the date of the next round (Sat 15th Oct) - which effectively leaves the cup running to last season's pattern. Useful to have a big gap between the original dates for the semis on 1 April and the final on 28 May, no doubt that'll be filled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Delayed from 5 weeks ago by HM Queen Elizabeth II's passing, this weekend sees R2 belatedly go ahead... starting with a pair of ties tonight. Dunbar v Preston, Haddington v Tranent, Jeanfield v Cumbernauld Colts and Musselburgh v Gala look especially attractive, alongside several intriguing East-West clashes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Gartcairn 4-3 Syngenta (aet, FT 3-3) LTHV 3-0 Craigroyston HT "the Dyes" led 0-3 ...! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Went to Paties Road today for Edinburgh South v Arniston 4-1. Not a bad game, bit hectic at times as the youngsters couldn't get the ball down. The sending off of Rangers no.3 made the game easier in the 2nd half, finished by an audacious shot/lob from inside his own half for goal number 4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Mixed bag for the EoS in the Third Round. Abbey Vale v. East Kilbride Auchinleck Talbot v. Neilston Bo'ness United v. Penicuik Athletic Caledonian Braves v. Rutherglen Glencairn Cambuslang Rangers v. Newton Stewart Clydebank v. Largs Thistle Coldstream v. Broxburn Athletic Dunipace v. Tynecastle Edinburgh South v. St Cadoc's Gartcairn v. Dunbar United Glasgow United v. Sauchie Juniors Glenafton Athletic v. Kinnoull Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts v. Bo'ness Athletic Jeanfield Swifts v. Lochar Thistle Kilwinning Rangers v. Musselburgh Athletic Leith Athletic v. Fauldhouse United Linlithgow Rose v. Civil Service Strollers Lothian Thistle HV v. Kello Rovers Luncarty v. Thornton Hibs Maryhill v. Ashfield Maybole v. Glenrothes Newtongrange Star v. Stoneyburn Renfrew v. Cumnock Juniors Rossvale Juniors v. Johnstone Burgh Shotts Bon Accord v. Dundonald Bluebell Spartans v. Glasgow University Stirling University v. East Kilbride Thistle/Darvel Threave Rovers v. Lesmahagow/Whitletts Victoria Tranent Juniors v. Blackburn United Troon v. St Cuthbert Wanderers Vale of Clyde v. Irvine Meadow Yoker Athletic v. Drumchapel United 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Tough draws for Penicuik, Linlithgow and Blackburn against solid LL teams - ditto Kinnoull and Musselburgh at WOSL Premier outfits while Dunbar and Edinburgh South face strong WOSL First sides. Dundonald, Glenrothes, LTHV and Sauchie should be favourites against lower level West clubs. Jeanfield should easily dispatch Lochar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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