The Master Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 BBC and Premier have extended their TV rights for another 5 years. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/broadcaster-boost-for-scottish-gas-mens-scottish-cup/?rid=14258 Premier will show an extra game in rounds 4 and 5. It’s not explicitly mentioned, but I assume the BBC retain their 2 games in each round from 4-6 (Premier not having an extra quarter final would suggest this is the case). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 You would presume that it's the case but the BBC statement is very odd: Quote BBC Scotland will continue to broadcast live matches and highlights from the Scottish Cup for another five years. The new deal extends the BBC's arrangement of showing a game from each round - up to and including the final - on a free-to-air platform. The contract also allows the broadcaster to produce "near live digital highlights". If they dropped to one game per round, then that would leave one Quarter Final off the TV, which I can't imagine the SFA would like. The old deal was around £3-4m a season, with Premier paying the lions' share, I think around 65% of the fee. Imagine it won't be drastically different. The "near live digital highlights" is a long overdue first in Scottish football and is something that will be very interesting to see how the BBC use. Live-tweeting goal clips of non-televised games will be nice. Presuming it's the same deal, it would mean: R1: BBC R2: BBC R3: BBC R4: Premier, Premier, Premier, BBC, BBC (11 non-televised but digital clips to BBC) R5: Premier, Premier, Premier, BBC, BBC (3 non-televised but digital clips to BBC) QF: Premier, Premier, BBC, BBC SF: Premier, Premier/BBC Final: Shared 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 I would hope the pick order in R4 and R5 is Premier, Premier, BBC, BBC, Premier. Otherwise it's a worse deal for the BBC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clangers Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 So no 3pm kickoff pretty much for any premiership team especially if away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 If there are only 5 games on TV in R4, and there are 12 Premiership teams, then you'd expect at least 4 or 5 not to be on TV, maybe more depending on the draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Do we have any confirmed dates yet beyond those given in the Highland League fixture list (namely 1st round (28 September) and 2nd round (26 October)). I’m interested to know when the preliminary round takes place, and trying to use mind-control to keep it away from 7th September. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyinBorders Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Do we have any confirmed dates yet beyond those given in the Highland League fixture list (namely 1st round (28 September) and 2nd round (26 October)). I’m interested to know when the preliminary round takes place, and trying to use mind-control to keep it away from 7th September. What's so special about the 7th September apart from the fact that it is The 36th Saturday of 2024. On the 36th week of 2024. The 79th day of Summer. 1954 years sinceA Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. 88 years since the last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. And, there are 15 days left until Autumn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) 17 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Do we have any confirmed dates yet beyond those given in the Highland League fixture list (namely 1st round (28 September) and 2nd round (26 October)). I’m interested to know when the preliminary round takes place, and trying to use mind-control to keep it away from 7th September. Dates usually scarcely alter from season-to-season. Very unlikely SFA would fix Preliminary for Saturday 7th September given it's an international weekend - no doubt a relief to Fort William... Incidentally unless anybody licensed yesterday by my reckoning: Extra Preliminary (6) including 2 random byes East of Scotland First Division (1) Bo'ness Athletic qualified as winner of South, East & West of Scotland Cup-Winners' Shield West of Scotland Premier Division (1) Beith qualified as champions North Caledonian (1) Invergordon qualified as champions Midland Juniors (1) Dundee North End qualified as champions North Juniors Premier (1) Culter qualified as champions Amateurs (1) Cupar Hearts qualified as winner of Scottish Amateur Cup Preliminary (52) East of Scotland (24) Premier Division (13) Dunbar, Dundonald, Dunipace, Edinburgh Uni, Haddington, Hill of Beath, Hutchison Vale, Jeanfield, Musselburgh, Penicuik, St Andrews, Sauchie, Tynecastle First Division (5) Blackburn, Camelon, Newtongrange, Preston, Whitehill Second Division (5) Burntisland, Coldstream, Dalkeith, Easthouses, Vale of Leithen Third Division (1) Hawick West of Scotland (15) Premier Division (7) Auchinleck, Benburb, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel, Glenafton, Pollok First Division (3) Irvine Meadow, Kilwinning, Rutherglen Second Division (1) Bonnyton Third Division (3) Girvan, Glasgow Uni, Threave Fourth Division (1) Carluke South of Scotland (5) Creetown, Dalbeattie, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert, Wigtown & Bladnoch North Caledonian (2) Fort William, Golspie Midland Juniors (2) Lochee Utd, Tayport +4 from Extra Preliminary First Round (60) Lowland (16) Albion Rovers, Berwick, Bo'ness Utd, Broomhill, Broxburn, Caledonian Braves, Civil SS, Cowdenbeath, Cumbernauld Colts, East Kilbride, East Stirlingshire, Gala, Gretna, Linlithgow, Tranent, Uni of Stirling Highland (18) Banks o'Dee, Brechin, Brora, Buckie, Clachnacuddin, Deveronvale, Formartine, Forres, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Keith, Lossiemouth, Nairn, Rothes, Strathspey, Turriff, Wick +26 from Preliminary Second Round (40) SPFL2 (10) Bonnyrigg, Clyde, East Fife, Edinburgh City, Elgin, Forfar, Peterhead, Stirling Albion, Spartans, Stranraer +30 from R1 Third Round (40) Championship (10) Airdrie, Ayr Utd, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton, Livingston, Partick, Queen's Park, Raith SPFL1 (10) Alloa, Annan, Arbroath, Cove, Dumbarton, Inverness, Kelty, Montrose, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir +20 from R2 Fourth Round (32) Premiership (12) Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee Utd, Hearts, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone, St Mirren +20 from R3 Bo'ness Athletic + DNE debut. Edited June 8 by HibeeJibee 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Excellent news @HibeeJibee! If anybody from the SFA reads this, the 7th September is a terrible date to hold the Preliminary Round. Don’t do it. Just don’t. Nothing good can come of it. (In unrelated news: I’m on holiday that day.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 06/06/2024 at 16:54, The Master said: I would hope the pick order in R4 and R5 is Premier, Premier, BBC, BBC, Premier. Otherwise it's a worse deal for the BBC. Apparently, this is the case. Premier's new game is the fifth pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I went to the 1st Preliminary round last season- Abbey Vale v Cupar Hearts. It was on 12th August. My road to Hampden took me all the way from this game to the Semi Final game of Aberdeen v Celtic. Couldn't be arsed with the Final. I went from New Abbey, Dumfries to Jeanfield in Perth then up to Wick and back to Jeanfield again. Whence to Clyde twice and then to Aberdeen twice. It was quite fun if a bit exhausting. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Anyone see the definitive dates for each round anywhere? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 7 minutes ago, Hampden Diehard said: Anyone see the definitive dates for each round anywhere? Highland League included a couple of dates in their fixture list: R1 September 28th, R2 October 26th. I think that's the only place to say that's what the blank weekends are being used for the Scottish Cup. 31st August is expected to be Preliminary Round 2 based on the Scottish Junior Cup schedule. Bit of guesswork based on SPFL fixture lists R3 November 30th R4 January 18th R5 February 8th 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eadie is God Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 12 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said: Highland League included a couple of dates in their fixture list: R1 September 28th, R2 October 26th. I think that's the only place to say that's what the blank weekends are being used for the Scottish Cup. 31st August is expected to be Preliminary Round 2 based on the Scottish Junior Cup schedule. Bit of guesswork based on SPFL fixture lists R3 November 30th R4 January 18th R5 February 8th 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AML67 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 08/06/2024 at 12:09, HibeeJibee said: Dates usually scarcely alter from season-to-season. Very unlikely SFA would fix Preliminary for Saturday 7th September given it's an international weekend - no doubt a relief to Fort William... Incidentally unless anybody licensed yesterday by my reckoning: Extra Preliminary (6) including 2 random byes East of Scotland First Division (1) Bo'ness Athletic qualified as winner of South, East & West of Scotland Cup-Winners' Shield West of Scotland Premier Division (1) Beith qualified as champions North Caledonian (1) Invergordon qualified as champions Midland Juniors (1) Dundee North End qualified as champions North Juniors Premier (1) Culter qualified as champions Amateurs (1) Cupar Hearts qualified as winner of Scottish Amateur Cup Preliminary (52) East of Scotland (24) Premier Division (13) Dunbar, Dundonald, Dunipace, Edinburgh Uni, Haddington, Hill of Beath, Hutchison Vale, Jeanfield, Musselburgh, Penicuik, St Andrews, Sauchie, Tynecastle First Division (5) Blackburn, Camelon, Newtongrange, Preston, Whitehill Second Division (5) Burntisland, Coldstream, Dalkeith, Easthouses, Vale of Leithen Third Division (1) Hawick West of Scotland (15) Premier Division (7) Auchinleck, Benburb, Clydebank, Cumnock, Darvel, Glenafton, Pollok First Division (3) Irvine Meadow, Kilwinning, Rutherglen Second Division (1) Bonnyton Third Division (3) Girvan, Glasgow Uni, Threave Fourth Division (1) Carluke South of Scotland (5) Creetown, Dalbeattie, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert, Wigtown & Bladnoch North Caledonian (2) Fort William, Golspie Midland Juniors (2) Lochee Utd, Tayport +4 from Extra Preliminary First Round (60) Lowland (16) Albion Rovers, Berwick, Bo'ness Utd, Broomhill, Broxburn, Caledonian Braves, Civil SS, Cowdenbeath, Cumbernauld Colts, East Kilbride, East Stirlingshire, Gala, Gretna, Linlithgow, Tranent, Uni of Stirling Highland (18) Banks o'Dee, Brechin, Brora, Buckie, Clachnacuddin, Deveronvale, Formartine, Forres, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverurie, Keith, Lossiemouth, Nairn, Rothes, Strathspey, Turriff, Wick +26 from Preliminary Second Round (40) SPFL2 (10) Bonnyrigg, Clyde, East Fife, Edinburgh City, Elgin, Forfar, Peterhead, Stirling Albion, Spartans, Stranraer +30 from R1 Third Round (40) Championship (10) Airdrie, Ayr Utd, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Hamilton, Livingston, Partick, Queen's Park, Raith SPFL1 (10) Alloa, Annan, Arbroath, Cove, Dumbarton, Inverness, Kelty, Montrose, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir +20 from R2 Fourth Round (32) Premiership (12) Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee Utd, Hearts, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone, St Mirren +20 from R3 Bo'ness Athletic + DNE debut. Don’t suppose there’s a date for the preliminary round draws out yet ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beithboy Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 03/07/2024 at 17:18, Eadie is God said: So 4weeks away and we still don’t know when the draw is for the first 2 preliminary rounds is going to be drawn? Teams need time to make travel arrangements etc. does anybody know when the draw is going to take place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathman Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Invergordon must be hoping for a bye since the North Caley does not start until August 17 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 4 hours ago, beithboy said: So 4weeks away and we still don’t know when the draw is for the first 2 preliminary rounds is going to be drawn? Teams need time to make travel arrangements etc. does anybody know when the draw is going to take place. Last season the draw was made 17 days before the first game so... you may be waiting another week or two for the draw to happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scottish-gas-scottish-cup-dates-and-format-finalised-for-20242025-season/?rid=2107 A double draw (Men's & Women's) will take place at 7:30pm on Monday, 22nd July to confirm the ties for the first and second Preliminary Rounds in both competitions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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