Tags
Challenge Cup, Dean Fyfe, East of Scotland League, east stirlingshire, Juniors, Lowland League, Meadow Park, Playoff, Preliminary Road, Ramsden's Cup, Scotland, Scottish League, South of Scotland League, Spartans, Threave Rovers
Saturday 20th July 2013 ko 15.00
Scottish Challenge Cup Preliminary Round 2nd Leg
THREAVE ROVERS 1 (Fyfe 74)
THE SPARTANS 0
The Spartans won 4-3 on aggregate
Att 258
Entry £4
Programme £1
There’s signs of life in the lower reaches of the Scottish game for this season. There’s never been a functioning pyramid below Division 3, in the north if a club wins the Highland League there’s no way up, and in the south there’s the East of Scotland and South of Scotland Leagues, the former far stronger. And parallel to it all are the Juniors, ploughing their own furrow, a few only meeting their nominally senior compatriots in the Scottish Cup. The clubs at the bottom of Division 3 simply have carried on being uncompetitive knowing that there’s no automatic means of their removal.
For this season though, Continue reading