Was watching sky sports and saw some of the other 1st division teams got there fixtures, if so does anyone know who we got

We have got a bye to the final.

Full draw:

Airdrie United v Queen of the South

Ross County v Berwick Rangers

Whitehill Welfare or Threave Rovers v Inverurie Loco Works

Deveronvale or Buckie Thistle v Ayr United

Cowdenbeath v Alloa Athletic

Albion Rovers v Elgin City

Stirling Albion v Huntly or Auchinleck Talbot

Clyde v Livingston

Irvine Meadow v Arbroath

Edinburgh City v Keith

Wick Academy v Brechin City

Stenhousemuir v Cove Rangers

Greenock Morton v Dumbarton

Montrose v East Fife

Raith Rovers v Peterhead

Spartans v Forfar Athletic

Was watching sky sports and saw some of the other 1st division teams got there fixtures, if so does anyone know who we got

Sssshhhh! they have forgotten we are not an SPL team anymore

We come in in the fourth round because we were SPL last season. Tie to be played 9th January 2010.

We come in in the fourth round because we were SPL last season. Tie to be played 9th January 2010.

Ayr away would be great

Scottish Cup format doc' attached. :tonguecheek:

Format___Composition.doc

We come in in the fourth round because we were SPL last season. Tie to be played 9th January 2010.

Ayr away would be great

:tonguecheek: ?Lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)?

See the Gypo's get another home tie!!! they seem to get a very high percentage at home, are they using some strange gypsy magic to conjour this up?

Good chance to Loco's to progress though.

See the Gypo's get another home tie!!! they seem to get a very high percentage at home, are they using some strange gypsy magic to conjour this up?

Good chance to Loco's to progress though.

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Had me going for a bit there Johndo :) ;) :)

Aye it's the bottom 6 from last season's div 1. Put it another way, unless we finish in the top 4, we'll be playing in the Cup next November.

Scottish Cup format doc' attached. :)

Makes things a lot clearer, I thought there were a few teams missing from div 1.

See the Gypo's get another home tie!!! they seem to get a very high percentage at home, are they using some strange gypsy magic to conjour this up?

As far as I can see in the CIS and Challenge Cups to date (ICT are not yet in the Scottish Cup), both Ross County AND Caley Thistle have had five home draws and one away. (ICT to Partick Thistle and Ross County to ICT). The odds against that are around 10.7 to 1.

Then there's the additional matter that between the first and second rounds of the CIS and Challenge Cup, ICT were drawn at home to Third Division opponents on all four occasions. I once calculated the odds against that as around 4000 to 1 but it's so long ago that I've forgotten how I did it. :)

See the Gypo's get another home tie!!! they seem to get a very high percentage at home, are they using some strange gypsy magic to conjour this up?

As far as I can see in the CIS and Challenge Cups to date (ICT are not yet in the Scottish Cup), both Ross County AND Caley Thistle have had five home draws and one away. (ICT to Partick Thistle and Ross County to ICT). The odds against that are around 10.7 to 1.

Then there's the additional matter that between the first and second rounds of the CIS and Challenge Cup, ICT were drawn at home to Third Division opponents on all four occasions. I once calculated the odds against that as around 4000 to 1 but it's so long ago that I've forgotten how I did it. :)

Before I hang my anorack up, the odds would be variable for the second round, depending on how many 3rd division teams are still in the competition.

Great for you to take some time out and come on to this web site Mr Charles Bannerman.

Saw you on tv the other week, on the motorbike, travelling from Australia to Japan, awesome.

Saw you on tv the other week, on the motorbike, travelling from Australia to Japan, awesome.

In my day we only had ash trays on motorbikes. Now not only do they have television but are amphibious as well. :)

In my day we only had ash trays on motorbikes. Now not only do they have television but are amphibious as well. :)

nahh, more lo-tech than that

Before I hang my anorack up, the odds would be variable for the second round, depending on how many 3rd division teams are still in the competition.

You should maybe get that anora©k off the peg again since what I was working out were the odds against what actually happened, using the teams actually present at each stage so your suggestion doesn't in practice arise.

Before I hang my anorack up, the odds would be variable for the second round, depending on how many 3rd division teams are still in the competition.

You should maybe get that anora?k off the peg again since what I was working out were the odds against what actually happened, using the teams actually present at each stage so your suggestion doesn't in practice arise.

I stand corrected. I made it 456,876,456,000,001 and a third.

Its purely amazing that having a 1in 3 chance of picking a team from division 3 in each competition in round 1, then the home or away option doubles the odds per game and jumps to 1 in 4000 by round 2

When I say 1 in 3, I actually mean a 1 in 2.9 chance of picking a 3rd division team as we all know that you cant pick yourself from the first division.

Anyway I did enjoy your tv show. when you crashed the bike was it from doing too many wheelies ?

Elgin City away would be a great draw.

Choo choo, etc.

I noticed the Scottish Cup 3rd round draw was made and has some First Division teams in the draw, one being the Gypo's. How is it that we have ended up in the fourth round draw? Not that I'm complaining I just find it odd that half the first division are in the draw and half are not.

Active Nation Scottish Cup, revised third round draw

Airdrie United v Queen of the South

Ross County v Berwick Rangers

Threave Rovers v Inverurie Loco Works

Deveronvale v Ayr United

Cowdenbeath v Alloa Athletic

Albion Rovers v Elgin City

Stirling Albion v Auchinleck Talbot

Clyde v Livingston

Irvine Meadow v Arbroath

Edinburgh City v Keith

Wick Academy v Brechin City

Stenhousemuir v Cove Rangers

Greenock Morton v Dumbarton

Montrose v East Fife

Raith Rovers v Peterhead

Spartans v Forfar Athletic

The ties are due to be played on Saturday, 28 November 2009.

Taken from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/s...ups/8336271.stm

Edited November 4, 200916 yr by Morgan Spice

Think this has been mentioned before elsewhere.. The top 4 1st Division teams get a bye to the 4th round, and as we were in the SPL last year we get put through.

Think this has been mentioned before elsewhere.. The top 4 1st Division teams get a bye to the 4th round, and as we were in the SPL last year we get put through.

Thanks. That makes sense.