Has the format changed for the early rounds? I swear I just saw Highland leage teams mentioned on Sky Sports News under Scots Cup tab. There seemed to be a few all highland league ties but there was one or two like Huntly vs Whitehill Welfare type games am sure:024:

Anyone know the date for the Clach v Edinburgh City replay?  Just down the road from me, may head along.

Bound to be next Saturday at Meadowbank.

I went to Vale of Leithen v Gala Fairydean. Pretty poor standard. Makes you appreciate the SPHell.

My usual port of call would have been Whitehill. But this was the only tie in South East Scotland today- a derby in front of about 100- amazing how the draw sent all the local teams to North or South West.

How bad must Preston Athletic be to have been beated by Golspie.  It will be a miserable week for Brora fans up there.

Strange how these things work out. Preston are on 2 points in the Premier after 2 games, a point behind Spartans, with Whitehill top on 6 points at the moment.

The accepted wisdom down here IMO is that the East Seniors play better football than the juniors, but at a slower pace and less physical. (This is a bit similar to comparing Caley, County etc pre 1994, with the more physical but less skilful SFL teams who provided the opposition in the Cup.)

More often than not I would say the seniors have better pitches than the juniors too.

Gala and Vale of Leithen are both in div 1 and looked very poor to me - we'll see what the draw for the next round brings.

2nd round Saturday 27th October.

Whitehill Welfare v Golspie Sutherland

Buckie Thistle v Nairn County

Clachnacuddin or Edinburgh City v East Stirlingshire

Cove Rangers v Keith

Edinburgh University v Deveronvale

Linlithgow Rose v Spartans

Montrose v Pollok

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

Inverurie Loco Works v East Fife

Selkirk v Dalbeattie Star

Albion Rovers v Burntisland Shipyard

Culter v Vale of Leithen

Girvan v Stranraer

Arbroath v Elgin City

Threave Rovers v Stenhousemuir

Annan Athletic v Fraserburgh or Huntly

We've got a 6-pointer away to Gretna so I'll be at Fir Park that day. Clach looks a decent tie though if they can get through.

A local derby for Stranraer  :015:

would love to see clach play in edinburgh but will probably have to give this a miss.

ive no idea if ill be in town or not, shame as the ground is about 10 minutes walking from my flat, itll be like living in the ferry again  :001: