Yesterday was an exciting day of football in the William Hill Scottish Cup, with 77 goals scored in the 17 ties.
It was a particularly good day for the three Edinburgh based sides with Lothian Thistle beating Kelty Hearts 3-0 whilst Spartans beat Coldstream 5-1 at Ainslie Park and Edinburgh University emerged victorious over Strathspey Thistle 2-1 away from home.
The results are as follows:
Banks O’Dee 2-3 Cove Rangers
BSC Glasgow 2-2 Auchinleck Talbot
Strathspey Thistle 1-2 Edinburgh University
Lothian Thistle 3-0 Kelty Hearts
Preston Athletic 2-3 Fort William
Lossiemouth 1-4 Forres Mechanics
Keith 1-5 Inverurie Loco Works
Spartans 5-1 Coldstream
Hawick Royal Albert 0-3 Huntly
Deveronvale 0-5 Clachnacuddin
Threave Rovers 1-3 University of Stirling
Gala Fairydean Rovers 0-2 Linlithgow Rose
Nairn County 5-1 Selkirk
Buckie Thistle 7-0 Rothes
Fraserburgh 3-2 Dalbeattie Star
Wick Academy 2-2 Whitehill Welfare
Formartine United 3-1 Gretna 2008
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
