Tag: scottish-football
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Fifth Round – Ayr United vs. Hibernian.
Somerset Park, Ayr. 7th February 2025. I’d never been to Ayrshire, I hitched down one Saturday Friday night;Sixty miles to Kilmarnock Ayr to see Hibernian play – The Proclaimers, Joyful Kilmarnock Blues. Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses,For honest men and bonny lasses. – Robert Burns, Tam O’ Shanter, 1790. What a priviledge to…
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Third Round – Clydebank vs. Buckie Thistle.
Holm Park, Clydebank. 30th November 2024. When we started out, I thought we were really going somewhere. But this is it. We’re just going. Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde, 1967). We have reached the half way point in this season’s odyssey, but have yet to visit a senior ground. This round’s journey…