Lots of goals in the first round of the Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup kick started this weekend with some high scoring results in both the men and women’s competitions.
Mens Scottish Cup – Round one
After the dramatic play off last weekend which saw Dundee Wanderers staying in the top division next season they had a comfortable 10-2 win over Division 3 champions 2020 Renewables Greenock.
There were a tremendous 15 goals scored in a thrilling match with Aberdeen Grammar FP taking the win 8-7 over Perthshire.
University of St Andrews beat Falkirk GHG 9-0 despite ending on equal points at the end of the season.
AAM Gordonians beat University of Dundee with a resounding 9-1, whilst Grange beat Division 2 Winners Uddingston 7-0.
Western Wildcats won 8-1 over Granite City Wanderers, Erskine Stewart Melville FP won 3-1 over FMGM Monarchs and Waverly Inveresk Trinity beat Stirling Wanderers 7-1 after finishing above them in the league.
Watsonians and Chapman Motherwell pulled out which meant PSL Team Sport Clydesdale and Inverleith are automatically into the next round.
Women’s Scottish Cup – Round one
Western Wildcats were pushed this weekend securing just a 1-0 win over Edinburgh University IIs.
Grove Menzieshill also had a wobbly start as University of St Andrews pushed last year’s league champions to a nail biting 4-3 win. The Edinburgh based side A team didn’t have the same success as they lost out to city rivals CALA Edinburgh II 5-0.
However CALA Edinburgh first team won 8-0 over Stirling Wanderers whilst Edinburgh University III lost 7-0 to GHK.
After securing promotion last weekend Hillhead ladies carried on their winning streak as they beat Kelburne II 11-0.
It was end to end stuff in Aberdeen as AAM Merlins Gordonians scraped a 3-2 win over Aberdeen University.
Glasgow Accies gave it a good shot against the top flight Dundee Wanderers but it finished with the Dundonians progressing to the next round with a 4-2 win.
Inverleith won 4-0 over Aberdeen Ladies whilst elsewhere Glynhill Kelburne beat Granite City Wanderers 3-0.
Milne Craig Clydesdale Western II won 5-0 against Grange EL II as did Erskine Stewart Melville FP over University of Dundee.
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