[Larry-AV]

Per the SFA website, Rangers, Celtic and the Edinburgh duo (Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian) will enter the competition in the 4th Round, in matches scheduled for Saturday, 09/01/2016.

[Larry-AV]

Scottish FA Cup 2nd Round results from 24/10/2015 :

Annan Athletic 4-1 Berwick Rangers
Brora Rangers 1-2 Arbroath
Clachnacuddin 1-3 Linlithgow Rose
Cumbernauld Colts 2-0 Auchinleck Talbot
East Fife 0-0 Stirling Albion
East Kilbride 1-1 Forres Mechanics
Edinburgh City 1-2 Buckie Thistle
Elgin City 1-0 Spartans
Formartine United 2-0 Clyde
Huntly 2-1 East Stirlingshire
Inverurie Loco 2-1 Edinburgh University
Lothian Thistle 1-1 Montrose
Nairn County 2-2 Wick Academy
Stirling University 0-2 Queen's Park

Note : Rangers enter in Round 4, matches scheduled for 09/01/2016.

[Larry-AV]

SFA website, Scottish FA Cup :

Wednesday, 28 October 2015
With ten Scottish League One teams and six Championship clubs heading into tomorrow’s Scottish Cup 3rd round draw ...
ROUND THREE – Saturday 28 November 2015
32 Clubs (16 ties) –

[Larry-AV]

From the SFA website, 29/10/2015.

Scottish FA Cup 3rd Round Draw (alpha sorted)

Airdrieonians v Brechin City
Albion Rovers v Greenock Morton
Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic
Cowdenbeath v Arbroath
Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic
East Fife/Stirling Albion v Cumbernauld Colts
Elgin City v Raith Rovers
Falkirk v Turriff United/Fraserburgh
Formatine United v Fort William/Cove Rangers
Huntly v Lothian Thistle/Montrose
Inverurie Loco Works v Annan Athletic
Nairn County/Wick Academy v Linlithgow Rose
Peterhead v Livingston
Queen's Park v Forfar Athletic
Stenhousemuir v East Kilbride/Forres Mechanics
Stranraer v Buckie Thistle

Ties to be played weekend of Saturday 28th November 2015.

[Trusevich]

Great chance for Academy to get to the 4th round and a possible home tie against a big club. Replay at home to Nairn this Saturday, then a 3rd round tie at home to non-league Linlithgow Rose.

Cm'aye 'e Scorries!

[Larry-AV]

Is Wick Academy your hometown Club, Trus ?

I ask because I remember you posting some time back that you lived up north 'where it starts to get wet', implying Caithness ... although I appreciate your hometown could therefore be Thurso ... or maybe John O'Groats !

[Trusevich]

Academy were the team my Grandad used to take me to watch when I was a boy, back when they played in the North Highland League (which became the North Caledonian League), the level below Highland League. They're my local team, although I'm 20 miles away on the north coast.

The Harmsworth is where I learned about football - watching legends like Wille Wydmuch and Pattie Miller and the mercurial 'Zekie' Munro tearing up the wings. Magic days. I still stand at the same spot on the railing where my Grandad used to prop his message bike every time I revisit the old ground, even though they've put the damned away stand over there now.

The difference between those old days and now is like night and day though - back then there'd be me, my cousin and our Grandad and maybe ten others in the ground for a Saturday league game. Now there's all-seater stands installed, hot pies at half time and crowds of two or three hundred every game. There's even a reasonable atmosphere, club songs and chants and the occasional dust-up with Brora fans at the yearly Festive derby matches.

It's been a great success story and the club now is a real focal hub of the community.

Of course, this was all made possible because of the amalgamation of Inverness Caley and Inverness Thistle to make ICT, and them and Ross County joining the senior leagues leaving an empty space for Wick Academy, taking the league back up to an even 16 teams.

I've been lucky enough to play - just the once - at the Harmsworth, as a 15yo for Thurso Swifts against Wick Groats in the county league. The old message bike was in it's usual place, and I came on as a sub and put the cross in for Jimmy Canavan to score the winner in a 2-1 win. Proudest moment of my young life, playing in front of my Grandad at the Harmsworth.

F*ck me, where has that 32 years gone. . .?

[supercooper]

It's frightening how quick time passes. Still a great memory to have.

[Trusevich]

32 years is 8 World Cups.

F*cking hell.

[supercooper]

And we haven't been at half of them !