2.30pm 26 August 2017
East of Scotland FA, Alex Jack Cup, First Round
Tweedmouth Rangers 1 Heriot-Watt University 7 (att 23)
It feels a little odd to have visited one of my remaining senior Scottish non-League clubs without leaving England, but Berwick is no stranger to football north of the border.
Berwick Rangers are of course long-standing members of the Scottish League, and Tweedmouth play right next door, on the league club's former home pitch at Old Shielfield Park. In fact Tweedmouth use Berwick's changing facilities, so can only stage games when their bigger neighbours are away.
The set up is slightly strange, as Tweedmouth have their own dedicated turnstile, beyond which spectators walk around the back of Berwick Rangers to reach Tweedmouth's neatly-enclosed pitch.
There's no cover, but there's a pair of dugouts and the pitch is roped off between the many advertising boards around the perimeter.
The Alex Jack Cup is for East of Scotland League clubs not eligible for the main Scottish FA Cup, and this is the second season in a row that Tweedmouth have been knocked out by Heriot-Watt at the first hurdle.
It wasn't much of a contest in truth, as the home side had no answer to a fantastic first half performance by the students. By the break they'd scored six, twice hit the crossbar, and came close on other occasions.
Tweedmouth at least had the satisfaction of drawing the second period, reducing the arrears before letting in a seventh.
East of Scotland FA, Alex Jack Cup, First Round
Tweedmouth Rangers 1 Heriot-Watt University 7 (att 23)
It feels a little odd to have visited one of my remaining senior Scottish non-League clubs without leaving England, but Berwick is no stranger to football north of the border.
Berwick Rangers are of course long-standing members of the Scottish League, and Tweedmouth play right next door, on the league club's former home pitch at Old Shielfield Park. In fact Tweedmouth use Berwick's changing facilities, so can only stage games when their bigger neighbours are away.
The set up is slightly strange, as Tweedmouth have their own dedicated turnstile, beyond which spectators walk around the back of Berwick Rangers to reach Tweedmouth's neatly-enclosed pitch.
There's no cover, but there's a pair of dugouts and the pitch is roped off between the many advertising boards around the perimeter.
The Alex Jack Cup is for East of Scotland League clubs not eligible for the main Scottish FA Cup, and this is the second season in a row that Tweedmouth have been knocked out by Heriot-Watt at the first hurdle.
It wasn't much of a contest in truth, as the home side had no answer to a fantastic first half performance by the students. By the break they'd scored six, twice hit the crossbar, and came close on other occasions.
Tweedmouth at least had the satisfaction of drawing the second period, reducing the arrears before letting in a seventh.
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