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Alex Jack Cup Presentation

Following the well documented issues around the Cup Final that never happened (that we won’t go into again here!), on Saturday we were presented with the Alex Jack Cup.  Whilst it wasn’t the way we wanted to win, it didn’t dampen our celebrations.  For the record, our route to the final, after a first round bye, took us past Sauchie, Dalkeith Thistle, and Broxburn Athletic.

So, following our league win over Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, the Alex Jack Cup was presented by Andrew Renwick and Ian Jack to our Captain, Don Morrison. 

While being cheered by the rest of the team, Don lifted the trophy high infront of the waiting crowd while Kieran Anderson, fresh from scoring four times in the match, cracked open the celebratory bottle of champagne.


They then gathered as one team in front of the fans to pose for a history making team photo.

Everyone then took their turn to pose with the photo for their own social media etc but we’ll leave this post with the people who have made this all happen.  Firstly the management team that helped shape these players into what they are now – Gordon Herd, Eamon Fullerton and John Miller, then the very serious looking committee (they are happy, honest!), who have brought vision and resources to push the club onwards – Eric Henry, Tony Smith, Allan Morrison, Gary Clark and Paul Cosgrove.

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Alex Jack Cup – WINNERS!

Many of you will have seen the following statement last week from the East of Scotland Football Association:

Alex Jack Cup
The office bearers of our association met after it came to light … that both Haddington Athletic and Bo’ness United had fielded ineligible players in their semi final tie played at Haddington last Saturday. It was decided Bo’ness should be expelled from this season’s competition, while Haddington are debarred from participation in 2019/20. The clubs have the right to appeal these decisions.

It goes without saying it’s extremely disappointing this situation has arisen. It cannot be adequately emphasised how vital it is for clubs to take every step to check the eligibility of their players, in order to ensure the integrity of our competitions. Having won last Saturday’s tie Bo’ness were scheduled to meet Camelon Juniors in the final on Sunday 25 November – that this game won’t now go ahead is greatly regrettable on many levels.

Since its publication, there have been countless discussions behind the scenes to clarify and confirm the outcome, before the committee were comfortable with making any statement.

That process is now complete so we are now very happy to announce that we have won our first silverware since our transition to a senior team this season.

Camelon Juniors Chairman, Eric Henry, said “it’s a strange way to win a cup but the performance from the whole team in the Semi Final win over Broxburn was worthy of winning any cup final. They should be very proud of the result and the performance.

We now need to focus on achieving our pre-season objective of qualifying for next years William Hill Scottish Cup for the first time in the clubs history. One route for this to happen is, having won the Alex Jack Cup, to go on and win the South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners’ Shield. I look forward to seeing all our fans in Lockerbie for the final against either Bonnyton or Mid Annandale, in what could well be one of our biggest ever games.”

So the celebrations below, captured by Dan McMenamy following our semi final win against Broxburn, become the celebrations of the Alex Jack Cup Winners 2018. As soon as we know, we will let you know when we’re to be presented with the trophy.

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Match Day – Alex Jack Cup preview

It’s match day and today we welcome Sauchie to Carmuirs Park for the second round match in the Alex Jack Cup. Kick off is 2:30pm.
As its the first time we’ve played in this cup, we thought it worth giving you some background to this particular competition.

The Alex Jack Cup is a well established competition contested by clubs from the East of Scotland Football League who are not full members of the Scottish Football Association. It was formerly known as the East of Scotland Consolation Cup.

Only seven clubs took part last season, but that’s up to thirty this year with the influx in membership of the East of Scotland Football League. The format is straight knockout so it’s extra time and penalties if scores are level. The winner goes on to play in the South & East of Scotland Cup-Winners Shield against the Southern Counties FA Alba Cup winner for a place in the following season’s Scottish Cup. That honour went to Tynecastle last season so they’re playing in the Scottish Cup this time around.

The first round was played on August 11th but we received a bye. Results were as follows:

  • Bo’ness United 10-2 Tweedmouth Rangers
  • Crossgates Primrose 9-2 Eyemouth United
  • Dalkeith Thistle 1-0 Leith Athletic
  • Dundonald Bluebell 2-5 Broxburn Athletic
  • Dunipace 3-0 Newtongrange Star
  • Easthouses Lily MW 4-2 Blackburn United
  • Heriot Watt University 1-3 Jeanfield Swifts
  • Hill of Beath Hawthorn 3-1 Dunbar United
  • Ormiston 1-3 Haddington Athletic
  • Penicuik Athletic 4-2 Oakley United
  • Tranent Juniors 3-1 Craigroyston
  • Sauchie Juniors 4-0 Arniston Rangers
  • St Andrews United 1-2 Musselburgh Athletic
  • Edinburgh United – Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (match abandoned due to a serious injury. To be played on Sept 1)

And this is how the second round is lining up today

  • Camelon Juniors – Sauchie Juniors
  • Crossgates Primrose – Bo’ness United
  • Dalkeith Thistle – Musselburgh Athletic
  • Jeanfield Swifts – Broxburn Athletic
  • Peebles Rovers – Dunipace
  • Penicuik Athletic – Hill of Beath Hawthorn
  • Tranent Juniors – Easthouses Lily MW
  • Haddington Athletic – Edinburgh United or Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (date to be confirmed)

The winners head into the quarter finals which are provisionally due to be played on September 22.

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