Scottish side to play two cup ties simultaneously after schedule clash

Scottish fifth-tier club Johnstone Burgh are forced to play two cup ties on the same day, with the kick-offs only half an hour apart. Johnstone Burgh won the Scottish Junior Cup, now the Scottish Communities Cup, two seasons ago Scottish fifth-tier club Johnstone Burgh have been forced to play two cup ties on the same day, with the kick-offs only half an hour apart. They will now have to find a team to play away to Tayport in the Scottish Communities Cup third round at 14:30 GMT – and another to face hosts Dunipace 65 miles away in the Lowland League Cup first round at 15:00 – both on Saturday, 21 November.

Neither of their opponents, nor any other clubs they were scheduled to play on other weekends, were willing to shift from Saturday afternoon kick-off times. "We have explored every possible option to find a suitable solution that would allow us to play the tie outwith a Saturday afternoon as our schedule is already full," Burgh said in a statement on X. "This has included attempting to rearrange league fixtures and South Challenge Cup ties, travelling to Tayport midweek, playing Tayport on a Friday night or Sunday afternoon and, most recently, offering to play the Communities Cup tie immediately before or after our upcoming Lowland League Cup fixture. "In