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Falkirk face Celtic in a semi-final knowing that Kilmarnock lie in wait in the final.
It's the 1997 Scottish Cup all over again. History doesn't repeat itself, does it?
Mind you, Falkirk don't have the best of records in the league cup. They qualified for the second
final back in 1947/48 and promptly lost 4-1 in a replay against Second Division East Fife.
Apparently Alex Salmond's Scottish Government have rushed through emergency legislation declaring
that every football article written must include reference to Scottish football's darkest hour.
So be it.
Scotland manager Craig Levein assured us yesterday that the Scottish game would bounce back from
the trials of Thursday night.
The commentators have fixed the month for me, they have chosen the date and the day. But I
advise them: "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched."
Remember what happened to Marie Lloyd. She fixed the day and the date, and she told us what
happened. As far as I remember it went like this: 'There was I, waiting at the church.
We were here a year ago for the same fixture and for the same reason the first division
play-offs. Last year they met in the final rather than the semi, and both sides were going for
promotion. Cowden won it then, achieveing their second successive promotion despite a backdrop of
off-field problems which resulted in further budget cuts this year.
Frontman of Glasvegas, James Allan once played as a winger for Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Queen's
Park, Gretna, Stirling Albion and Dumbarton, making 105 appearances in the Scottish Football
League. He was part of the Cowdenbeath squad that won promotion as runners up in the 2000–01
Scottish Third Division.
Revolution not Evolution? How to reform Scottish football is a post from: Just Football
Rangers, Celtic, Rangers, Celtic. Is it time for serious structural reform in Scottish
football? William Heaney takes us through the options.
Scottish football has a history of missing opportunities and shooting itself in the foot.
