A Son of the Rock

Well, it used to be the Challenge Cup. Now it’s sponsored by Irn Bru.

It’s a home tie, against Rangers Colts.

I’m not happy about Colts teams being involved in Senior competitions. I fear it is a stallking horse to get them into the league structure – as if the presence of the full sides did not distort Scottish football enough.

But this is as it is and I suppose we have to put up with it.

There is a potential here for a serious riddy to rank alongside the game of which we do not speak – especially given our utterly dire history in this competition: far and away the worst of any of its regular participants.