Townhead Park is the home of Cumnock Juniors FC.

My visit here was the reason why we were in Ayrshire last October, Sons trip to Cumnock for the Second Round Scottish Cup game.

Centenary Gates, Townhead Park, Cumnock:-

Turntiles:-

Social club. To the extreme end of this can be seen the ramp down which players go to reach the pitch from the changing rooms:-

East end goalmouth:-

East Terrace:-

Looking north:-

View of main enclosure:-

Goal at west end:-

Looking east:-

George Morton Family enclosure:-

View from west end:-

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Sons reward(?) for beating Cumnock on Friday is an away tie against Clyde in Round 3 of the Scottish Cup.

The 3rd round is scheduled to take place on the weekend of November 26^th but since Clyde are renting New Douglas Park, the home of Hamilton Accies, who have also been drawn at home, the date of the game has yet to be confirmed.

SPFL Tier 4, The Rock, 15/10/22.

Perhaps I am a jinx after all. We haven’t scored a goal in open play since the one I saw at New Bayview. And we’re no longer top of the league. (Okay it’s by goal difference but that’s a ten point lead gone inside four games.)

Whatever, this was a hard watch. Albion Rovers were worth a point and but for three goal-line clearances in nearly as many seconds could have had all three.

We were more or less not in the game for the first ten minutes and Rovers had already hit the post before another misplaced clearance resulted in an opportunity for their player to belt the ball home.

We did come into it and the penalty was an absolute stone-waller. Carsy stepped up to convert. A few minutes later Ally Love had a great chance to put us in the lead but pulled his shot wide. It looked easier to score.

In the second half any promising moves came to nothing due to poor final balls. There was a similar stramash to the one we got away with in the first half but we couldn’t get the ball past their defenders. In the end we were grateful to Brett Long’s fine one handed save late on to salvage a point from this.

If we are as poor as this against Cumnock on Friday I suspect we won’t be in the Cup for the next round draw.

SPFL Tier 4, Forthbank Stadium, 8/10/22.

Well.

This is the result that most Sons fans knew in their bones was coming. Things had been going too well.

We’re still top of the league, though.

But for how long?

It’s all eerily reminiscent of last season when the wheels fell off spectacularly with a 5-0 drubbing at Peterhead on the first Saturday in October. But this was worse.

The only consolation is that this time we have a bigger points cushion.

Next Saturday at home against Albion Rovers is now a must win I’d say.

Otherwise I’d not fancy us at all to beat Cumnock in the Cup the Friday after.

The draw for round two of the Scottish Cup was made earlier today.

In it we have been drawn to play Cumnock of the West of Scotland League Premier Division away on the weekend of Saturday 22^nd October.

We have never played Cumnock before.