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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: arabref Date: January 15, 2026, 6:45 am
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Scottish Cup rules state that up to and including the 4th round,
a 4th official will be appointed to all televised games and as
the SFA feels appropriate for others. In practice this means a
tie between two top flight teams will also be appointed a 4th
official (hence Kilmarnock v Dundee and Livingston v St Mirren
have one this weekend). A 4th official is then appointed to all
games from the 5th round onwards.
VAR is in operation from the 4th round onwards for all televised
games at a top flight ground, or if both teams agree to pay for
it in a non-televised game. As you can see from the
appointments, no team really chooses to use VAR unless it’s
mandatory.
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: January 15, 2026, 1:22 pm
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[quote author=arabref link=topic=7124.msg100143#msg100143
date=1768481116]
Scottish Cup rules state that up to and including the 4th round,
a 4th official will be appointed to all televised games and as
the SFA feels appropriate for others. In practice this means a
tie between two top flight teams will also be appointed a 4th
official (hence Kilmarnock v Dundee and Livingston v St Mirren
have one this weekend). A 4th official is then appointed to all
games from the 5th round onwards.
VAR is in operation from the 4th round onwards for all televised
games at a top flight ground, or if both teams agree to pay for
it in a non-televised game. As you can see from the
appointments, no team really chooses to use VAR unless it’s
mandatory.
[/quote]
Could Auchinleck refuse to have VAR as they are technically the
home team and it’s been moved with really no choice?
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: arabref Date: January 15, 2026, 4:06 pm
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[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7124.msg100154#msg100154 date=1768504962]
[quote author=arabref link=topic=7124.msg100143#msg100143
date=1768481116]
Scottish Cup rules state that up to and including the 4th round,
a 4th official will be appointed to all televised games and as
the SFA feels appropriate for others. In practice this means a
tie between two top flight teams will also be appointed a 4th
official (hence Kilmarnock v Dundee and Livingston v St Mirren
have one this weekend). A 4th official is then appointed to all
games from the 5th round onwards.
VAR is in operation from the 4th round onwards for all televised
games at a top flight ground, or if both teams agree to pay for
it in a non-televised game. As you can see from the
appointments, no team really chooses to use VAR unless it’s
mandatory.
[/quote]
Could Auchinleck refuse to have VAR as they are technically the
home team and it’s been moved with really no choice?
[/quote]
I don’t think they can in this case, as the game is televised.
In my opinion it does set a slightly dangerous precedent as the
level of officiating is then entirely dependent upon which
grounds are available. For example, Ayr United may not have
agreed to any such request to host the game, but if it was
played at Somerset Park instead (geographically a fairly
reasonable option) then VAR would not have been used.
Without wishing to detract too much from the topic, it does seem
particularly harsh on Auchinleck as they have hosted capacity
crowds for TV games previously, against Hearts and a famous
victory against Ayr United. So it’s very much things outwith
their control which have led to this.
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: arabref Date: February 3, 2026, 11:13 am
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Fifth Round
Friday 6th February
Airdrieonians v St Mirren Live on BBC Scotland
Referee: Kevin Clancy
AR1: Graeme Stewart
AR2: Scott Anderson
4th Official: Euan Anderson
Saturday 7th February
[s]Dundee United v Spartans[/s] P-P
[s]Referee: Grant Irvine
AR1: Gordon Crawford
AR2: Gordon McCabe
4th Official: Jordan Curran[/s]
Dunfermline Athletic v Kelty Hearts
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
AR1: Ross Macleod
AR2: Alastair Taylor
4th Official: Iain Snedden
Elgin City v Partick Thistle
Referee: Colin Steven
AR1: Dougie Potter
AR2: Craig Ferguson
4th Official: Joel Kennedy
Celtic v Dundee Live on Premier Sports
Referee: Ryan Lee
AR1: David McGeachie
AR2: Douglas Ross
4th Official: Josh Hay
VAR: David Dickinson
AVAR: Andrew Dallas
[s]Aberdeen v Motherwell Live on Premier Sports[/s] P-P
[s]Referee: Nick Walsh
AR1: Jonathan Bell
AR2: David Dunne
4th Official: Calum Scott
VAR: Chris Graham
AVAR: John Beaton[/s]
Sunday 8th February
Rangers v Queen’s Park Live on Premier Sports
Referee: Ross Hardie
AR1: David Roome
AR2: Steven Traynor
4th Official: George Calder
VAR: [s]Matthew MacDermid[/s] Dan McFarlane
AVAR: [s]Dan McFarlane[/s] Andrew Dallas
Stenhousemuir v Falkirk Live on BBC Scotland
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
AR1: Daniel McFarlane
AR2: Ross Nelson
4th Official: Daniel Graves
Tuesday 17th February
Dundee United v Spartans
Referee: Grant Irvine
AR1: Chris Rae
AR2: Gordon McCabe
4th Official: Jordan Curran
Wednesday 18th February
Aberdeen v Motherwell Live on Premier Sports
Referee: John Beaton
AR1: Jonathan Bell
AR2: David Dunne
4th Official: Calum Scott
VAR: Chris Graham
AVAR: Steven McLean
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: arabref Date: March 3, 2026, 11:25 am
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Quarter Finals
Friday 6th March
Falkirk v Dundee United Live on BBC Scotland
Referee: Steven McLean
AR1: Douglas Ross
AR2: David Dunne
4th Official: Euan Anderson
VAR: Grant Irvine
AVAR: Gary Hilland
Saturday 7th March
Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen Live on Premier Sports
Referee: Ryan Lee
AR1: David McGeachie
AR2: Graeme Stewart
4th Official: Colin Steven
Sunday 8th March
Rangers v Celtic Live on Premier Sports
Referee: Don Robertson
AR1: Ross Macleod
AR2: David Roome
4th Official: Calum Scott
VAR: Andrew Dallas
AVAR: Matthew MacDermid
St Mirren v Partick Thistle Live on BBC Scotland
Referee: David Dickinson
AR1: Calum Spence
AR2: Chris Rae
4th Official: Gavin Duncan
VAR: Greg Aitken
AVAR: Duncan Williams
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: Tweed Date: March 4, 2026, 5:43 pm
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Ryan Lee is having an excellent season - would have been easy to
keep him out the limelight after the mistake at the end of
Livingston v Rangers. I've seen him 3 or 4 times and he's been
as good as anyone.
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: arabref Date: March 5, 2026, 11:47 am
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I’ve only seen him in person once this season and thought he was
fine. Wasn’t a particularly challenging game (Dundee United v
Ayr) but I can’t think of anything horrendously wrong. I was
always impressed when I watched him coming through at lower
levels so I’m glad to see him continue that at the top level
now. I’ve no plans for Saturday evening so will likely watch the
game on the TV to see how he gets on.
If Duncan Nicolson was a surprise choice for 4th official at
Ibrox last Sunday then I must admit Calum Scott is an even
bigger surprise this weekend. Especially given that he’s also in
the middle at Gayfield on Saturday in the Championship. Here’s
hoping Don Robertson doesn’t pick up any sort of injury.
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Re: Scottish Cup 2025-26
By: HChip Date: March 9, 2026, 5:21 am
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Hopefully Robertson and his team were able to swiftly exit the
pitch and didn’t get caught up in the mad scenes after the game
yesterday.
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