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@elevenone @Rid Skwerr @jagfox @joe the driver @jaggy Reminder Men's Second Round deadline 1pm Friday Women's Second Round deadline 1pm, Friday 3 November

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67108048

Bickering about flags is bad enough. Bickering about flags because of a social media rumour is a new low.

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Thanks ptud Going well, so far. Hard not to drag preconceptions from the men's game. Guess it's a learning curve for all of us (I'm along playing too, in the background).

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Women's Second Round fixtures Rossvale v St Mirren - A2 Renfrew Ladies v Grampian Ladies - A3 Westdyke v Morton Airdrie Ladies v Queen of the South Ladies Armadale Thistle v Edinburgh Caledonia - H1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Drumchapel United - A3 Falkirk v Glenrothes Strollers - A2 East Fife v Dryburgh Athletic Stenhousemuir v Hutchison Vale - H1 Inverurie Loco Works v Ayr United - H2 Bonnyrigg Rose Girls v Giffnock SC Edinburgh City v Dyce Women - A3 Ties to be played on the weekend of 5 November. Correct predictions each worth 2 points. Deadline for submissions 1pm, Friday 3 November

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Meanwhile, if you have yet to do so, get your Men's Second Round predictions in. Fixtures here

Standings after Women's First Round Bullseye from jagfox*. Could drive a bus between him and the chasing pack. Terrific round for elevenone 13/15 points. Women's Second Round draw 7.30pm tomorrow. Fixtures will be up shortly after. *chuck some arrows at the lottery numbers next week

Women's First Round update Flip The Mindset withdrew from the competition. Their match was declared void. Airdrie Ladies progress to the Second Round.

Seriously? With the profile of women's football growing, thanks to increased media exposure, it seemed like a good time to introduce the women's cup to our own competition. After all, the women's game is now being taken seriously. Or is it? The SFAs own online coverage is all over the place, literally. Snippets of information found on different SFA social accounts. According to the BBC there are no games being played in Scotland today. Wikipedia, which has, every year, a good page on the men's cup, has no women's cup page. All 14 First Round ties are scheduled for this afternoon (as shown on the SFA website). On the SFA twitter account they publish the fixture list. It says "Keep an eye on our social channels for full time updates from all 13 matches". 13? Sure enough, thirteen matches are listed. Cross-referencing with my own fixture list, I discover that Airdrie v Flip The Mindset is missing. No explanation. On the Airdrie twitter page, I find this. Again, no explanation. And, obviously, no 'Match postponed - Other' on the BBC. The draw for the Second Round, the SFA inform us, will take place on Monday evening. No indication of what time it will happen. Update - now announced as 7:30pm Time for the SFA to flip the mindset, roll up the blazer sleeves and take women's football seriously. And one last thing, on my ramble around social media I discovered this. Is there really a Scottish Cup tie being played with no linespersons?

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Any darts puns in response to this that mention double top will be frown upon by the management. Thank you.

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Me's and Women's cups are part of the same competition.