GHA will have one home match and three away games in this coming season’s Scottish Cup, which has been revamped to start in a league format before going into knock-out.


6 November – home against Dunfermline

8 January – away to Ayr

12 February – away to Perthshire


The league stage will be played in nine pools, each with four clubs. The seven best-placed pool winners will go into the quarter-finals whereas the two other pool winners will have to play off for the other place in the last eight. Thereafter it’s straight knock-out.