Arbroath YFC Blues vs Dryburgh Athletic 2012s
2 - 4
28 September 2025 · Scottish Cup Round 2
Away cup match played on 28 September 2025.
Kicked off at 10:30 AM
2-4
vs Arbroath YFC Blues
Away cup match
On our travels once again today as we aim to progress into round 3 of this year's Scottish Cup against Arbroath Blues at Hercules Den.
Having played Arbroath Blues several times before and having won every previous encounter the team were confident that we would be the side who progressed.
We did make things difficult for ourselves to begin with as Arbroath opened the scoring after 3 minutes, however plenty of time remaining the lads stayed composed and started to find their way into the match. A nervy opening 15 minutes, but Eze finished superbly well into the bottom corner to equalise. Both teams did have chances after this and Layton Smith pulled off a number of excellent saves to keep the game level.
Corner kicks are something we have been working hard on during training and this paid off as Abdullah swung in a superb corner from the left hand side which was excellently finished with a bullet heater from Hamzah Ejaz on 23 minutes to give us the lead. We added another to our lead shortly after when Abdullahs looping shot found its way into the Arbroath net and things were starting to look comfortable.
Arbroath kept plugging away though and just minutes before half time they clawed a goal back to make the score 3-2 going in at the break.
Half time I asked the lads to give it everything as the next goal was going to be crucial, and being a cup game we should go for it and start playing at our best.
Second half was back and forward, both sides having chances and Arbroath began to put pressure on us more and more but our defence held strong and they found no way through. The game could really have went either way at this point however we sealed the win through another goal on 65 minutes through Eze once again, who's persistence paid off as we finished the game 4-2.
We made hard work of it today, and nowhere near our best, however we are through to the next round where we await our opponents in next weeks draw.
Well done boys, as is often the case - we found a way to win. Great character shown from the team.