Irvine Meadow star delighted with third round place
By Ross Dunbar
Irvine Meadow star David McGeown is hoping to come up against big opposition in the Third Round following his side’s 1-0 victory over Edinburgh City.
The midfielder netted the only goal of the game on 59 minutes, his fourth of the season, to send the Stagecoach Super League champions through.
McGeown, who was dumped out of the Scottish Cup with Pollok a year ago, is confident Irvine Meadow can fly the flag for the Junior game as they did in the fourth round last season.
Speaking after the match, he said: “The Juniors pride themselves on doing well in the cup, the likes of Auchinleck have done well in the past.
Some folk say the junior isn’t that good a standard but we’ve got loads of ex-pros in our squad, as have Edinburgh, and we’re just trying to get the juniors a good name and maybe get a big team in the next round.”
The 27-year-old was up against Russell Latapy, who had spells with Rangers and FC Porto, after joining the East of Scotland cracks Edinburgh City on a six-month deal on Thursday.
And McGeown was in awe of the former Trinidad international who made his first appearance for Edinburgh City on Saturday.
He added: “They fought hard in the middle and the wee man Latapy didn’t move out of his own circle. He was brilliant. He didn’t sweat or nothing. You can tell how good he was in his prime.
“At 43, he’s still easily in second or third gear, and maybe could have went higher.
“It was a good experience to watch him play and move in to spaces. He doesn’t sweat just takes small touches so it’s a good learning experience for other players.”
Irvine Meadow were big favourites ahead of the match in Edinburgh and they were tipped by many to progress comfortably.
However, midfielder McGeown has played down talks of a large gulf between the two sides and insists it was a very challenging encounter.
He said: “It was a hard game, people were saying that City were underdogs but they were brilliant today. Personally, I thought it was an even game but the goal was good.
“We’ve got good players. We’ve got guys who score all over the park; Midfielders; Defenders and from set-pieces.
“We knew it was going to be a tough game. Anything can happen on the park. It’s the Scottish Cup.”
Irvine Meadow will be joined in the hat for the third round of the Scottish Cup alongside Bo’ness United, Spartans, Gala Fairydean and Auchinleck Talbot who thrashed Threave Rovers 8-1 at the weekend.
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