Bry vows Talbot will not cop it.Byline: Roddie McVake COP Bryan Slavin reckons his days of walking the beat at the nation's glamour games can help him drive Auchinleck Talbot to Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup[1], usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The trophy awarded to the winners has the distinction of being the oldest national trophy in the world. glory. The Bot skipper regularly struts his stuff in black and white at Ibrox and Celtic Park in the heat of the Old Firm cauldron. But on Sunday at Rugby Park it'll be strictly black and gold for the 31-year-old midfielder as he aims to shackle shackle a bar 2.5 ft long with an iron loop at either end, used in restraint of large pigs. A chain is threaded through the loops and around the lower hindlimbs of the pig. When the chain is pulled the pig is stretched and is cast with the limbs held wide apart. Clydebank and steer Auchinleck to an eighth Junior Cup win. With the tension building ahead of the showpiece show·piece n. Something exhibited, especially as an outstanding example of its kind. showpiece Noun 1. anything displayed or exhibited 2. Slavin revealed he uses the experience of big-match policing to spur him on to glory when he crosses the white line. He said: "I've been on duty a fair few times at both Ibrox and Parkhead, including on Old Firm days, so it's certainly an experience. "It's funny being in and around the crowd because you get to hear all the abuse that's hurled at the players. It also gives you an idea of what the punters might be saying about me when I'm out on the pitch on Saturdays! "The experience helps me in my football career as I get to see how much the fans invest in teams and what they expect from players. "It makes me even more determined to win games and trophies to reward the fans." Slavin has already written his name into the Beechwood Park folklore as part of the 2006 West Super League and Scottish Junior Cup The Scottish Junior Cup is a competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. As of the 2006-07 season, 163 teams are registered to take part in the competition. double-winning side. He said: "Plenty of players and teams win the Scottish Cup once but to win it a second time - that makes it a great team. We've got that chance and know what we have to do." Roddie McVake |
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