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Lossiemouth first entered the
Scottish Cup in 1954-55 when the Qualifying Cup was scrapped in
favour of letting non-league teams enter straight into the First Round.
Our first venture into the Scottish Cup was also one of our best as we
managed to reach the Third Round, although Lossie didn't face SFL
opposition and got knocked out by Highland League side Forres Mechanics,
after a replay.
1954-55
11/09/54: Lossiemouth 6-1 Murrayfield (Round
1)
25/09/54: Lossiemouth 1-0 Gala Fairydean (Round
2)
09/10/54: Lossiemouth 2-2 Forres Mechanics (Round
3)
16/10/54: Forres Mechanics 5-3 Lossiemouth (Round 3
Replay)
Next season it was still straight into the Scottish Cup again - and this
season we went one better than before, reaching the Fourth Round. Our
record from that season:
1955-56
10/09/55: Lossiemouth 7-0 Wick Academy (Round
1)
24/09/55: Lossiemouth 3-1 Duns (Round
2)
08/10/55: Lossiemouth 1-0 Selkirk (Round
3)
22/10/55: Berwick Rangers 5-1 Lossiemouth (Round 4)
The following season 1956-57 was the third and final season of automatic
entry to the Scottish Cup before the Qualifying Cup was reinstated, but
this time it wasn't a great one for us and we were bundled out at the
first time of asking by Buckie of all teams.
1956-57
08/09/56: Buckie Thistle 4-0 Lossiemouth (Round
1)
With the Qualifying Cup reinstated, it wasn't actually that long before we
tasted Scottish Cup football again and we qualified via the Qualifying Cup
for the first time in 1957-58 where we faced now-defunct Glasgow outfit
Third Lanark in probably the biggest game in our history. It wasn't to
have a happy ending as Lossie were given a bit of a doing and sent home North
again.
1957-58
15/02/58: Third Lanark 6-1 Lossiemouth (Round
2)
Then came the "big drought" and we didn't qualify for the
Scottish Cup again until 1973-74 and, horror of horrors, we were drawn
against fellow HFL side Fraserburgh, whom we went out to after a replay.
1973-74
15/12/73: Lossiemouth 3-3 Fraserburgh (Round
1)
17/12/73: Fraserburgh 6-0 Lossiemouth (Round 1
Replay)
Then it was another great drought and we didn't qualify for the Scottish
Cup again until 1995-96, which is probably the first venture into the
Scottish Cup remembered by the younger members of the support. Lossie were drawn away
to Forfar where we put up a brave fight but were knocked out by 3 goals to
one, with Gary Clark scoring late on to give the travelling support
something to cheer on a bitterly cold day.

Programme cover from
Lossies trip to Forfar in 1996 (click image to enlarge)
1995-96
06/01/96: Forfar Athletic 3-1 Lossiemouth (Round
2)
Two years later, Lossie went into the hat again, with qualification made
even sweeter due to it coming at the expense of Elgin City. With a replay
at Borough Briggs looming large, a last minute goal by Dave Caldwell for
ten man Lossie side ensured we went through and Elgin went out. This time
we were rewarded with a home tie against Second Division Dumbarton - but
the dream was short-lived as we fell to the SFL outfit one-nil despite
playing them off the park for the whole game. This was probably the
closest we had come to Scottish Cup glory.

Local loon Stuart
Simpson with the cup in 1997 (click image to enlarge)

Programme cover from
Lossies last appearance in the Scottish Cup (click image to enlarge)
1997-98
03/01/98: Lossiemouth 0-1 Dumbarton (Round
2)
Another long wait was endured
before Lossie once again qualified for the Tennents Scottish Cup, this
time at the expense of Rothes. The draw produced a
home tie against Spartans, one of the stronger East Of Scotland League
sides, and with Lossie showing little in the way of form going into the
game, the end result was no real shock. Craig Morrison had a goal
disallowed early on, before Spartans went goal crazy, with Keith McLeod
grabbing a hat-trick. If you are going to lose in the cup, you might as
well do it in style.
2005-06
10/12/05: Lossiemouth 0-5 Spartans (Round 2)
The
all-new Scottish Cup format saw Lossiemouth once again paired with East of
Scotland opposition, this time in the
shape of Whitehill Welfare. Familiar to the north from Cup games
against Elgin City and Fraserburgh in recent years, the southerners proved
to have a little too much for Lossie as they powered to a 3-1 win in an
entertaining affair. Mark Wood scored for Lossie, Darren McConnachie saved
a penalty to keep the hosts in the game, and David Blackhall had a late
goal controversially ruled out for offside, but the visitors had done
enough.
2007-08
29/09/07: Lossiemouth 1-3 Whitehill Welfare (Round 1)
In the
second year of the new format Scottish Cup, Lossie
were given a long haul away trip to Dalbeattie Star. Lossie went into half time leading thanks to a
stunning Joe Lasley goal, but went down to ten men early in the second
half when Kevin Stuart was sent off. Despite brave resistance from the
visitors, the extra man advantage finally told and Dalbeattie ran away
with the game late on, scoring twice in injury time.
2008-09
27/09/08: Dalbeattie Star 5-1 Lossiemouth (Round 1)
This
year Lossie host another South of Scotland side, Newton Stewart, and are
looking to bring to an end a losing streak of almost 54 years in the
Scottish Cup.
2008-09
26/09/09: Lossiemouth ?-? Newton Stewart (Round 1)
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