The hedge is back! With a glamour cup tie against Hearts and dreams of a league return, Brechin City are very much on the up again
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As welcome as it’s been, the progression witnessed across Scottish football since the advent of the pyramid system a dozen years ago has come at a price. You rarely hear of players fleeing from the stock car racing at Cowdenbeath’s Central Park these days or the fact Berwick Rangers still combine speedway with football at Shielfield.
![[Now residing in the Highland League, Brechin will relish their return to the big stage this week]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/94180609-0-image-a-41_1737050360153.jpg)
Albion Rovers’ Cliftonhill ground is still ramshackle and charming, but largely now forgotten about. These days, East Stirlingshire have little to cling to other than the fact they were the first club to employ Alex Ferguson as a manager. More’s the pity.
![[Ally McCoist was in charge of Rangers as they began their 'journey' back at Glebe Park in 2012]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/94180641-0-image-a-42_1737050364920.jpg)
While days in the sun for some of the game’s lesser lights were always rare, they’ve been pretty much non-existent since that quartet slipped quietly into the Lowland League. Talk of returning to the big time one day is easy. A table showing none of those former senior stalwarts in the top six of the fifth tier at this moment suggests it won’t be happening any time soon.
![[The club have garnered worldwide fame for their unique pitch patterns]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/94180619-0-image-a-43_1737050374306.jpg)
Up in Angus, though, there are grounds for believing that the exile of another great name of the game will only be a temporary state of affairs. The sight of fans lined up alongside the Glebe Park hedge is an iconic image in British football. Now residing in the Highland League, Brechin will relish their return to the big stage this week.
![[Dick Campbell celebrates a League Cup win over Kilmarnock for his Brechin side in 2003]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/17/94180625-0-image-a-44_1737050381551.jpg)
