Hibs discover potential Conference League Play-Off opponents
The first and second legs will take place on Thursday 21 August and Thursday 28 August.
As Hibernian/FK Partizan were pulled out first, that means the first leg will be played at home.
The two-legged ties will take place on:
Thursday 21 August, 2025 – FK Partisan or Hibernian FC vs AEK Larnaca FC or Legia Warszawa
Thursday 28 August, 2025 – AEK Larnaca FC or Legia Warszawa vs FK Partisan or Hibernian FC
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Sign up to our Golf newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Of course, it will hurt. Bob MacIntyre, after all, had played brilliantly for three days to get himself in a winning position in the BMW Championship and ended up falling short on Sunday. It was by no means the end of the world that he lost out to Scottie Scheffler, the game's dominant force, and finishing runner-up in the $20 million FedEx Cup Play-Off event delivered some big boosts for the Oban man. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad For starters, he's broken into the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time, having climbed from 16th to eighth, while he is heading into the PGA Tour's season-ending $40 million Tour Championship in Atlanta this week sitting ninth on the FedEx Cup points list. Bob MacIntyre pictured during the final round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland | Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 29-year-old also secured an automatic spot in Luke Donald's team for next month's Ryder Cup and has done so in style by finishing second on the points list behind Rory McIlroy. All of those will undoubtedly help ease the pain he'll be feeling, but, nonetheless, it was no surprise that he admitted straight after the closing circuit that he was 'p****d off' and wanted to 'go and smash up my golf clubs'. 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Too many fairways were missed on the last day, though, and it certainly didn't help his cause that a solitary birdie didn't arrive until the par-5 16th, where, incidentally, he wasn't far away from making an albatross. Yes, he was helped by Scheffler making two unexpected sloppy three-putts as his title hopes stayed alive a bit longer than might have been the case. But, at the same time, MacIntyre deserves some credit for not letting his round totally get away from him. MacIntyre did not implode The Bob of two or three years ago would probably have imploded after his start, but nowadays he can dig in when the going gets tough and that is something he can lean on going forward. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In fairness - and rightly so - the majority of people have reacted positively to MacIntyre's latest strong performance at the highest level in the men's game, though, inevitably, the odd negative comment has been made on social media. 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Scotsman
3 days ago
- Scotsman
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Edinburgh Reporter
3 days ago
- Edinburgh Reporter
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