Park Hall Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 k/o 14:45   Irn Bru Challenge Cup Second Round Attendance: 403       The New Saints 1-1 Livingston
2017 /18

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The game was broadcast on s4c. I drove to the game arriving with half an hour to spare, the adjacent field opened for European games was closed so parking was at a premium. I spotted several other tranmere fans in the ground and ended up sitting next to one Trevor in amongst the Livingston fans. The game went to extra time and penalties where the drama began! I hadn''t heard of the abba penalty system and it seemed to confuse everyone including the keepers, after the first pen the teams take two consecutive pens at a time instead of alternating and I wasn''t on my own in losing track of the score,tns winning 6-5? on sudden death. I heard one of the livi staff after the game saying the new system shouldn''t have been used and was told later other games in this years competition had been settled the ''old'' fashioned way. Smells of a cock up!