While Edinburgh's exit from the Scottish Cup was disappointing, it was far from surprising. With just two league wins under their belt and having been knocked out of the Image Printers Cup, Dougie Samuel's men were always going to be up against it. Vale of Leithen may be in the league below the university side but their strong start to the season meant that they were likely to have fancied their chances.
Edinburgh experienced a similar defeat in last season's competition when they were beaten at home by Civil Service Strollers. They rallied later in the season however to reach the SFA South Cup Final before being thrashed 6-0 by Spartans.

University of EDINBURGH enjoyed success in the European Universities Rowing Championships as the only British university to win gold in the event, topping off one of the most successful seasons ever for the EUBC women.

The event, held this year in Kruszwika, Poland, pitches the most successful university squads in Europe against each other.   

SOL CAMPBELL has had his distinguished career blemished over these last few years by major disturbances both on and off the field. In a bid to reclaim his former glory he did what no sane person would do, and moved to the mighty Notts County.

Now, with Portsmouth, his previous club, in what can only be described as financial turmoil and their only prospect being relegation from the Premiership, one could assume that Sol’s decision to vacate Fratton Park was a good move.

The University OF Edinburgh's first XI crushed Dundee in this match to get their new SUSA Championship campaign off to the perfect start.  Edinburgh’s pace and power on the wings proved too much for the visitors as the Uni romped to a lopsided 42-7 victory.

An erroneous start for Edinburgh was quickly wiped from the memory as impressive winger Michael Johnson collected his own kick and raced over the try line to open the scoring.  Ian McGhee routinely put over the conversion for a 7-0 lead for the hosts.