It will be a case of trains, planes and automobiles as Brechin fans arrive from the far-flung reaches of the globe for Saturday’s Scottish Cup quarter-final against St Johnstone.
Cup fever is gripping the town as the club gears up for one of the most important matches in its 106-year history. The Glebe Park side, currently challenging for promotion from the second division, have never reached the last eight of Scottish football’s most prestigious knock-out competition.
Tickets for the match have sold out and chairman Ken Ferguson said interest in the match has come from far and wide as supporters scrambled to pick up one of the 3600 tickets on sale.
“There have been requests for tickets from many far-flung places,” he said. “Some of our oil workers around the world are planning their trips home this weekend. There will be a number of exiled Brechiners coming up from down south for the game.
“It’s fantastic to see so many people coming back to Glebe Park to take in the game. It will be planes, trains and automobiles for many to get here.
“Obviously Brechin is not on a main train route but I know a lot of fans will be coming into Montrose Station and making their way here. I’m sure there will be flights involved as well.”
The chairman believes Brechin have a good chance of causing an upset.
“We obviously respect St Johnstone, and they are a Premier League team and favourites to win,” he said. “But this is the cup, they are on a ground they haven’t played on, they’ll have the fans breathing down their necks anything can happen. From that and having seen our home form this season, we can put in a good performance and hopefully it’ll be enough to take us through.”
Tayside Police say all fans driving north on the A90 to the match should ignore the first exit to Brechin, go on to the next exit, follow the signs for Brechin (B966) to Trinity Road where parking is available near the ground.