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Stirling Uni boss put glamour cup tie on back burner and puts focus on here and now

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Chris Geddes insists its business as usual for his young squad this week – despite sealing a dream Scottish Cup trip to Tannadice.The 37-year-old is a legend at the club having taken on the managerial reins in 2017 after notching 172 goals during his playing days.He has seen his charges reach new heights this season, with the famous 1-0 Scottish Cup win at Albion Rovers sealing a fourth-round berth for the first time – alongside sitting second in the Lowland League and well on the way to securing more success at university level.The young squad, with an average age of around 20, will head to Tayside to take on Premiership side Dundee United next month – but first their eyes will remain focused on other prizes.Indeed, the unrelenting focus of the football role at the university meant that Geddes wasn’t in front of the TV when their ball was drawn out on Monday night, because he was managing the under-20s side in a match at East Kilbride.The Observer spoke to Geddes as they prepared to head down to Nottingham for their 33rd match of the season in the BUCS Premier North on Wednesday – and the boss admitted some excitement on behalf of his team for the test against the Arabs.Geddes said: “It was a great achievement from the boys, we had watched Albion Rovers and we knew the way they played.

I felt the result was richly deserved and the boys really did themselves and the uni proud.“We knew that if we executed the game-plan then we had a chance and the match report on their website was very complimentary so that’s testament to the performance.“I just wanted to draw a good day out against a team with a good fanbase – I’ve got a pal who is a season ticket holder there who says there might be 7,000-8,000 at the game and that

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