Coldstream

Make The Case

Here is the argument for Coldstream: Scotland, Scotland Scottish Cup, and a ground called Home Park, Coldstream. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• The calendar you inherit

  Scotland Scottish Cup is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Scotland does not do easy neutrals.

• Deep roots

  Founded in 1895, Coldstream were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 131 years of accumulated grudges.

• Loaded cabinet

  10 distinct honours on record, including Champions: 1923–24. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

• Close to the pitch

  Home Park, Coldstream holds about 898. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.