Capital duo beaten in Premier Sports Cup openers
Edinburgh City and Spartans both suffered defeat in their opening Premier Sports Cup matches.
The Citizens were well beaten by Premiership outfit Falkirk 5-0 in Group G while Spartans were edged out 2-1 by Arbroath in their Group B encounter at the Vanloq Community Stadium.
The Bairns started the scoring as early as the fifth minute at Meadowbank, Ross MacIver on target. A Ben Parkinson brace, and further strike by Connor Allan, had the visitors 4-0 to the good at the break.
MacIver got his second and Falkirk's fifth two minutes from time.
City are back in action tomorrow night when they host Alloa in their second League Cup clash.
Meanwhile, Bradley Whyte's 55th-minute effort cancelled out a first-half opener from Andy Winter, but Spartans suffered late heartache as the experienced Ryan Flynn netted the winner for Arbroath with just five minutes left to play.
Next up for Dougie Samuel's men is the visit of Stirling Albion tomorrow night.