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Obviously Snooty and I would be no use in the BBC Sports Dept, as the TV game on BBC Scotland will be East Kilbride v Falkirk to be played on Monday 2 December at 7.30pm. I suppose it's because East Kilbride is closer to Glasgow than any of the other home clubs mentioned.

The Fourth Round Draw will take place afterwards with the inclusion of the SPL clubs.

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Third Round Results

Friday 29 November
Dumbarton 3-2 Alloa Athletic

Saturday 30 November
Arbroath 0-1 Queen of the South
Ayr United 2-0 Greenock Morton
Banks O’Dee 1-2 Hamilton Academical
Clydebank 2-0 Buckie Thistle
Cove Rangers 2-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Cowdenbeath 1-4 Brechin City (after extra-time)
Edinburgh City 1-2 Dunfermline Athletic
Elgin City 3-2 Kelty Hearts
Forfar Athletic 3-3 Stirling Albion (Forfar win 4-2 on penalties)
Fraserburgh 2-0 Annan Athletic
Irvine Meadow XI 0-5 Stenhousemuir
Linlithgow Rose 0-4 Raith Rovers
Livingston 2-0 Brora Rangers
Musselburgh Athletic 3-1 Bo’ness United
Peterhead 2-3 Montrose
Queen's Park 2-2 Partick Thistle (Queen's Park win 7-6 on penalties) - told you it would be a good TV game
Stranraer 1-2 Broxburn Athletic (after extra-time)

Sunday 1 December
Dundee North End 0-1 Airdrieonians

Probably the best results of these games were Fraserburgh's and Broxburn's victories against SPFL opposition.

And later tonight
Monday 2 December
East Kilbride v Falkirk

Immediately after tonight's game live on BBC Scotland, the draw for the Fourth Round will take place, featuring the much-loved ( ) ex-Hearts manager, Steven Naismith. Will the non-league clubs get a plum tie against the Premiership sides that come into the draw? It's all up to Steven.

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Following Falkirk's 3-1 win over East Kilbride earlier tonight the draw was made for the Fourth Round.

Highland League Brechin City's arty-farty grass-cutting groundskeeper (Willie?) will have the pitch in perfect condition for the visit of Hearts. He cuts a neat hedge too.
The Tayside derby will be a big attraction as well - you can't get a more local derby than this as the grounds are only a few hundred yards apart.
Rangers have landed one of the plum ties with the visit of Fraserburgh from the Highland League. They played Rangers in the 2017/18 Cup, also in the 4th Round.

Fourth Round Ties to be played over the weekend of 18 January 2025
Brechin City v Hearts
Broxburn Athletic v Ayr United
Celtic v Kilmarnock
Cove Rangers v Forfar Athletic
Dumbarton v Airdrieonians
Dundee v Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic v Stenhousemuir
Elgin City v Aberdeen
Falkirk v Raith Rovers
Hamilton Academical v Musselburgh Athletic
Hibernian v Clydebank
Queen of the South v St. Mirren
Queen's Park v Montrose
Rangers v Fraserburgh
Ross County v Livingston
St. Johnstone v Motherwell

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League Two leaders Elgin City will be looking to grasp the chance of an upset when they welcome Aberdeen to Borough Briggs, just up the A96 from the Granite City. Supporters using the stand will be resting their derrieres on Newcastle United seats from St James' Park - a useless piece of information if there ever was one.

Hibernian should have little problem disposing of Clydebank, a phoenix club who have had many incarnations in the Bankies history. Mind you, it is Hibs we're talking about.

Runaway Championship leaders Falkirk v Raith Rovers looks a tasty tie with the Kirkcaldy team being stuffy opponents, having already beaten Falkirk in the League.

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BBC Scotland will broadcast the match between Highland League leaders Brechin City and Heart of Midlothian, with a 19:45 GMT kick-off, on Friday 17 January. On Sunday 19 January it is BBC One Scotland's turn when Rangers host Fraserburgh, with a 14:15 kick-off at Ibrox.

Premier Sports will show the tie between Cup-holders Celtic and Kilmarnock on Saturday 18 January, plus the game between Falkirk and Raith Rovers the following day at noon, while the derby between Dundee and Dundee United completes their Fourth-round transmissions on Monday evening.

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Now that I'm back home from my travels, here is the full draw for the Fifth Round. BBC Scotland have second choice of the TV ties and have chosen Ayr United v Hibs on Friday and St Mirren v Hearts on Monday.

Friday, 7 February

Ayr United v Hibernian (19:45)
I'm curling on Friday night, so will miss all the fun with Scott Brown relishing taking on his old team. Hibs are on a 10-game unbeaten run, but Championship leaders Ayr are also on form, with an 8-game unbeaten run.


Saturday, 8 February

Aberdeen v Dunfermline Athletic (12:30)

Dundee v Airdrieonians

Livingston v Cove Rangers

St Johnstone v Hamilton Academical

Celtic v Raith Rovers (17:30)


Sunday, 9 February

Rangers v Queen's Park (15:30)


Monday, 10 February

St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian (19:45)

To be honest, St Mirren v Hearts looks to be the pick of all the ties with both teams fancying their chances. Hearts are definitely the team in form with St Mirren on a downward slide at the moment.

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Fifth Round Results
Ayr United 0 v 1 Hibernian
Aberdeen 3 v 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee 4 v 0 Airdrieonians
Livingston 3 v 0 Cove Rangers
St Johnstone 1 v 0 Hamilton Academical
Celtic 5 v 0 Raith Rovers
Rangers 0 v 1 Queen's Park
St Mirren 1 v 1 Heart of Midlothian (Hearts win 4-2 on penalties)

No more Rovers left in the Cup now, but that's made palatable with the Queen's Park victory at Ibrox. Good old Rangers - the gift that keeps on giving Make up your own Spiders joke!

The Quarter-final Draw was made on BBC Scotland after the St Mirren v Hearts game and resulted in the following ties, due to be played over the weekend of Saturday 8 March.
Livingston v St Johnstone
Celtic v Hibernian
Aberdeen v Queen's Park
Hearts v Dundee

Livingston should have a great chance of getting to the Semi-finals against St Johnstone on their plastic pitch. The other three home teams must be favourites to go through, but there just might be another shock left yet.

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The live TV broadcast details are confirmed as

Friday, 7 March – Heart of Midlothian v Dundee, kick-off 19:45 (Live on Premier Sports)

Saturday, 8 March – Aberdeen v Queen's Park, kick-off 12.30 (Live on BBC One Scotland & iPlayer)

Sunday, 9 March – Celtic v Hibernian, kick-off 15:00 (Live on Premier Sports)

Monday, 10 March – Livingston v St Johnstone, kick-off 19:45 (Live on BBC Scotland & iPlayer)
The Semi-final draw will follow this game

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Quarter-final Results

Hearts 3 v 1 Dundee
Aberdeen 4 v 1 Queen's Park
Celtic 2 v 0 Hibernian
Livingston 0 v 1 St Johnstone

The Semi-final Draw was made tonight by Raith Rovers' Lewis Stevenson, a double cup winner with Hibs (and not many ex-Hibees can say that) and Julie Fleeting, probably best known as a prolific scorer for Arsenal Ladies, as well as Scotland.

Hearts v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Celtic

These ties will be played on the weekend of Saturday 19 April.

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BBC One Scotland will show Hearts v Aberdeen on Saturday 19 April at 12.30pm with Premier Sports also showing it, as well as the Celtic v St Johnstone game on Sunday 20 April at 3.00pm.