Scottish.Cup

The draw for the William Hill Scottish Cup 3rd round took place at Hampden Park yesterday.

Former Scotland manager and seven-times Scottish Cup winner Alex McLeish helped to draw the balls alongside Scottish FA President Alan McRae.

Only one Edinburgh club was in the draw and Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale will face an away trip to Huntly should they overcome Montrose in the replay after drawing 1-1 at Saughton Enclosure in the second round.

The full draw is as follows:

Stranraer v Buckie Thistle

Queen’s Park v Forfar Athletic

Formatine United v Fort William/Cove Rangers

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

East Fife/Stirling Albion v Cumbernauld Colts

Albion Rovers v Greenock Morton

Falkirk v Turriff United/Fraserburgh

Nairn County/Wick Academy v Linlithgow Rose

Peterhead v Livingston

Huntly v Lothian Thistle /Montrose

Elgin City v Raith Rovers

Airdrieonians v Brechin City

Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic

Inverurie Loco Works v Annan Athletic

Stenhousemuir v East Kilbride/Forres Mechanics

Cowdenbeath v Arbroath

Ties to be played weekend of Saturday 28th November

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.