[Lord Snooty]

Following confirmation just received from the Scottish FA, our Scottish Gas Scottish Cup tie against Tranent FC will now take place at Millfield Park, home of Haddington Athletic, on Wednesday 10 December (kick-off 7.45pm).

Info from Tranent: All existing tickets remain valid for the rearranged fixture and this remains an all-ticket match – there will be no cash gate available on the night.

What about dogs?

[ritchiebaby]

Tranent eventually got their game against ICT under way, but lost narrowly by 1-2. ICT now play The Spartans - that takes me back to the 60s with a record by Sounds Incorporated - in the Fourth Round.

Don't be surprised if we get a post from 0762 as he has mentioned a connection with them before.

[ritchiebaby]

Fourth Round TV Games

Friday, 16 January 2026 (Kick-off 7:45pm) - Rangers v Annan Athletic
Live on Premier Sports

Saturday, 17 January 2026 (Kick-off 12:30pm) - Dunfermline Athletic v Hibernian
Live on BBC Scotland

Saturday, 17 January 2026 (Kick-off 8pm) - Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk
Live on Premier Sports

Sunday, 18 January (Kick-off 2:30pm) - Aberdeen v Raith Rovers
Live on BBC One Scotland

Sunday, 18 January 2026 (Kick-off 5:30pm) - Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic
Live on Premier Sports

[Lord Snooty]

The Auchinleck game has been moved to Kilmarnock.

[ritchiebaby]

Fourth Round Results

Kilmarnock 1 v 2 Dundee
Airdrieonians 3 v 3 Arbroath (Airdrie win 4-2 on penalties)
Kelty Hearts 1 v 1 Cove Rangers (Kelty win 5-3 on penalties)
Camelon Juniors 1 v 3 Elgin City
The Spartans 0 v 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Spartans win 4-2 on penalties)
Dunfermline Athletic 1 v 0 Hibernian
Stenhousemuir 4 v 0 Greenock Morton
Rangers 5 v 0 Annan Athletic
Partick Thistle 3 v 1 Montrose
Livingston 1 v 1 St Mirren (St Mirren win 4-3 on penalties)
Heart of Midlothian 1 v 1 Falkirk (Falkirk win 5-4 on penalties)
Dundee United 2 v 0 Ayr United
Motherwell 1 v 0 Ross County

Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic - playing tomorrow at 5.30pm
Stranraer v Queen's Park - playing on Tuesday at 7.45pm
Aberdeen v Raith Rovers - playing tomorrow at 2.30pm

The obligatory Cup "shock" was provided by Dunfermline who won in added time with a fluke goal against Hibs. No sour grapes from me because The Pars were well worth their win against a strangely subdued Hibs side. Not really a shock either as Hibs always have the potential to struggle against a lower league team.

[ritchiebaby]

The two Fourth Round ties played today had the expected results, but not without a bit of tension and relief at getting through. Aberdeen struggled to beat Raith Rovers 1-0 and Celtic had much the same difficulties against 6th-tier Auchinleck Talbot, only scoring the decisive goal in the last 5 minutes in a 2-0 win.

As well as Hibs losing to Dunfermline yesterday, ICT failed against Spartans and Motherwell made hard work of their win over Ross County. It's all part of the magic of the Cup for the smaller teams, I suppose.

Fifth Round Draw - ties to be played over the weekend of Saturday 7 February
Aberdeen v Motherwell
Airdrie v St Mirren
Celtic v Dundee
Dundee United v The Spartans
Dunfermline Athletic v Kelty Hearts
Elgin City v Partick Thistle
Rangers v Stranraer or Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir v Falkirk

[ritchiebaby]

Stranraer beat Queens Park 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time. But they're still not through as they fielded an ineligible player in that game. They did sign him before yesterday's tie, but not before the original date on Saturday, which is the rule. The SFA will hold a disciplinary hearing on 28th January to decide the outcome.

[ritchiebaby]

The Fifth Round Ties on TV are -

Friday, 6 February 2026 (Kick-off 7:45pm) – Airdrieonians v. St. Mirren | Live on BBC Scotland

Saturday, 7 February 2026 (Kick-off 5:30pm) – Celtic v. Dundee | Live on Premier Sports

Saturday, 7 February 2026 (Kick-off 7.30pm) – Aberdeen v. Motherwell | Live on Premier Sports

Sunday, 8 February 2026 (Kick-off 2:00pm) – Rangers v. Stranraer (or maybe Queens Park) | Live on Premier Sports

Sunday, 8 February 2026 (Kick-off 7:30pm) – Stenhousemuir v. Falkirk | Live on BBC Scotland

[ritchiebaby]

Stranraer have been expelled from the Cup for fielding an ineligible player, so Queens Park are through to play Rangers at Ibrox on 8th February. A feeling of deja vu here as the Spiders beat the "mighty" Gers 1-0 in last season's Cup at the same venue.

[ritchiebaby]

Fifth Round Results
Airdrieonians 1 St Mirren 2 after extra time
Dunfermline Athletic 2 Kelty Hearts 0
Elgin City 2 Partick Thistle 3
Celtic 2 Dundee 1 after extra time
Rangers 8 Queens Park 0
Stenhousemuir 0 Falkirk 2 after extra time

The postponed East Coast games were Dundee United v Spartans, being played on Tuesday, and Aberdeen v Motherwell to be played on Wednesday.

The draw for the Quarter-finals was made tonight and is
St Mirren v Partick Thistle
Falkirk v Dundee United or Spartans
Rangers v Celtic
Dunfermline v Aberdeen or Motherwell