Old Firm land home draws in 3rd round of Cup
Glamour Ibrox tie for Paul Hartley's Cove Rangers
FOUR in a row Scottish Cup winners Celtic will kick off their defence of the trophy at home at the end of this month.
They’ll face either Arbroath or Falkirk who are due to play their second-round tie on Tuesday night.
Rangers are also at home – they’ve drawn Cove Rangers, bossed by former Parkhead star Paul Hartley, who knocked out Alloa yesterday
Clyde 1 Superscoreboard’s Gordon Duncan was joined by former Rangers star Peter Lovenkrands to conduct proceedings.
The former Danish international lifted the Scottish Cup twice with the Ibrox side in consecutive seasons back in 2002 and 2003.
Lovenkrands said: “No cup games are easy, Rangers drawing Cove Rangers at home is an interesting one to watch and anything can happen in knockout football.
“It will be a special day for Cove Rangers travelling to Ibrox of course and there are some very exciting ties in there. I’m looking forward to seeing how the Scottish Cup unfolds this season.”
Elsewhere Hibs are away to Queen of the South, Aberdeen will meet the winners of Dumbarton v Huntly, there’s an all-Premiership tie between Hamilton and St Mirren and there’s a Highland derby as Ross County will meet either Inverness or Buckie Thistle.
The ties will be played on the weekend of 30/31 January.
The draw for the Scottish Cup Third Round is as follows:
Camelon or Brora Rangers or Heart of Midlothian v Stranraer
Celtic v Arbroath or Falkirk
Dumbarton or Huntly v Aberdeen
Dundee United v Partick Thistle or Cowdenbeath
Dundee v St Johnstone
East Fife v Greenock Morton or Dunfermline Athletic
Elgin City or Ayr United v Keith or Clyde
Forfar Athletic v Airdrieonians or Edinburgh City
Formartine United or Annan Athletic v Motherwell
Fraserburgh v Nairn County or Montrose
Hamilton Academical v St Mirren
Livingston v Stirling Albion or Raith Rovers
Peterhead or Stenhousemuir v Kilmarnock
Queen of the South v Hibernian
Rangers v Cove Rangers
Ross County v Buckie Thistle or Inverness Caledonian Thistle