Old Firm land home draws in 3rd round of Cup

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

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