East Kilbride 2 - 0 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan watched East Kilbride set up a glamour William Hill Scottish Cup clash with Celtic thanks to a 2-0 victory over injury-hit Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale.

Jack Smith and Sean Winter hit goals in each half of the rearranged fourth-round tie at the compact K-Park in Calderglen Country Park.

The triumph seals a six-figure windfall for the ambitious community club, who were only formed from the merger of Stewartfield and Jackton Boys Club in 2011/12.

They will face Celtic in a televised fifth-round contest on February 7, although the tie is likely to be switched from their home ground, which boasts one covered stand but no room for fans around half of their artificial pitch.

The visitors were cheered on by Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths, who played for Hutchison Vale as a boy.

But they came into the biggest match of their history without first-choice goalkeeper Kevin Swain, who broke his arm against Heriot Watt University on Saturday.

They looked set to start with outfield player Fraser Ogilvie in goal as Scottish Cup rules prevented them registering a new keeper after the initial date for the snowed-off game, but second-choice Byron Gibb shook off a virus to play.

They were missing centre-backs Grant Munro and Ritchie Wilkes through injury and East Kilbride were already favourites given their status in the upper half of the Lowland League, although the visitors are reigning East of Scotland League champions.

The hosts started positively and carved out two good chances, while Gibb looked vulnerable from two early crosses, but Lothian came back into the game and should have taken at least one of three counter-attack chances, with Willis Hare hitting the bar with the home keeper stranded.

But East Kilbride took the lead with five minutes of the half remaining, when Smith - son of former Airdrie striker Andy Smith - let a loose ball bounce in front of him 22 yards out, before dispatching a volley into the corner of the net.

The hosts wasted chances on the break after the interval to ensure a nervy finish and Hare was denied by a brilliant save from Matthew McGinley, before Winter scrambled a second from a late corner.