First Division strugglers Ayr booked themselves a Scottish Cup quarter-final showdown with SPL side Hibernian courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Falkirk on Wednesday night. Blair Alston broke the deadlock by giving Falkirk the lead after six minutes but Ayr responded in positive fashion to reach the last eight. Andy Geggan netted the equaliser on [...]
Our Scottish Cup Quarter final tie against Motherwell will be televised on Sky Sports on Sunday 11th March, kick off 3.45pm.
Continue reading …Andrew Considine hit an injury-time winner to earn Aberdeen a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 win at Queen of the South. Fraser Fyvie’s opportunist goal gave the Pittodrie club a deserved 1-0 half-time in this fifth round replay as the sides met again following a 1-1 draw in the original tie [...]
Continue reading …A stoppage-time header by Andrew Considine against Queen of the South clinched a Scottish Cup quarter-final spot for Aberdeen at Motherwell. Rory Fallon helped to set up Fraser Fyvie to strike for the Dons’ opener after 21 minutes at Palmerston Park. Queens’ Ryan McGuffie levelled from the spot after Youl Mawene had handled, then Nicky [...]
Continue reading …Craig Brown previewed the Queen of the South replay tomorrow. To watch his press conference in full please click here. “The latest news on the injuries is that we might have a couple of recoveries. Michael Paton trained today and Daniel Uchechi is training today. Hopefully we will get one or both of these guys in [...]
Continue reading …A Celtic football fan was stabbed at a stadium during the Scottish Cup tie on Saturday. The 23-year-old man was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness after the incident at the city’s Caledonian Thistle FC’s stadium. The man, from Glasgow, was attacked during the half-time interval of the Scottish Cup match between Celtic and Caledonian [...]
Continue reading …Aberdeen may face Motherwell in the sixth round of the Scottish Cup if they get past Queen of the South in our replay on 14th February 2012. Billy Davies, the former Motherwell, Derby County, Preston North End and Nottingham Forest manager, conducted the draw, along with Campbell Ogilvie, President of the Scottish FA, and Robin [...]
Continue reading …St Johnstone battled back to claim a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay against top flight rivals Hearts. David Templeton beat Peter Enckelman at his near post to give the home side a 10th-minute lead. St Johnstone captain Dave MacKay was sent off on 74 minutes after picking up two bookings. However, the visitors managed to find [...]
Continue reading …Dundee United knocked Rangers out of the Scottish Cup with a deserved fifth-round victory at Ibrox. The visitors took the lead after 16 minutes through Gavin Gunning’s powerful header. Rangers, playing their first match since the departure of top scorer Nikica Jelavic, almost levelled through Sone Aluko. Johnny Russell fired United’s second before the break [...]
Continue reading …Celtic, Motherwell and Hibernian all progressed past the fifth round of the Scottish Cup as Aberdeen and St Mirren almost suffered shock defeats. Celtic eased past Inverness with a 2-0 win at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium with goals from Georgios Samaras and Scott Brown. Samaras opened the scoring for Celtic after getting on the end of a Kris Commons through ball [...]
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