Revised Scottish Cup Third Round Draw

The Revised Scottish Cup Third Round Draw was made late on Tuesday night after the Second Round fixtures were played out.

All 12 Scottish Premiership teams join in this round, as the competition really starts to get interesting.

The famous competition has been placed on hold due to the lower levels of Scottish football being halted in recent months.

However the remainder of the round two ties were completed on Tuesday and now we have a better idea of who plays who.

The magic of the cup is still very much alive in Scotland and the third round has thrown up some very tasty ties.

Both Rangers and Celtic have been handed home games, both of which are live on Premier Sports, while there is a potential Highland derby between Ross County and Inverness on the cards.

There is one all Premiership game and the likes of Livingston, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Hibs will play against lower league opposition.

Hearts were on the end of a shock cup upset when they faced Brora Rangers on Tuesday.

Christophe Berra cancelled out Jordan Macrae’s opener for Brora, but Martin MacLean’s winner stunned last season’s finalists in the second round

@brorarangers the troooooops ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/eiM206o3Xc

— Cammy (@craig_cam) March 23, 2021

Neilson admits that it’s the worst result of his management career.

“Everyone has to question themselves that’s part of Hearts,” he said.

“From our perspective, it’s not good enough,” Neilson told BBC Scotland. “We still have remnants of the relegation season still there in the group, in the club. We need to deal with it and get it moved out.

“We can’t accept that tonight. It’s an embarrassment for the football club and for all of us involved, the standard is not good enough. We should not be coming here and losing games no matter how many shots on target we have, it doesn’t matter, it’s about putting the ball in the net.

“I knew when I came in here I was turning around a ship that was heading in the wrong direction, it had three wins out of 30 in the Premiership. We’ve changed it, we’ve turned it around in areas, but there’s still a lot of work to do here and you can see that tonight.”

REVISED SCOTTISH CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW

Forfar vs Edinburgh City
Dundee United vs Partick Thistle
Livingston vs Raith Rovers
Brora vs Stranraer
Stenhousemuir vs Kilmarnock
Rangers vs Cove Rangers
Celtic vs Falkirk
Ross County vs Inverness
Queen of the South vs Hibs
Dumbarton vs Aberdeen
East Fife vs Morton
Hamilton vs St Mirren
Dundee vs St Johnstone
Ayr vs Clyde
Formartine vs Motherwell
Fraserburgh vs Montrose

The fixtures are scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of April.

All matches in the 2020/21 Scottish Cup are settled on the day, by extra time and penalties if necessary.

The draw comes just months after the dramatic end to the 2020 competition, with Celtic winning against Hearts on penalties.

Second Round Results

Arbroath 1-2 Falkirk
Buckie Thistle 2-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Brora Rangers 2-1 Heart of Midlothian
Dumbarton 4-0 Huntly
Elgin City 0-4 Ayr United
Formartine United 1-1 Annan Athletic (Formartine United win 3-1 on penalties)
Greenock Morton 0-0 Dunfermline Athletic (Greenock Morton win 6-5 on penalties)
Keith 0-2 Clyde
Nairn County 1-7 Montrose
Partick Thistle 3-0 Cowdenbeath
Peterhead 0-1 Stenhousemuir
Stirling Albion 0-2 Raith Rovers

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Fans reacted after seeing the Revised Scottish Cup Third Round Draw…

St midden legend doing a great job at Morton so far. All aboard the Gus Bus. pic.twitter.com/GnRNecRgZk

— shaneypunk (@shaney185) March 23, 2021

Dinnae see hertz who they playing? pic.twitter.com/CZWtFo4pxW

— Man on the Spot (@scottyb1875) March 24, 2021

@NoMovingOn: Livingston away again – urrghh

@ronpics: Oooft… Dundee v St. Johnstone

@Coyr1972: I’ve been out all night, who have Hearts got?

@shaney185: I can’t see Hearts. Where are Hearts?

@Papabawbag: Well, one version of the Rangers won’t make it to the next round. But will it be the real Rangers….. or the one that was formed a few years back?

@Galafoxes: Have Hearts dropped into the B & Q Walkers Shortbread Europa Scottish Cup?

@peterelliott71: Dumbarton it is then. Only time I was there was Sep 84 when the Sons were in the premier league. Was dragged out the ground with 15 to go at 0-0 only to hear screams of “one Willie Miller!” as we left the ground. 2-0 final score!!

@AlanFraser7: It’s on. This could be Thistle’s year.

@millermathieson: That is a hell of a trip for Stranraer

@MotherwellTalk: No hearts draw for us then this year in the Scottish cup thank fuck

@therealdeal1968: There’s three Rangers teams in the Scottish cup third round. Glasgow, Cove and Brora. #ScottishCup #RangersFamily

@davidwright33: Its great to see the Highland League finally get recognition tonight. Congrats to Brora!! Thank f**k your nae playing Aberdeen in 3rd Round 🤣 #ScottishCup

@gordon_mack: Fantastic result tonight @brorarangers keeping a little cup magic alive #ScottishCup

@opearman: Heart of Midlothian 😳 that’s got to go down as one of the biggest shocks in #ScottishCup history, fair play Brora

@steven_carrie: Hearts really are the football gift that keep on giving 😂😂😂😂 Absolutely magic #ScottishCup #brora

@CelticFc_Core: Would be a Great chance for a new manager to test his squad

@nathangreennn: 10 in a row but just Scottish Cups instead of leagues?

@KasztaFFC: Duffy is running scared of Conor Sammon.

@david1967x: Win the Scottish cup twice in one season