Minnows handed Hibs tie
Published 15:31 30/11/09 By Pa Sports
Non-league minnows Irvine Meadow have been handed a visit to Hibernian in the fourth round of the Active Nation Scottish Cup.
The Ayrshire team beat Arbroath on Saturday to set up a trip to Easter Road to face the side sitting third in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Rangers were drawn away to Hamilton while Celtic will also play away against the winners of the third-round replay between Morton and Dumbarton. Aberdeen face Hearts at Pittodrie while Kilmarnock host Falkirk in the two other all-SPL ties drawn at Hampden.
Irvine Meadow general manager Iain McQueen welcomed the "tremendous" draw for the only junior side left in the competition.
Meadow, who are in a mid-table position in the Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, beat Irn-Bru Second Division Arbroath 1-0 following earlier wins over Selkirk and Brora Rangers.
"It couldn't have worked out much better for us," McQueen said. "To go to a Premier League club, especially one of Hibs' calibre, is a tremendous feat for our club."
All the matches will take place on January 9 except for Rangers' trip to New Douglas Park, which will be shown live on Sky Sports with a 12.15pm kick-off the following day.
Rangers famously lost to Accies in the Scottish Cup in 1987 when Adrian Sprott scored the only goal against Graeme Souness' side at Ibrox, but Hamilton lost 5-1 in Govan in the quarter-finals last term.
Elsewhere, Motherwell face a trip to Inverness, whom the Lanarkshire side beat 3-2 after extra-time in the Co-operative Insurance Cup earlier this season.
Dundee United travel to Glasgow to play former manager Ian McCall's Partick Thistle and St Johnstone visit Forfar, while St Mirren will host the winners of the replay between Cowdenbeath and Alloa.
