Scottish Cup third round draw: Home ties for Caley Thistle, Cove Rangers and Banks o’ Dee

By Danny Law

October 24 2021, 5:45 pm

Cove Rangers will host Queen of the South at Balmoral Stadium.

Caley Thistle, Banks o’ Dee and Cove Rangers have all been handed home draws in the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Billy Dodds’ Championship leaders have been dealt a tricky assignment with Greenock Morton making the trip to Inverness on the weekend of November 27.

Cove Rangers will welcome Queen of the South, sitting seventh in the Championship, to Balmoral Stadium, while Banks o’ Dee’s reward for beating Nairn County 5-0 is a tie against League One strugglers East Fife at Spain Park.

Jim McInally’s Peterhead will begin their Scottish Cup campaign away at Lowland League side Civil Service Strollers.

🏆 We will face Morton at home in the Third Round of the Scottish Cup

Third Round Ties to take place weekend of November 27th pic.twitter.com/xm9WURu4ov

— Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (@ICTFC) October 24, 2021

Elgin City will face Clyde at Borough Briggs if they defeat Clydebank on Monday evening, while Highland League side Rothes will host East Klbride if they win their replay against Dalbeattie Star after the sides drew 0-0 on Saturday.

A trip to Somerset Park to face Ayr United is on offer if Brora Rangers can defeat Albion Rovers in their replay this weekend.

Fellow Highland League side Brechin City will take on Darvel at Glebe Park.

In some of the other eye-catching ties, Auchinleck Talbot will meet Hamilton Accies, Partick Thistle will face Dunfermline Athletic and Falkirk will take on Raith Rovers.