The Scottish Mail on Sunday

DRUMCHAPEL SHOCK LEAGUE ONE EDINBURGH

-

DRUMCHAPEL UNITED produced the biggest shock of the third round ties in the Scottish Cup yesterday by defeating League One side FC Edinburgh 1-0.

Sitting mid-table in the West of Scotland First Division, Alex Docherty’s goal in the 47th minute sparked wild scenes of celebratio­n in the home dressing room.

Elsewhere, Darvel thrashed League One Montrose 5-2 at Links Park in another stunning upset.

Cameron Eadie gave the West of Scotland side the lead, Ian McShane hit a double and Ross Caldwell and Andrew Stirling also scored.

Lowland League side Stirling University dumped out League Two Albion Rovers 1-0 after extra-time.

Cove Rangers thumped Dunipace 7-0, Bobby Linn scored twice for Arbroath in a 2-0 win at Highland League Fraserburg­h and Partick Thistle eased to a 3-0 success over Kelty Hearts at Firhill.

Other Championsh­ip sides that progressed were Inverness Caley Thistle who edged out Stirling

Albion 3-2. Queen’s Park won 3-0 at Peterhead, while Raith Rovers defeated Auchinleck Talbot by the same scoreline. Hamilton beat East Kilbride 4-0 and Morton beat Queen of the South 4-1.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom