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Euan Robertson

Scottish Cup return date revealed with lower league clubs set to return

The Scottish Cup is set to return on Tuesday March 23rd with the remaining second round ties scheduled to be played.

The Scottish Football Association are determined to complete the historic cup competition this season and will utilise free weekends and midweeks in March and April.

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After the Government handed League One and Two clubs the green light to return to training, discussions began to reschedule remaining fixtures.

There are still eleven second round fixtures to be played, including Keith v Clyde, before the Premiership clubs enter the competition in the third round.

Highland League clubs were specifically mentioned in Nicola Sturgeon's daily briefing update and they've been instructed to prepare for testing ahead of the fixtures on March 23rd.

(SNS Group)

Buckie Thistle, Nairn County, Formatine United, Keith and Huntly are all still scheduled to play second round ties.

The full Scottish Cup third round draw is as follows:

Brora Rangers or Heart of Midlothian v Stranraer

Celtic v Arbroath or Falkirk

Dumbarton or Huntly v Aberdeen

Dundee United v Partick Thistle or Cowdenbeath

Dundee v St Johnstone

East Fife v Greenock Morton or Dunfermline Athletic

Elgin City or Ayr United v Keith or Clyde

Forfar Athletic v Edinburgh City

Formartine United or Annan Athletic v Motherwell

Fraserburgh v Nairn County or Montrose

Hamilton Academical v St Mirren

Livingston v Stirling Albion or Raith Rovers

Peterhead or Stenhousemuir v Kilmarnock

Queen of the South v Hibernian

Rangers v Cove Rangers

Ross County v Buckie Thistle or Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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