Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Cove have the full dossier on Bairns in bid to make history

Assistant Manager Graeme Mathieson.
Assistant Manager Graeme Mathieson.

Cove Rangers assistant manager Graeme Mathieson insists the Highland League leaders have left no stone unturned as they bid to create a Scottish Cup shock on Saturday.

Championship club Falkirk, managed by former Aberdeen captain Paul Hartley, make the trip to Harlaw Park, Inverurie, as the two clubs go head-to-head for a place in Sunday’s quarter-final draw.

Mathieson believes his side will be well prepared on what to expect from the Bairns. He said: “Our player-coach, Roy McBain, watched Falkirk last weekend when they were beaten 3-1 at home by Livingston and we also had a much-changed Falkirk side watched in their 3-1 home win against Brechin City on Tuesday.

“They have a lot of good players. They are full-time professionals who are obviously very sharp and fit. It is a big ask for us but we can’t be worrying too much about them. We have to concentrate on what we can do and go out to try and win the game.

“They have paid us the compliment of coming to watch us beat Formartine in the previous round last Tuesday, so they also know a wee bit about ourselves.

“We have a really good record at the Harlaw Park ground.

“Harlaw has been our main home ground in the past couple of seasons and we will try to continue that record on Saturday.

“Falkirk are used to playing on their synthetic pitch, so they might find our pitch a leveller just as Rangers players found at Bellslea last Wednesday. It might be a bit bobbly and that will help us.”

Cove and Brora Rangers are bidding to become the first Highland League teams to reach the quarter-finals of the national competition since Elgin City 50 years ago.

Mathieson added: “It really would be amazing but to get to this stage of the competition is pretty impressive in itself.

“I think that shows how far the Highland League has progressed.

“We’ve got better players and managers with a better knowledge of the game and the whole infrastructure of the clubs has led to a more professional approach.

“It shows just how far we have come.”