Raith Rovers land home tie in Scottish Cup

Scottish Championship outfit Rovers will be warm favourites to see off a Talbot team currently sitting 12th in the West of Scotland Premier Division when the sides meet at Stark’s Park on the weekend of Saturday, November 26.

In the previous stages of this season’s competition, Ayrshire outfit Auchinleck – managed by Tommy Sloan – won 4-2 at Syngenta before beating Bo’ness United 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out away from home on Saturday after a 1-1 draw.

And Murray told the Fife Free Press: “We will be favourites for the tie of course, the difference of the tiers that you’re in.

"But you write these teams off at your peril. Auchinleck have got a fantastic history in the Scottish Cup, very recent as well, a very well supported junior side.

"I think you just have to look at some results over the weekend in the Scottish Cup. It shows that some of these teams are a very good standard.

"I watched the Pollok-Annan game on Monday night (a 4-3 win for Pollok) and Pollok played very well.

"We are at home but I’ve seen many cup upsets over the years so we have to make sure we’re not one of them. We treat Auchinleck with the respect they deserve.”

Raith midfielder Sam Stanton said: “It’s nice to get a home draw. Obviously every game’s difficult and we just need to play our best and see what happens.

"But we’re happy to get drawn at home. That’s a positive.”