'We'll be ready': St Andrews United's Greg Shields on facing Scottish Cup shock troops Camelon Juniors

Tam Scobbie’s side recorded a shock 2-1 home third round victory over SPFL League Two outfit Edinburgh City last weekend and come to Fife in a rich vein of form ahead of the East of Scotland Football League Premier Division encounter against Shields’ men.

The St Andrews gaffer said: “We will give Camelon the respect they deserve because they’re having a good cup run which is definitely one that they'll get confidence from.

"They got promoted last year, they've obviously been in good form.

"We have to stick to our game plan, know what we're good at, trust ourselves and make sure we're creating chances and opportunities to give us an opportunity to win the game. That's the important part.

"I think we are more than capable of beating anybody. They are in our league for a reason. We've played against good teams in our league before, Musselburgh, Hill of Beath, Jeanfield, so we're up there with them

"We can compete against them, no problem. We'll be ready for them, as we are week in, week out.

"Sometimes you can't control the end result, but we'll certainly be there to hold ourselves accountable, that's for sure.”

When asked if Camelon beating Edinburgh City was a good advert for the EoS League, Shields added: “It shows you that anybody can beat anybody on their day, regardless of what level they're at.

"Camelon have got a strong squad and they've built a good group. Edinburgh have been struggling in their league, which can give lower teams a chance. Camelon probably took their opportunities and hung tight. That's football, right? You get that every season.”

Saints go into the fixture 10th in the table with 20 points from 15 matches, six places and 13 points below their visitors who have also played two games less.

Shields’ men exited the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup at the third round stage last weekend, going down 7-3 at Scottish Lowland Football League outfit Broxburn Athletic having led 2-1 at one point.

Shields said: “First half we were excellent, probably the best we've played this season.

"And the players got told that, they were very, very good.

"We unfortunately lost a bad goal in the stroke of half-time, but scored two very, very good goals.

"So there were definitely moments and flashes there.

"It was very consistent, to be honest, the first half. The players showed what they can do in a big game against a very good side.

"I think Broxburn were surprised as well by how we took the game to them.

"I'd imagine they did get a bit of a rollocking at half-time, purely because I felt we dominated the first half.

"They were always going to come out strong. They obviously scored very early. Lewis Milne had a chance before they scored to go 3-2 up, very unlucky.

"They dominated the game after that, to be honest. Stepped up the tempo, became more aggressive, got it forward quicker.

" We then became stretched and it became a tough, tough game.

"Ultimately, you always look at goals that we lost. We lost, you'd probably say bad goals, but there was a lot of good play for them as well.

"That's why they're a league above in the top four, or whatever they are up there.

"The manner in which we lost the goals laterly was disappointing. We lost three goals in 12 minutes, which was tough to take.

"But you analyse it, you look back and obviously you would like our shape to be a little bit better against the ball.

"But they punished us, to be honest.

"It gave us a good insight into what the Lowland League is like.”