Scottish Cup

Cup-winning captains turn managers

On Saturday the William Hill Scottish Cup will be in attendance at Forthbank Stadium for the featured match of the Fourth Round.

Image: Cup-winning captains turn managers [Migrated]

There will also be giveaways around the ground as Stirling Albion take on Clyde in a match that sees two cup winning Captains go head-to-head on the touchline.

Barry Ferguson held the trophy aloft with Rangers and Dave Mackay likewise with St Johnstone.

The two are now plying their trade in League 2 as managers of Clyde and Stirling Albion.

This season they have done battle three times. The sides have drawn on two occasions 1-1 and two weeks ago Mackay’s men defeated Clyde 3-0.

Both sides have a strong defensive record in this season’s competition; both Stirling and Clyde are yet to concede a goal. Stirling have so far overcome Linlithgow Rose and Wick Academy, scoring 5 goals in the process.

Clyde have scored two more goals so far, beating Brora Rangers 2-0 and Arbroath 5-0.

Ahead of the game, Barry Ferguson said: “The 3-0 defeat against Stirling a few weeks ago came as a surprise as we had been playing well but individual errors had been killing us.

“We weren’t good enough in that game at Forthbank.

“I’ve beefed up the squad a little bit over the last few weeks so hopefully it’ll energise us.

“The Scottish Cup means a lot to me and it’s a competition I always want to do well in, having won it five times.”

Dave Mackay said: “I’m loving life as a manager since retirement and looking forward to Saturday.

“The last time we played Clyde we won 3-0 but I believe they have a lot of players that can hurt us.

“In the Cup it’s a totally different match and as the league shows, it’s so unpredictable so we’ll need to be at our best.”

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