Wednesday 3 February 2016 18:41, UK
East Kilbride goalkeeper Matt McGinley is dreaming of a Scottish Cup upset this weekend, when his team play Celtic in the fifth-round at Airdrie.
The former Morton and Albion Rovers stopper was among the spectators at Hampden last Sunday when Ross County upset the odds and knocked the Hoops out of the League Cup.
Celtic had taken the lead inside the opening minute through Gary Mackay-Steven, but team-mate Efe Ambrose was dismissed 12 minutes later for conceding a penalty, and the Staggies went on to win 3-1.
And the outcome of that tie has offered a glimmer of hope for McGinley, who also works as a PE teacher in East Kilbride.
"In football anything can happen and Sunday was the perfect example," said McGinley. "A red card after just 10 minutes, so anything can happen.
"We will have a game plan and we will try our best to implement that game plan and just see what happens on the day.
"We will probably be on the back foot for the rest of the game so we know we have to defend well, and defend from the front and limiting Celtic to as few opportunities as possible is going to be big part of our game plan.
"We deserve our day out. We have had an excellent cup run and it is a massive tie, a massive opportunity, so we just have to go out and play to the best of our ability and enjoy the day."
McGinley, who joined East Kilbride in the summer, has enjoyed the hype but is aware of the magnitude of the task ahead.
He said: "I am a PE teacher at the school just round the corner from our ground and the pupils are buzzing for it, they are so excited for it.
"It is by far and away the biggest game in the club's history so it is brilliant and everyone is looking forward to it.
"I played a few times in what is now the Championship and played in the Scottish Cup with Albion Rovers, so I have played a few big games in my time.
"All the boys have done fantastically well to get to this stage so we have to go out and enjoy ourselves and put East Kilbride and the Lower League on the map and show it is a good standard of football."
