The English club looking to cause a Scottish Cup upset
Tweedmouth Rangers will play their first ever Scottish Cup tie against Lochee United
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An English football club is looking to make its mark in the Scottish Cup.
Tweedmouth Rangers is based in Berwick Upon Tweed, two miles from the border with Scotland, but play in the East of Scotland League's third division.
On Saturday, the team take on Dundee's Lochee United in a preliminary round of the cup.
Tweedmouth Rangers is only the second club from the south of the border to play in Scotland's premier cup competition.
Its near neighbours, Berwick Rangers, caused one of the competition's biggest shocks by beating Glasgow Rangers in 1967.
Tweedmouth manager Kev Wright said: "This is a culmination of all our hard work and everyone can enjoy the day."
Club captain Rhys Dixon is excited about his first Scottish Cup match
Tweedmouth Rangers was formed 15 years ago to play in the East of Scotland amateur leagues.
As well as winning a promotion, the club has also carried out major renovations to its ground at Old Shielfield.
The improvements have led to their admission into the Scottish Cup for the first time.
Club captain Rhys Dixon said: "It definitely is the biggest game and to be the captain of the club – well it's an honour.
"Anything can happen in the Scottish Cup."
Berwick beat Rangers 1-0 in front of 13,000 fans in the 1960s
In 1905 Berwick Rangers became the first, and until this weekend only, English team to play in the Scottish Cup.
And in 1967 they caused one of the competition's biggest upsets with a Sammy Reid goal helping to knock out Glasgow Rangers in front of a record 13,000 crowd at Shielfield Park.
With work ongoing at Old Shielfield, Tweedmouth will play its first Scottish Cup match on the same ground.
Manager Kev Wright hopes his Tweedmouth Rangers team can cause its own upset
Manager Kev Wright hopes history can repeat itself.
He said: "It's one of the biggest giant killing's in the cup's history.
"So to actually play in the Shielfield Park stadium is massive for the club and it's something that myself and the players will take on board."