Scottish Cup third round: Celtic 3-0 Falkirk - reaction as holders cruise through

Summary

Celtic have won last four Scottish Cups
Falkirk currently leading League 1
Forrest & Griffiths start for Celtic; Falkirk make eight changes
Forrest nets deflected strike to finally breach visitors after break
Christie quickly doubles lead with drive into bottom corner
Substitute Elyounoussi lofts ball over keeper from close range

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

Watch on Sportscenepublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
BBC One Scotland
Sportscene coverage of the game from Dumbarton starts on BBC One Scotland from noon - and you can also watch by clicking the link above.
Former Scotland internationals James McFadden, Chris Iwelumo and Michael Stewart provide the punditry.
Don't forget that Sportscene Results will follow from 16:25 with a round-up of the scores and reports as they come in.
Duffy looks for Bowie inspirationpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
Dumbarton v Aberdeen (12:15)
Overshadowed by a David Bowie poster, Dumbarton manager Jim Duffy has been telling BBC Scotland that he is looking for his underdogs to become cup "Heroes" against Aberdeen.
You can watch Duffy, who suffered a heart attack nine months ago, give his players a wee team talk by clicking the link below.
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'Football is my release'
LINE-UPS from The C&G Systems Stadiumpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
Dumbarton v Aberdeen (12:15)
Dumbarton: Ramsbottom, Wardrop, McGeever, Neill, McAllister, Wedderburn, Carswell, Brindley, Frizzell, Wilson, Jones.
Substitutes: Smith, Quitongo, Langan, Omar, Wallace, Duthie, Crossan.
Aberdeen: Lewis, Hoban, Considine, McGinn, Hayes, Ferguson, Kamberi, Ross, Campbell, McCrorie, Ramsay.
Substitutes: Woods, Hendry, Taylor, McGeouch, McLennan, Virtanen, Ruth, Kennedy, Duncan.
Shocks and hoodoospublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
Scottish Cup, third round
This weekend's Scottish Cup third round, when the top-flight clubs join the fray, has been eagerly anticipated.
Celtic are hoping to lift the world's oldest cup trophy for a fifth consecutive time.
You can catch up with Andrew Southwick's preview of this weekend's games here.
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Brora Rangers and Cove Rangers are eyeing more cup shocks
Today's cup fixturespublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
Scottish Cup, third round
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Super Caley derby triumphpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
FT: Ross County 1-3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Caley Thistle came from a goal behind to knock out neighbours County last night as the Championship side followed Brora Rangers, victors over second-tier leaders Hearts, in the list of this season's cup shocks.
You can catch up with the match report here.
One down, 13 to go todaypublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 3 April 2021
Scottish Cup, third round
Welcome to the second day of a big Scottish Cup third-round weekend.
We've already had one mini-shock, with second-tier Inverness Caledonian Thistle beating top-flight neighbours Ross County in Dingwall.
There's another 13 ties today, from the early 12:15 BST kick-off in Dumbarton, where Aberdeen are visitors, to Falkirk's trip to holders Celtic at 19:30, all of which you can follow on BBC Sport's mammoth live coverage.
Stay with us for the build-up, live commentaries, plus action and reaction, on TV, radio and online.
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Ross County were the first Premiership side to exit last night