The Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup Second Round weekend got underway on Friday evening with two matches taking place and both would end up in 2-0 away victories, as Linlithgow Rose and Buckie Thistle booked their place in the hat for Round Three.

With the possible exception of the very early weeks of the season, when Celtic and Rangers meet, it is usual for one of them to be hovering somewhere close to crisis. It is simply the nature of Scottish football, the overwhelming strength and remorseless antipathy of the Glasgow sides. When one is down, the other is presumably up.