After a summer packed full of celebrations, Aberdeen will soon begin their first defence of the Scottish Cup since 1990 after their epic Hampden triumph.

Jimmy Thelin's men downed Celtic in a nerve-shredding encounter, with Dimitar Mitov's penalty shootout heroics denying the Hoops a treble and bringing the silverware back to Pittodrie .

Many had written off the Dons ' chances, but that's the magic of the cup, and the Red Army will be hoping for plenty more of that when Aberdeen enter this season's competition.

Premiership sides join the action in the fourth round, joining the other 20 clubs who have had to navigate their way through the earlier encounters.

Queen's Park are among them after surviving a scare on Friday night against Linlithgow Rose, with the Spiders hoping

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