It was still dark at 6.00am on Saturday morning when the Keith FC bus left Kynoch Park heading off on it's 500 + miles round trip to the shores of the Solway Firth, Kirkcudbright to be exact, where they were due to tackle South of Scotland League outfit St Cuthbert Wanderers for the first time ever reports Charlie Simpson.

Well, the long trek was certainly worthwhile as the Maroons left St Marys Park later that day with their name safely in the hat for the second round draw of the Scottish Cup, thanks to two super goals from Dean Donaldson and Stuart Walker. It was as though the script had been specially written for this match, Donaldson's net bulger came the same weekend as his testimonial dinner, Walker's clincher came in his first game for six months due to injury, and the clean sheet came on the back of two defeats that had seen Darren Still's side concede nine goals.

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