Dalbeattie Star are looking to pull off a Scottish Cup upset on Saturday.The Lowland League basement boys come up against West of Scotland League champions Darvel in the second round at Islecroft on Saturday.And the Ayrshire side bring a number of players with Scottish Premiership experience, including former Hibs striker Ross Caldwell and ex St Mirren and Ross County midfielder Ian McShane.Star boss Eddie Warwick said: “It’s an extremely tough draw.

We’re not under any illusions but we’re at home and last time we were at home we put in a great performance against Berwick.“I think Darvel are of the same ilk - they have a lot of ex professionals in their team, guys who have hundreds of appearances in league football and far more money than we could imagine having.“We’ll dust ourselves down, prepare properly and be ready for Darvel.

We’ll give it our best shot and see where it takes us.“Underdogs is maybe a statement but we’re not going to run scared, it’s only a game of football.“It’s 11 guys v 11 guys and it’ll come down to who wants it more on the day.”Star suffered a cup defeat on Saturday when South of Scotland League side Abbey Vale knocked them out of the SFA South Region Challenge Cup.Craig Kerr put Vale in front after new Star goalie Martin Johnston had saved a penalty from Lewis McKenna before Andrew Caffrey’s second half equaliser took the game to extra-time.Scott Ballantyne put Star in front only for David Adams’ goal to force penalties, Vale progressing after winning the shoot-out 5-3.Despite the loss, Warwick wasn’t too down heartened with what he saw from his side.He said: “Penalties is an absolute lottery - the best teams in the world can get beaten by the worst teams in the world on penalties.“We started

Dalbeattie Star aim to pull off Scottish Cup upset against Darvel

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