Bonnyrigg Rose 'honoured' as Scottish Cup trip to Dundee is selected for TV broadcast

Bonnyrigg Rose knocked out Bo'ness United in the last round of the Scottish Cup.

The Lowland League outfit travel to Dens Park on Saturday, January 9 to take on James McPake’s men and the clash will be broadcast by BBC Scotland with a 7.45pm kick-off.

It will be the second time in as many seasons that Bonnyrigg will be on terrestrial television. The BBC cameras selected Rose’s tie with Buckie Thistle last term for coverage.

A statement on Rose’s website read: “The reward for winning our Scottish Cup first round tie vs Bo'ness Utd is that our second round tie vs Dundee at Dens Park has been selected as one of the live TV games that will be shown by BBC Scotland next weekend.

"This is the second time in as many seasons that the club has been selected for a live Scottish Cup game, with the first being our 2nd round tie at NDP vs Buckie Thistle last season which was also our first game under our floodlights.

“BBC Scotland started to cover the early rounds last season and it gives clubs at our level an opportunity to showcase our club to an audience that we normally don't get a chance to. It is an honour for the club and the town to have been chosen once again and it is a testament to the performances of the players and management team on the pitch and the work that we continue to do off it.

“The game is scheduled for Saturday 9th January, with a 19:45 kick off.”

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