Motherwell steam past Locos

Inverurie Locos’s stay in the Scottish Cup finally came to an end after they lost 3-0 at home to Premier League side Motherwell in the fourth round on Monday.

The match had been postponed four times as the Highland League club’s ground fell victim to the weather.

But on a day when much of the rest of Britain was covered in snow, the tie at last went ahead, albeit the lines were painted orange and a yellow ball was used to cope with the flurries in Inverurie.

The conditions appeared to provide the ideal backdrop to a Cup upset. However any hopes of a shock result lasted just 90 seconds. That was all the time it took the Steelmen to take the lead when John Sutton headed in Jim O’Brien’s free-kick.

In the second-half, O’Brien crossed for David Clarkson, whose header made it 2-0 before Sutton scored his second and Motherwell’s third in the 69th minute to set up a home tie with Premier League rivals St Mirren on Saturday.