Ruthless Hearts crushed Auchinleck Talbot’s Scottish Cup dream with a jitter-free display at a packed Beechwood Park.
The eyes of Scottish football descended on one of its most magical venues but found little in the way of romance as the Jambos made light work of Tommy Sloan’s giant-killing specialists.
First-half goals from Andy Halliday and Liam Boyce put the Premiership side in control, despite a further two finishes from the latter being wrongly denied by the offside flag.
