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Paul Thomson

Aberdeen slayer Jordan Kirkpatrick says Darvel's cup shock will take a while to sink in

Darvel super hero Jordan Kirkpatrick helped his side pull off the giant-killing of Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup last night and the former Hamilton Accies and Clyde star admits it will take a while for the magnitude of the achievement to sink in.

The 30-year-old, who spent four years at Accies between 2008-2012 and also had a brief spell with Airdrie, will go down in Scottish football history as the man who pulled off arguably the biggest-ever Scottish Cup upset.

His first half strike, a deflected effort inside the box after 19 minutes, was enough for the West of Scotland Premier Division leaders to knockout Jim Goodwin's Premiership heavyweights, who play a whopping five tiers above the Ayrshire side.

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