Kevin Rutkiewicz has revealed his East Kilbride players were well fired-up for their Scottish Cup thrashing of Caledonian Braves – after their visitors made the most of a recent last-gasp draw in the Lowland League earlier this month.
The Kilby gaffer admitted he felt “a bit of needle” around his squad before the second round clash at K-Park had kicked off, and hinted it related to the Braves’ last-minute celebrations when they earned a 2-2 draw at Alliance Park on October 1.
And it took Kilby less than two minutes to open the scoring through Neil McLaughlin in this clash, before a second-half goal blitz arrived.
