Scottish Cup ties at risk after Duke’s funeral date confirmed

Buckingham Palace announced that Philip’s ceremonial royal funeral will take place on April 17.

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The Scottish FA has said that it has begun dialogue over next week’s Scottish Cup ties after Buckingham Palace announced details of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

The funeral is to take place on Saturday, April 17 at 3pm.

The fourth round of the Scottish Cup is scheduled to take place next weekend, with one lunchtime game, four 3pm matches and Rangers v Celtic due to kick off at 4pm.

Those games are now open to a change of date and time.

A Scottish FA statement read: “In light of confirmation that the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will take place next Saturday at 3pm, we have entered dialogue with the relevant stakeholders with regard to Scottish Cup Fourth Round fixtures scheduled on that day. 

“We will update participating clubs, supporters and partners in due course.”

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