Kevin McBride is looking for a repeat of last season's final game when Airdrie travel to Somerset Park for the Irn Bru third round tie against Ayr United.

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A trip to face the Honest Men is the Diamonds' reward for despatching Motherwell U20s on Tuesday night, and Head Coach McBride is looking forward to a challenging tie.

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"It's a tough one. We got a great result down there at the end of last season, but obviously with a totally different team.

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"We know it's a difficult place to go, there's not many teams would like to go down there - but it's one we'll look forward to."

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United were promoted to the Championship after winning the play-off final on penalty kicks against Saturday's opponents Stranraer, and have strengthened considerably with big signings like former Dundee star Gary Harkins.

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The tie will be played on Sunday September 4 due to the Scottish International Air Show taking place in Prestwick on the Saturday.

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The third round draw in full is as follows:

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North Section
Alloa Athletic vs East Fife
Brechin City vs Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee United vs Peterhead
Turriff United vs Hibernian
Falkirk vs Elgin City
Forfar Athletic vs Raith Rovers

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South Section
Queen of the South vs Stenhousemuir
Stranraer vs Dumbarton
Livingston vs Celtic Colts
Albion Rovers vs St.Mirren
Ayr United vs Airdrieonians
Queen's Park vs Morton