Dad of Celtic-mad Buckie Thistle player talks son's big moment

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We spoke to Buckie Thistle fans about their looming Scottish Cup tie against Celtic, including the dad of Celtic-mad Buckie Thistle player Jack MacIver.

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00:00 It's a dream come true for him. He's supported Celtic since the day he was born obviously.

00:05 No choice in that. Huge Celtic fan, Jack. When he was at Aberdeen he was in the changing

00:13 room with Scott Brown and stuff, you know, because he's his hero. So really good, really

00:18 really good. Years ago I was the mascot for Inverness Thistle against Celtic in the Scottish

00:23 Cup game in the fourth round. So I used to say to him that I've always run out of Celtic

00:29 Park, I've been at Celtic Park and that was one of my claims to fame, but this boy's a

00:33 bit of go and play. So he's trumped me over it. So yeah, it's really good.

00:39 It's a tough one isn't it? You just want the guys to show their class and their ability

00:44 against a really really good team. But I mean if you come back and you lose 4-0, 5-0, you

00:48 would expect that. But you just want the guys all to have a moment where they think, you

00:53 know, they can look back in 20 years and say, "God remember I was at Parkhead and I took

00:56 the ball off Callum McGregor and I did something with it." That's the kind of thing, that's

01:00 the memories that will come out of this.

01:02 Absolutely, I think the gap is too big to where Celtic are. If we were playing the Tome

01:06 to maybe a lower championship side on a wet and windy day at Vicky Park I think we'd have

01:12 a chance, but not at Parkhead. But we'll enjoy the day.

01:16 We're both Celtic supporters, you couldn't have asked for a better time for us like,

01:20 you know what I mean?

01:21 It's a dream time for both of us.

01:22 People have questioned us saying, "Fiddy, why have you got a sport?" I say, "There's

01:26 only one team we've got a sport, it's Bucky."

01:28 We're Bucky supporters, we're Celtic fans. End of story.

01:32 If Bucky score I'll be chuffed.

01:34 Look, at the end of the day, we're there for the day out. It's got to be good financially

01:40 for the club, it's got to be in a good stead for the next few years. That's all we want

01:44 as a club. If you go into the fourth round of a tie, you're wanting to draw a big team

01:48 and that's what you want.

01:50 We're doing the best team in Scotland, undoubtedly.

01:53 If we can score a goal, brilliant.

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