Hamilton 3 Musselburgh 1: Accies boss knew late goals would come as they see off plucky Burgh in Scottish Cup

Hamilton boss John Rankin insisted he always had faith his Accies would come good in the end after surviving a cup scare from East of Scotland Premier League leaders Musselburgh Athletic.

An 89th minute goal from Sean McGinty and an Oli Shaw strike five minutes into stoppage time spared the Championship outfit from extra-time with the sixth tier side, after Burgh's Jamie Todd had struck early in the second half to cancel out Stephen Hendrie's 24th minute opener.

Plucky Burgh also missed a huge chance through Jordan Smith to level again before Shaw sealed it.

But Rankin insisted he felt their place in Monday's fifth round draw was never in doubt.

He said: "I always felt it was coming. Sometimes you can get your fingers burned at the opposite end when you keep going like that, but I knew that we'd had a few late goals this season.

"Oli always seems to pop up at the end. It wasn't a great day for him but we always leave him on because you know he's worth a goal.

"I said to the players that it didn't matter how we got there, as long as we did and we've done that.

"Coming off the pitch a few of them were joking they'd rather have a Premiership team in the next round because it won't be as hard as it was today."

It took 20 minutes for Accies to create the first real opening of the game and they should have taken it. Connor Smith swung in a corner from the right, finding McGinty unmarked in the centre of the box, but he powered a header wide of the target from 10 yards when he had the goal at his mercy.

Five minutes later, the hosts took the lead in style. Smith clipped his corner kick to the left edge of the box and Stephen Hendrie rifled home an unstoppable strike into the bottom corner to give them lift off in the tie.

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