BANKIES midfielder Ian Gold admits he is dreaming of cup silverware following the Scottish Cup first round draw.

Clydebank have been drawn away to Inverurie side Colony Park in the opening tie and despite having high hopes Gold insists he is under no illusions that it’ll be an easy tie.

The winger previously tasted Scottish Cup success with Drumchapel United in 2007 and admitted he would love to lift the junior version of the cup after witnessing Bankies come so close yet so far at Rugby Park as a fan in the club’s 2-1 defeat to Auchinleck Talbot.

He told Sport Scene: “I was at the last Scottish Cup final the club reached and it was a fantastic day out as a fan.

“It would be fantastic to emulate that for the supporters that we have here and it definitely something that I would love to be a part of.

“We have a fantastic bunch of supporters and they were all there at Rugby Park — I don’t think there has been a crowd like it at a final since, it was amazing.

“We have never really managed a good run at it since I came here four years ago, we have enjoyed wins in the Central League Cup and the Sectional League Cup, so hopefully we can carry that in to the Scottish and also the West of Scotland Cup this time around.” The most difficult part of the first round tie to Colony Park may be the logistical side of the draw. Bankies face a three and a half hour drive to face former Bankie Andy Roddie’s side and Gold stressed that the trip could play a factor in the tie, adding: “It is definitely going to be a tough game for us, by all accounts they are quite a good side and we will have to approach the tie in the right manner.

“It will be a three and a half hour drive so we will have to be on the ball and ready to go when we get there.

“We are used to getting up and playing basically so we will need to be focused and ready for the game once we get there.” Bankies fell to defeat in their first league game of the season at the weekend and gutted the Bankies midfielder admitted he couldn’t believe his side left with nothing following their 2-1 defeat to Glenafton.

Jordan Shelvey looked to set the hosts on their way with a fine finish in the second minute but the Bankies couldn’t capitalise on their first half superiority and it would come back to bite them in the second period. Efforts from Marlow and Kinney were enough to for the Glens to leave Holm Park with all three points in the season opener but Gold insisted it could have been all the more different.

He said: “It is so disappointing to come away from that match without anything.

“We deserved to win with the way we played in the first half, we had them beat and we felt all we had to do was come out in the second and kill the game.

“It wasn’t like we never took our chances, we never created much that you would say we should have scored, we just bossed the game and were controlling the tie.

“But Glenafton come out in the second half, and credit to them they played very well, but their goals came out of absolutely no where and it was quite bad as we played great football.” Saturday’s game was Jordan Shelvey and Stevie Gardiner’s first league game since making the leap from amateur to the juniors. With Shelvey opening the scoring and Gardiner putting in a battling display, Gold admitted he was impressed with the way they handled their first taste of league action.

He added: “There was some positives to take out of the game and the way that Jordan and Stevie Gardiner played was definitely one of those.

“The step up can be a huge test but the pair handled it very well with Jordan scoring and Stevie managing to keep Adam Strachan, who we all know can be a tricky player from his time at the club, very quiet in the first half.

“Add to that the fact that Paul Bell was playing his first match since coming back from injury and there was a lot of things to take from the game, we knew Glenafton would be a tricky side so we just need to move on and focus on next week.”