IT'S set to be a family affair at Holm Park as Clydebank assistant boss Gary McMenamin goes up against his older brother in tomorrow’s Scottish Cup fourth round tie with Annan Athletic.

In the opposite dugout to the Bankies number two will be older sibling, Colin, who is in the same role at the League Two club.

A sold-out Holm Park is the venue with a place in the last 16 of the competition at stake as the hosts look to pull off another cup shock and continue their Scottish Cup fairytale in their first season back in the competition for nearly 20 years, having already dumped out Dalkieth Thistle and two SPFL sides in the shape of Elgin City and Clyde.

McMenamin, who also turned out for Annan in his playing days alongside Bankies boss Gordon Moffat, has revealed that there hasn’t been a whole lot of contact between the pair ahead of the game - but says he's looking forward to catching up post-match.

Speaking exclusively to the Post, he said: “There’s a lot of good people at Annan and with my brother as their assistant I’ve got a lot of family coming. My daughter will be one of the mascots.

“It’s not a draw that any of us that wanted, but we’ve just got to deal with it. We haven’t spoken too much this week.

“I’ll speak to him on Saturday before the game but that’ll be it and after it will be back to normal.

“We’ve got a really good relationship and we speak quite a bit so this week has been quite strange.

“We’ll have a couple of beers after the game – hopefully in celebration for us!”

Clydebank head into the game after a nightmare start to the year with surprising back-to-back defeats against Benburb and Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.

Annan, by contrast, are flying in League Two, having not lost in nine games - and whilst McMenamin admits that Bankies' form is far from ideal, he hopes they can use their past experiences in the competition to go one step further again and has urged them to enjoy the occasion.

He explained: “The players are still down after the last two defeats because we’re not used to losing so to lose two in a row in the manner that we have wasn’t great.

"But Scottish Cup week is a good week for them to forget about the bread and butter.

“With the Elgin game at home live on TV, everyone was nervous, but performances since then have shown that we’ve grown into the games and we’ve started to believe we are good enough for that level.

“It’s a one-off game and the players have good to believe in what they can achieve and what they’ve achieved so far.

“The fans expect, and we expect, to win games but when you’re coming into the Scottish Cup and playing league teams it’s almost like a free hit.

"We’re massive underdogs, especially with the form that Annan are in just now, so the players can take their mind off league duty and just enjoy the day.

“The players need to cherish these times because they don’t know how many they’ll get.”