Largs Thistle versus Ayr United in Scottish Cup live on BBC TV

The Scottish Cup third-round tie between Largs Thistle and Ayr United will be shown live on the BBC Scotland channel, website and iPlayer on Friday, 27 November, with a 19:30 kick-off.

It comes after the Lowland League West club gained permission from North Ayrshire Council to keep the floodlights on at their Barrfields Park until 22:00 GMT.

They previously were only permitted to operate the pitch and floodlights at the 4,500-capacity stadium beyond a 21:00 cut-off on no more than two nights in any calendar month.

Following Largs’ promotion from the West of Scotland League Premier Division to Scotland’s fifth tier, which requires 19:45 midweek kick-offs, the previous restriction had already resulted in the club moving midweek matches 11 miles away to Ardrossan.