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Ian Cathro was left red-faced over his Scottish Cup rant as it emerged Hearts requested the replay date that he branded crazy.

The Jambos boss hit out at the decision to make his side play Raith Rovers again tomorrow night, just three days after the side’s drew 1-1 draw at Stark’s Park.

Cathro complained that the date “doesn’t make sense” and was criticised for saying he had not even bothered to look at the date of a possible return match because was so convinced his side would win.

But his outburst looks even more ill-advised now that it has emerged that his own club officials set the date.

The replay date was agreed in advance of Sunday’s fourth round tie and was also circulated to the clubs in an SFA email as a reminder last Monday.

It is convention for the team hosting any rematch to propose their favoured date and it is understood that is what happened in this case.

With Hearts playing Rangers a week tomorrow, and the following week being too close to the fifth round ties, the Gorgie outfit were left with little choice but to go again tomorrow night.

Meanwhile, Hearts will have Tynecastle’s main stand open again for tomorrow night’s match despite ongoing demolition work at the stadium.

The enclosure was closed to supporters when the ground hosted Saturday’s tie between Bonnyrigg Rose and Hibs because of pre-planned building work.

The Gorgie outfit have begun the process of replacing their antiquated main stand with a modern state-of-the-art construction that is scheduled to be open by September

However, with plans in place for builders to construct around the current stand until the summer, it will be open again for the visit of Raith as the Jambos seek to set up a mouthwatering fifth round encounter with city rivals Hibs.