Levein saw his side run out 4-0 winners over Auchinleck Talbot in a repeat of the fifth-round meeting between the two sides in February 2012, with 14,946 in attendance at Tynecastle including around 1,800 fans of the junior outfit.

Across the city, a total of 9,131 were at Easter Road for Hibs’ 3-1 win over League One side Raith Rovers on Saturday, with the Starks Park side also bringing around 1,800 fans to the match.

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Craig Levein was in an impish mood following his side's Scottish Cup victory over Auchinleck Talbot. Picture: SNS Group

Speaking to HeartsTV after the match, Levein was asked about the “quite remarkable” turnout for a “fifth-round match against junior opposition”.

The Hearts boss replied: “Yeah, it’s more than nine thousand, isn’t it, 15,000? So that’s good.

“I was thrilled to bits with the crowd today and their support of the team. I thought they were very good today. “we want to make Tynecastle a really difficult place to come for anybody, whether it be league or cup ties.

“If we do our bit, and the crowd do their bit, then it gives us a feeling of invincibility sometimes and it also makes the opposition a little bit nervous about coming here.”