I WON'T TAKE HIGH ROAD TO CUP TRIUMPH

Grim up north for Livi's Hearts loan kid on silver trail

- ALAN ROBERTSON

MACAULAY TAIT unearthed the secret to avoiding a Highland sting in the pursuit of Challenge Cup glory - check in at the semi-final stage.

Now the 19-year-old is hell-bent on showing he's a man for the big occasion after his loan team-mates teed him up for a first showpiece.

Livingston go in against fellow Championship side Queen's Park on Sunday looking to lift the Trust Trophy 10 years on from doing so.

On pulling off a cup double, with parent club Hearts through to the final four in the Scottish, he said: "It'd be nice. When I came here it was the semi-finals so the boys did most of the hard work before me.