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The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Eagle-eyed Celtic fans clock Paul Black's smirk at Rangers' expense

This is the moment comedian Paul Black seemingly struggled to contain his laughter at Rangers' expense during last night's Scottish Cup draw. 

The well-known Scottish comedy figure, famed for his hilarious TikTok videos, was a guest alongside BBC Sport Scotland's Jonathan Sutherland for the quarter-final draw of the competition. 

The draw was held at the SMiSA Stadium in Paisley after Hearts won a hard-fought penalty shootout against St Mirren.

Black, who is a Celtic fan, pulled each team out of the hat as he paired; Livingston vs St Johnstone, Celtic vs Hibernian, Aberdeen vs Queen's Park and Hearts vs Dundee.

But eagle-eyed fans claim to have spotted the comic having a little chuckle to himself shortly after pulling Queen's Park out, as they learned they will face a tough trip to Pittodrie in the last-eight.

Callum Davidson's side created Scottish Cup history on Sunday night as they defeated Philippe Clement's men 1-0 at Ibrox, to send Rangers crashing out.

And it was with this reminder of what had happened that Hoops supporter Black couldn't help but appear to smirk, with a clip of the moment widely circulated on social media.

While narrating the draw, Sutherland commented: "Queen's Park, who of course famously beat Rangers yesterday."

Upon the conclusion of the draw, Sutherland asked Black for his thoughts on the ties. 

When revealing the pair had a conversation about Queen's Park off-air, Black quipped that it would remain 'private'.

Black also joked that his grandad would be proud of him for helping to do the Scottish Cup draw live on the box.

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