Scottish Cup: Look back at memorable ties involving the Pars

James McPake's side won 2-1 at Edinburgh City in their third round tie on Saturday, putting them into the last 32 of the competition.

This stage of the competition will see the 12 top flight sides enter the tournament, all dreaming of embarking on a run to Hampden and the final in May.

Ahead of the draw, we've taken a trip down memory line to pick out five memorable Scottish Cup ties involving Athletic.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-3 Pars, semi-final replay, April 2004

Earlier this year, members of Dunfermline's squad that reached the final in 2004 got back together for a special reunion event at the Carnegie Hall.

Arguably, the match during that run to a first Scottish Cup final since 1968 that's most vivid in the memory banks is the semi-final replay with Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Pittodrie.

The teams had drawn 1-1 at Hampden in the first match and, in the replay, First Division Caley took the lead.

However, Jimmy Calderwood's top flight Pars turned the tie around thanks to goals from Darren Young and Craig Brewster, before Barry Nicholson's magnificent, iconic solo goal sealed victory, despite David Bingham's late penalty for the Highlanders.

Barry Nicholson's goal is one of the most iconic in the club's recent history. (Image: DAFC.) Aberdeen 0-0 Pars, quarter-final replay, March 2009. After extra-time, Dunfermline win 4-2 on penalties.

After taking Dunfermline to the 2004 final, Calderwood, and assistant, Jimmy Nicholl, were appointed as Aberdeen's new managerial team that summer.

Five years on, the two Jimmies were paired with their former club - who were now in the First Division - in the quarter-finals.

In front of a bumper crowd of more than 9,000, Nicky Phinn's late leveller cancelled out Sone Aluko's opener for the Dons, earning the Pars a replay at Pittodrie.

Few would have given Athletic, under the charge of Jim McIntyre, much chance of progressing but they defied the odds with a resolute defensive effort.

With the deadlock not broken after extra-time, Pars keeper, Paul Gallacher, proved to be the hero by saving two penalties - from Scott Severin and Richard Foster - in the shoot-out.

Dunfermline's Stephen Glass, Calum Woods and Alex Burke all netted before Graham Bayne scored the decisive kick to send them into a last four showdown with Falkirk.

We'll skip beyond what happened there...

Pars 3-2 Rangers, third round, January 2007.

2007 marked Athletic's fifth - and, to date, last - Scottish Cup final appearance, and their run to Hampden began at home to Rangers.

Battling at the bottom of the SPL (Scottish Premier League) - from which they would be relegated at the end of the season - Dunfermline had lost six and drawn two of the eight matches new boss, Stephen Kenny, had been in charge of.

However, the Pars ripped the form book up in stunning style as goals from Jim Hamilton and Stephen Simmons put them two goals up inside half-an-hour.

Phil McGuire headed in a third within a minute of the second half and, although Kris Boyd bagged a double to set up a nervy finish, Dunfermline held on for a memorable win.

Pars 2 Rangers 0, fourth round, February 1988

After winning successive promotions from the Second Division to the top flight, Jim Leishman led the Pars on a rollercoaster ride throughout the 1980s.

The 1987-88 campaign would end in relegation back to the First Division - although they would return instantly to the Premier Division - but a Scottish Cup triumph over Rangers remains a game etched in club folklore.

The Ibrox club, under the charge of Graeme Souness, was packed with expensive, international players, with their team that lined up at East End Park in the fourth round including England internationals Chris Woods, Graham Roberts and Ray Wilkins.

However, in this tie, they were no match for the Pars, who took an early lead when Mark Smith's cross-cum shot looped over Woods and into the back of the net.

Just before half-time, John Brown, after felling Smith off the ball, was sent off for the visitors, before John Watson secured victory with a diving header early in the second period, handing Dunfermline a first Scottish Cup win over Rangers.

No look back at Scottish Cup matches involving Dunfermline could be complete without looking at the finals of 1961 and 1968, when the Pars brought the trophy home to West Fife.

In 1961, Jock Stein's team held Celtic to a scoreless draw at Hampden before returning to the national stadium for a replay, which Athletic won 2-0 thanks to goals from Dave Thomson and Charlie Dickson, and a magnificent performance in goal from Eddie Connachan.

After losing the final four years later to the same opponents, who Stein was by now in charge of, the Pars returned to Hampden in 1968, taking on Heart of Midlothian.

Having knocked out Celtic, the reigning European champions, in their own backyard along the way, two goals from Pat Gardner, and one from Ian Lister, gave the Pars a 3-1 victory and the trophy for the second time in the club's history.