Another Cup shock? I like your inking

Mark eyes another glory run for him and his Talbot pals tattoo remember

- ALAN ROBERTSON

RAITH v AUCHINLECK

HIS accuracy from deadball situations surpasses that with Google in Spanish after a "few sherbets too many" prompted a return trip to the tattoo parlour.

But Mark Shankland says the fact Auchinleck have etched their name all over this competition in the not-so-distant past fuels belief they can make a mark again.

A getaway with the Talbot boys before embarking on the Road to Hampden saw Rangers-daft Shankers find himself in the chair for a homage to John Lundstram.

But in classic club-trip style, the former Ayr ace got the Scouser's name misspelt.

Get the West of Scotland giants far again in this competition and he's not ruling out inking a salute to Talbot. He said: "Some of the boys in the Talbot team booked to go to Benidorm.

"There were only maybe four or five of us, I had a few sherbets too many and went to the tattoo shop.