The law of averages- ten in a row
Half jokingly Neil Lennon had suggested that his side might be heading to Iceland after knocking out Peterhead and Inverness Caley Thistle to reach the last eight.
In almost two years in charge of Celtic Lennon has still to experience a home draw in the Scottish Cup with the road to Hampden in the League Cup taking in away ties at Ross County and Hibs.
Former Motherwell manager Billy Davies got into the swing of things as he performed today’s draw with Celtic coming out of the bag in the third pairing away to Dundee United.
It was the tenth time running that Celtic have been drawn away from home which would have given any hoops supporter odds of 1,024/1 had they placed a bet following the home win over Queens Park in 2009.
Since then Celtic have been drawn away to St Mirren, Morton, Dunfermline, Kilmarnock, Berwick Rangers, Rangers, Inverness twice, Peterhead and now Dundee United.
The quarter final tie will take place on March 10 or 11, the weekend before the League Cup Final with Kilmarnock.