JOHNNY Millar insists Beith Juniors were gutted with last weekend’s call-off in the Scottish Cup - but he is adamant his side are relishing tomorrow’s tie because they’ve had an extra week to look forward to it.

The clash between Millar’s Beith and Morton was scheduled to take place last weekend, but had to be rearranged due to Bellsdale Park failing a pitch inspection.

While Millar was upset at the time, he knows the game will be on this weekend and is happy that the build-up to the tie has been more comfortable — as opposed to last week’s rush to prepare for a game that was eventually postponed.

He told the Tele: “Things were a bit rushed last week with getting covers on and off, and getting everything done kind of last minute. 

“So it wouldn’t have been the same. This week there shouldn’t be a problem getting the game on, so everyone knows it’ll be on and the fans are looking forward to it.

"They’ll get there early and give us their support. But we wanted the game played last week as well as they did. We were desperate to get the game on. Circumstances obviously and unfortunately dictated that we couldn’t, but we were looking forward to it.

“The extra week hasn’t helped us at all squad-wise. We were one man down last week and we’re still one man down. The squad is still the same as what it was going to be last week.

“We’re still behind in our league fixtures as well because of the Scottish Cup, so we’re desperate to get the game played.

“The players are looking forward to it to try and put on a performance.

“But whether that will be good enough to even get a draw out of the game is a different kettle of fish.

“If Morton’s eye is off the ball a wee bit and we have a good day, you just never know — we could sneak a wee draw or something like that.”

Beith have been impressive at Bellsdale Park in junior competition, and their boss is happy with the effort his squad have put in to establish themselves as one of the most difficult teams to beat.

But Millar, who led ‘The Mighty’ to their first-ever Premier League title back in 2010, admits junior competition is entirely different from playing a full-time Ladbrokes Championship side — and his team must acknowledge the gulf in class between the two.

He added: “I think we’ve only been beaten once at home in a year-and-a-bit so we’re good at home. But that’s in the juniors.

“Morton are a big step-up for us so it’ll be interesting to see how the game materialises.”