Hampden visit for Morton as they face improving Queen's Park

It has been a heady seven days for everyone connected with the Greenock club after they claimed the scalp of Premiership side Motherwell to make the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup.

Last Friday will go down as one of those memorable nights under the lights at Cappielow, a real throwback to the halcyon days with the old ground rocking and Dougie Imrie and his players producing the upset that many had predicted in front of the BBC cameras.

They were well worth their win too.

Fired up and spurred on by the noise generated by the boisterous home crowd, they had the visitors on the back foot from the off and could and probably should have been ahead by the time Robbie Muirhead's corner was fumbled into his own net by Scotland back-up goalkeeper Liam Kelly.

Having got to half-time with their lead intact, the scene looked set for Morton to have to withstand a cavalry charge from their opponents but it never came.

Stuart Kettlewell's team just could not get going - because Morton simply never allowed them to.

When George Oakley doubled his side's advantage with a fine goal on the counter early in the second period, the raucous reaction nearly took the roof off the Cowshed and it was obvious that 'Well were in big trouble.

Their attempts to get back in the game were easily thwarted by the Ton backline, with much huffing and puffing until they got a lucky break with a deflected shot which flew into Ryan Mullen's net late on.

It didn't matter in the end as Imrie's men held on comfortably enough to win 2-1 and book their spot in the last eight, where they will meet Hearts.

It's an exciting tie that will bring an even greater challenge but one Morton will savour - and the fact it will be played on home turf is a big factor in their favour.

Hearts were perhaps a little flattered by the 4-1 win they recorded at Airdrie over the weekend and the suspicion is they'll find Imrie's Morton a much tougher nut to crack in what will be a more hostile environment and trickier conditions.

All of that will have to wait for now though, as it is back to the bread and butter of the Championship and a visit to the national stadium.

Ton will be striving to keep intact a magnificent unbeaten run which stretches all the way back to November and has brought 10 wins and three draws.

At any level of football that would be a hugely impressive feat, but to accomplish it in such an ultra-competitive one where the clubs are all so well matched it is truly remarkable.

It's also notable with regard to the point that Ton are on the lower end of the budget scale, with resources much more scarce than many of their rivals.

That's one of the reasons why progress in the cup to the latter stages is so important, guaranteeing as it does vital extra revenue and exposure.

Ton will be facing another comparatively moneyed club tomorrow as they try to avoid being caught up in The Spiders' web.

This could arguably be one of the biggest tests they have faced since embarking on their stunning run, with the Glasgow club finally finding a bit of form after suffering a wretched start to the season.

Queen's have won four out of their last five, a good run that has pulled them clear of the trouble they were in at the foot of the table and up into sixth place.

They look to have been galvanised by the arrival of new boss Callum Davidson, following the failure of their much-trumpeted experiment with Dutch coaching and technical staff, and sit just six points behind Ton in fourth.

Davidson will be looking to build on the early progress he has made since taking charge and, like every club that has been facing Morton during this remarkable run, Queen's will want to be the one to end their purple patch.

That said they have a truly dreadful record against them, failing to win any of the six matches played between the clubs in the last 18 months or so.

Morton have won four of those meetings, with the city southsiders just not able to get to grips with the Morton gameplan and pressure they are put under.

They'll feel they are overdue a win in this fixture and under new management will fancy their chances at home on the big Mount Florida pitch.

From Morton's point of view, when a team enjoys a result like they had last Friday and are put in the limelight it is often the case that there is an immediate hangover which bursts everyone's bubble.

The effort put in to despatch Motherwell will have taken a toll on them and from that point of view the extra day's rest they have had over their hosts will do them no harm.

Perhaps Imrie might make a couple of changes to inject a bit of freshness, and throw Queen's a curveball.

Ton will of course finally lose a game at some point but they want to defer that as long as possible, and that demands another solid show tomorrow.

A repeat of the draw they secured at this venue last October would maintain the gap between them and Davidson's improving outfit, and that would be a more than respectable outcome.