Making the event even more significant is the fact the second-round draw will be broadcast live from Thomson Park, with SFA president George Peat and Dundee Lord Provost John Letford pulling the teams from the hat.

However, to claim their place in the next round, the Bluebells will first have to negotiate a tricky 90 minutes against fellow-junior outfit Bathgate, who qualified as last season’s Scottish Junior Cup winners.

Lochee secretary Larry Duncan is confident his team can progress and is also hoping the game will unite a community which has had to suffer more than its fair share of setbacks in recent times.

“Every time there seems to be any publicity about Lochee, it always seems to dwell on the negative side,” said Larry, who admits to being a “Lochee laddie” many years ago.

“We hear stories about job losses at the likes of NCR and Tesco, muggings of pensioners and drugs being rife on the streets.

“I feel this game is a chance to put over a positive side of Lochee and for the community to rally round and support their local club.”

Larry believes Lochee’s success is even more remarkable given that their financial clout pales in comparison to the majority of teams they come up against week in, week out.

“In the Super League, we are competing against teams with far greater resources than we have and it’s not really a level playing field in that respect.

“But the success of the team is helping to put Lochee and Dundee on the sporting map.

“We want to be seen as a community club and it would be great to make Thomson Park a focal point of the community.

“Gone are the days of the Lynch brothers and, latterly the Grier brothers. If you want to do something, you have to do it yourself.

“We have a nice lounge at Thomson Park and that is available for community use for the likes of meetings etc.”

The obvious attraction for junior teams entering the senior Scottish Cup is the prospect of reaching the fourth round and a possible lucrative tie against an SPL club.

However, while admitting any financial gain is a bonus, Larry is looking no further than Saturday and won’t entertain pipe dreams about meeting the likes of Celtic and Rangers.

“We are only thinking about Bathgate on Saturday.

“We can’t afford to look any further forward than that,” he said.

“It would be nice to get through to the next round when Third Division teams are involved, especially as the draw is taking place in our clubrooms after the game.

“But we are realistic enough to know that this is a competition we aren’t going to win.

“But we are going to go into the history books as the first junior team from Dundee to be in the competition.

“It will also be the first time two junior teams have met in the senior Scottish Cup.

“Obviously, if we did progress the money would come in handy, but, for me, the main thing is we do ourselves proud and we do the area proud. We can’t ask for any more than that.”