Glenrothes are no strangers to Whitburn, as they also play in the East Superleague and the two teams have met regularly in recent seasons, but this will be the first meeting between the teams in the Scottish Junior Cup.
Glenrothes currently lie 11th in the table with 5 points from 7 games. Last season Glenrothes finished in 7th place with 30 points, just a point behind Whitburn who finished 4th.
The teams have already played each other this season, Whitburn winning 4-1 at Central Park. However it was a closer game than the score suggests, as 3 of Whitburn's goals came in the last 5 minutes. Match report
Glenrothes reached the semi final of the Scottish in season 2003-04, losing 1-0 to Tayport, and in season 2005-06 the reached the 5th round losing 3-2 to Irvine Meadow.
Glenrothes were formed in 1964, and in season 1967-68 reached the final of the competition, losing 4-3 against Johnston Burgh in a replay after the first game ended 2-2. They went back to the final in season 1974-75. winning the trophy by beating Rutherglen Glencairn by one goal to nil.
They play at Warout Stadium, a spacious ground with a seated area along one side of the park.
Previous meetings between Whitburn and Glenrothes
This season's results
29th August League Glenrothes 2 Kelty 2
12th September League Glenrothes 1 Newtongrange 1
19th September League Linlithgow 3 Glenrothes 1
26th September EOS cup Forfar WE 3 Glenrothes 4
3rd October Scottish Cup Lugar Boswell Thistle 1 Glenrothes 3
10th October League Camelon 3 Glenrothes 2
17th October League Glenrothes 1 Lochee Utd 0
24th October League Whitburn 4 Glenrothes 1
31st October Scottish Cup Glenrothes 7 Neilston 3
7th November League Glenrothes 0 Bo'ness 6