IT WAS more than three months ago that Tranent’s Scottish Cup journey came to an end.

But, with the quarter-finals being played this weekend, there is one member of the Foresters Park playing squad who still has a keen interest in the competition.

More than 120 fixtures have been played to reach the last eight and it is Tranent’s Cammie Ross who remains the top scorer in the tournament.

Now, he is hoping it remains that way and said: “I am definitely still keeping an eye on it.

“To be honest, it was 100 per cent not something I thought about in my head.

“It did not cross my mind that it would be a possibility.

“I got six goals after my first two games and I had a look online.

“You look back over the years and seven goals is the most in the last six or seven years. I am there or thereabouts and will keep an eye on Kyogo [Furuhashi] and [Lawrence] Shankland now!”

Ross bagged two in the 4-1 win over Hutchison Vale in the first round before turning in a man-of-the-match performance in an all-Lowland League clash with East Kilbride in the following round.

Four first-half strikes, alongside an effort from Broque Watson, meant they had one foot in the next round.

Tranent would go on to win 7-0, Watson and Kallum Higginbotham finding the net in the second half, to set up a tie with Forfar Athletic.

Ross, who lives at Shawfair, felt that the showing against the Lowland League leaders was the best Tranent had played this term.

He told Courier Sport: “We had a plan going into the game as to how we could beat the system they played.

“We executed it brilliantly and it was one of those days where everything went right.”

Tranent’s Road to Hampden was ended in the third round by Forfar, who scraped through 1-0.

And while the club focuses on a bid to finish at least second in the fifth tier of Scottish football, Ross, who joined the club from Brechin City, will be checking the scores and the goalscorers from the quarter-final contests in a bid to finish as top scorer in the tournament.

The 25-year-old told Courier Sport: “It would mean quite a lot, to be fair.

“As I said, it had not crossed my mind at the start of the season.

“To win that, though, would be a big achievement.

“It is hard to judge it.

“We only played three games and the players at Celtic get a few more games but against harder opposition.

“It would be a great thing to achieve and not many are able to say that they have done it.

“You want to be top scorer in every competition.”

Six goals in the Scottish Cup is just the tip of the iceberg for the prolific plumber.

Last season, he found the net five times in 37 appearances for Tranent.

Fast-forward 12 months and he has scored 39 times in 41 appearances.

He said: “The main difference is where I am playing on the pitch.

“Last season, I was brought to Tranent and they were hoping for a winger. I played there, centre midfield and even at right-back at times.

“I had the odd game going forward last season but now I am just playing number nine.”