Callum Booth is hoping Partick Thistle can continue on the road to Hampden – and give him a William Hill Scottish Cup memory to cherish.

The 25-year-old and his Jags team-mates make the journey north to Aberdeen for a quarter-final clash at Pittodrie which will be the first Scottish Cup meeting between the sides in the Granite City since 1947.

Booth was part of the Hibernian Cup squad which was eventually thrashed 5-1 by old foes Hearts in the 2012 final and, while he played no part in the showpiece, the Stranraer-born left-back is desperate to return to the national stadium and make amends with Thistle.

The Jags are in the midst of a rousing renaissance and have won three league matches on the spin to vault up into the top six of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

It’s the Cup that is on the minds of the players this weekend, though, and Booth is confident that Thistle can carry on the momentum and take another step towards Hampden.

He said: “I only have a bad memory of the Scottish Cup and it is that final. The furthest I have been as a player, meanwhile, is the quarter-finals while I was on loan at Raith Rovers.

“The recent run has been absolutely brilliant. Long may that continue.

“It wasn’t long ago that we weren’t getting the rub of the green and we were conceding last minute goals but we always knew we had the players within our changing room who were capable of going on a winning run.

“I’ve not had many happy experiences of Pittodrie, I think the best I’ve done is to come away with a couple of draws here and there. I don’t think I have ever won there which isn’t great.

“But I hadn’t played in a side which had beaten Hearts until last week so maybe this is the time for these kind of things to be changing.

“We have done okay against Aberdeen during the time I’ve been here. We have always been pretty decent against them but not managed to get that victory but hopefully that’ll change on Sunday.”

Thistle manager Alan Archibald is savouring his side’s upsurge in form in the league and is urging his players to seize the moment in the Cup and go all out for victory.

Archibald, who played for Thistle in the 2002 Scottish Cup semi-finals and was a beaten finalist with Dundee United in 2005, said: "I'm delighted we're going in this form. We can put the league on the back burner for a bit and go and throw everything at it. That's the plan, to have a real go. At this stage of the Cup, everybody starts looking to Hampden. You know you're that close to it and it just takes one massive performance.”

Aberdeen suffered a setback in midweek when their long unbeaten run came shuddering to a halt with a 1-0 defeat at Hamilton Accies.

Archibald said: "I don't read too much into it because Aberdeen were outstanding. It's one of the best performances I've seen from a team at Hamilton because it's one of the hardest fixtures in the league for most teams. Hamilton defended well and rode their luck so credit to them but Aberdeen were very good. I don't think they'll be too down about it. There'll be a bit of a backlash to Tuesday and we need to be ready for that.

“Pittodrie will be a hard place to go, especially the first 5-10 minutes but if you ride that out, you can get the fans frustrated and we think we've enough quality to go and hurt them.”