Peter Houston may have guided Falkirk into a Scottish Cup final at Hampden but he is set to spurn the tradition of leading his team onto the pitch in favour of one of the club's volunteers.

Superstition is partly at play because when Houston was in charge at Dundee United he handed that honour to Dundee United club captain Lee Wilkie who had been forced to retire from the game ahead of Dundee United's appearance in 2010 and they went on to win it.

However Falkirk's manager has also identified this as an opportunity to reward an unsung hero.

"I might not do it," he said, following his side's 1-0 win over Hibs in Saturday's semi-final at Hampden.

"I said to Bobby Wilson if we got to the final I'd let him walk out with the team and I'm going to stand by that unless he doesn't want to.

"I want to give him that opportunity because he's in every day, he works for nothing, he makes the tea, he picks the markers up, he does everything, he's on the team bus with us, he's in the hotel last night with us. Bobby's been about with us since I was a player."

"I'm quite happy to do that and I'm sometimes a wee bit superstitious because the last Cup final it was Lee doing it.

"Lee had to retire and he was captain of the club, so I asked him if he would do it and he was thrilled. It's maybe big for some people, it's not as massive for me. It's more important for the people who are the core of the football club like wee Bobby, so I would like him to do it."

Houston hopes more supporters might get to share in the rewards by getting the chance to experience European competition with their club, something Falkirk has done just once previously.

"I took Dundee United into Europe three years in a row when I was three years the manager there, knocked out in the first round right enough, but it's nice to get there because the punters love to get a jaunt abroad," he said, knowing that they need to win the trophy to earn that chance.

While that is all informed by Houston's links with Falkirk which date back to 1982 when he signed for them as a player, yesterday's victory for Inverness spared one of their most recent signings was the prospect of facing a club with which his name has been synonymous since that same year when his father made his debut for Celtic.

Peter Grant junior admits, naturally enough, to being a lifelong Celtic supporter and thinks he was carried onto the pitch as a babe in arms when his father claimed the last of his four Scottish Cup winners medals, so the 21-year-old had been facing the prospect of forcing his family into the unheard of situation of cheering on their opponents.

Now there is no risk of split loyalties as he starts out on attempting to match his father's achievements.

"If I can have as good a career as he has had, then I will take that all day. I am just starting my trade out and it is great to see what he has achieved. I will try to achieve that and better," said Grant.

"My brother and I will give him stick now and again but he just says 'show us your medals'.

"It is always good hearted. Seeing the trophies and medals he has won, it is good to have in your head as I wouldn't mind a bit of that some day.

"This is going to be the first step to what I want to achieve.