ICTChris Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Not that I’m getting my hopes up or anything but - Has any team ever won a trophy in Scotland after having been eliminated but then reinstated due to an administrative error by their opponents or other off field issues? The only examples I can think of are in European football - Denmark didn’t qualify for Euro 92 and then won it as Yugoslavia were kicked out due to sanctions. Also, Rapid Vienna reached the 1985 Cup Winners Cup final after their defeat to Celtic was replayed following a Rapid player being injured by a Celtic fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 38 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Not that I’m getting my hopes up or anything but - Has any team ever won a trophy in Scotland after having been eliminated but then reinstated due to an administrative error by their opponents or other off field issues? The only examples I can think of are in European football - Denmark didn’t qualify for Euro 92 and then won it as Yugoslavia were kicked out due to sanctions. Also, Rapid Vienna reached the 1985 Cup Winners Cup final after their defeat to Celtic was replayed following a Rapid player being injured by a Celtic fan. e.g. 1903-04 King Cup First Round Bathgate = bye Second Round West Calder Swifts 1-1 Bathgate replay Bathgate 0-2 West Calder Swifts fog bound after 30 minutes and declared friendly abandoned due to brawling replay Bathgate 4-0 West Calder Swifts Semi-Finals Bathgate 0-1 Broxburn Shamrock protest for ineligible player upheld replay Bathgate 3-0 Broxburn Shamrock Final Bathgate 0-0 Bo'ness replay Bo'ness 2-1 Bathgate abandoned due to wind and rain replay Bo'ness 1-1 Bathgate replay Bathgate 2-2 Bo'ness (at Broxburn) replay Bathgate v Bo'ness Bo'ness failed to turn up cup awarded to Bathgate 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: e.g. 1903-04 King Cup First Round Bathgate = bye Second Round West Calder Swifts 1-1 Bathgate replay Bathgate 0-2 West Calder Swifts fog bound after 30 minutes and declared friendly abandoned due to brawling replay Bathgate 4-0 West Calder Swifts Semi-Finals Bathgate 0-1 Broxburn Shamrock protest for ineligible player upheld replay Bathgate 3-0 Broxburn Shamrock Final Bathgate 0-0 Bo'ness replay Bo'ness 2-1 Bathgate abandoned due to wind and rain replay Bo'ness 1-1 Bathgate replay Bathgate 2-2 Bo'ness (at Broxburn) replay Bathgate v Bo'ness Bo'ness failed to turn up cup awarded to Bathgate They got knocked out 3 times and still won it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: They got knocked out 3 times and still won it! I think this might be last example at top tier level: 1963-64 Summer Cup Hearts won Section 4 but were also entered into the International Soccer League so could not participate in the late May-earlyJune knockout stage SFL decided runner-up in group would advance Dunfermline and Hibs finished in a dead heat for runner-up Hibs 3-1 Dunfermline in playoff at Tynecastle Hibs 6-4 Kilmarnock on aggregate in SF Final delayed to August due to typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen Hibs 4-4 Aberdeen on aggregate in Final Aberdeen 1-3 Hibs in playoff at Pittodrie in autumn 1964 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Scottish Cup 1892/93. Queen’s Park not quite knocked out on way to the final. Final[edit] 25 February 1893 Celtic 1 – 0 Queen's Park Towie Ibrox Park, Govan Attendance: 30,000[1] Referee: R. F. Harrison Match declared void due to frozen pitch (decided pre-match after inspection, but not announced to spectators until the second half).[2][3] Final replay[edit] 11 March 1893 Queen's Park 2 – 1 Celtic Sellar Blessington Ibrox Park, Govan Attendance: 15,000[4][5] Referee: R. F. Harrison The winning goal was believed by some observers not to have fully entered the goal before being cleared, and Celtic protested but the score stood. Although their use would not have resolved that particular incident, this controversy and debate led to goal nets being introduced in the latter stages of the Scottish Cup from then on.[6][7] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 See. ITS A CUNSPIRUCY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 14 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: I think this might be last example at top tier level: 1963-64 Summer Cup Hearts won Section 4 but were also entered into the International Soccer League so could not participate in the late May-earlyJune knockout stage SFL decided runner-up in group would advance Dunfermline and Hibs finished in a dead heat for runner-up Hibs 3-1 Dunfermline in playoff at Tynecastle Hibs 6-4 Kilmarnock on aggregate in SF Final delayed to August due to typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen Hibs 4-4 Aberdeen on aggregate in Final Aberdeen 1-3 Hibs in playoff at Pittodrie in autumn 1964 Typical Dons. Losing to a team that shouldn't even have been in the final, (which I witnessed). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Rangers played Sporting Lisbon in the CWC in 1971/72 and won the tie on away goals but the referee wasn't aware of that and went to a penalty shoot out which Sporting won. It was only after the teams had left the pitch that he was made aware of his error. Rangers went on to win the tournament. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The Dutch Cup in 1969/70 had an odd structure, that they used for a few years. In those years, no teams below the 3rd tier (lowest professional tier back then) were taking part. That means all 53 pro clubs took part. Only the defending champions (Feyenoord that season) had a first round bye, so 52 clubs played round 1, the 26 winners + Feyenoord played round 2, in which one club got a bye to make it 14 teams for round 3 and 7 teams for the QF. To get 8 teams in the QF, one of the 3rd round losers were drawn out at random and went to the QF as lucky losers. Ajax lost 2-1 against AZ but were the lucky losers who got into the QF and they went on to win it. This resulted in the format being revised for the next season, so there were no more lucky losers from 1970/71. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 03/02/2023 at 18:32, HibeeJibee said: I think this might be last example at top tier level: 1963-64 Summer Cup Hearts won Section 4 but were also entered into the International Soccer League so could not participate in the late May-earlyJune knockout stage SFL decided runner-up in group would advance Dunfermline and Hibs finished in a dead heat for runner-up Hibs 3-1 Dunfermline in playoff at Tynecastle Hibs 6-4 Kilmarnock on aggregate in SF Final delayed to August due to typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen Hibs 4-4 Aberdeen on aggregate in Final Aberdeen 1-3 Hibs in playoff at Pittodrie in autumn 1964 This is the best domestic example on this thread so far, the others have been abandoned matches or matches which were played as friendlies, so the team would never have actually been "knocked out" in any meaningful way the way Inverness were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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