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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Apr 24, 2022 22:21:41 GMT
I see that history sort of repeated itself for East Stirling on Friday. Their Lowland League Cup match v Caledonian Braves ended 1-1 and went to extra-time which didn’t produce any additional goals.
Shire won the penalty shootout to reach the semi-final. Only problem was the ref had an out of date copy of the cup rules and extra-time wasn’t supposed to be played. Under the circumstances the lowland league reached the obvious and only sensible decision to let the result stand.
Older Rovers fans will remember the league cup match at Cliftonhill in the 1979-80 season which saw Rovers and Shire draw 0-0 with the first leg having been drawn 1-1 at Firs Park. On this occasion the ref didn’t play extra-time and Shire won 9-8 on penalties.
The ref said he’d been told on the phone by the SFA that no e-t was to be played and IIRC another ref said he’d been told the same thing but his game was settled in the 90 mins.
Rovers appealed and the game was replayed with Rovers winning 4-1 this time.
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Post by stewmelrover on Apr 25, 2022 6:38:28 GMT
The 4-1 victory included one of Ray Franchetti's finest goals: an outrageous chip from beyond the corner of the box. The decision not to play extra time was bizarre in the extreme.
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Post by Nanook on Apr 25, 2022 12:02:45 GMT
Was at the no extra time match.
The crowd were shouting at the ref to play extra time, he ignored us. Was it Gerry Laughlin who missed our penalty?
Have the East Stirlingshire Centenary hand book somewhere in the house. They claimed that Rovers (Fagan) agreed to accept the result, then changed mind, appealed, Rovers won re-match.
There was one whole chapter in the Centenary hand book devoted to this episode.
I could be cruel and say that it was a pretty quiet Centenary for this episode to get so much coverage.
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Shire
Apr 25, 2022 13:03:24 GMT
Post by Roy of the Rovers on Apr 25, 2022 13:03:24 GMT
It seems doubtful that the authorities would have allowed the result to stand even if old Tommy hadn't complained. It was the first penalty shootout I saw as far as I can remember anyway and then again it didn't count.
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Shire
Apr 25, 2022 16:19:31 GMT
Post by stewmelrover on Apr 25, 2022 16:19:31 GMT
They could not have allowed the result to stand as other drawn matches in that cup went to extra time. Thus, there was really no debate about it: the rules were clear enough to other referees and, one presumes, the Scottish League.
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