HibeeJibee Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Should tomorrow's Scottish Cup draw throw up Dunfermline v Dundee Utd or Ayr v St Mirren (depending on their postponed ties), then as well as playing in the same division the clubs in question will also meet in all 3 cups this season. I suspect the chances of this have been increased by the LC sections and elongated Challenge Cup, and respective regionalisation early-doors... but has this happened often - or ever - before? What about meeting in end-of-season playoffs as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 It has happened a few times at top tier level due to short-lived tertiary cups (St Mungo, Summer, Drybrough). However, due to large divisions playing twice - and a typhoid epidemic - there was only one occasion when clubs actually played each other more than half-a-dozen times.1951-52 ... Dundee & Motherwell met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup, St Mungo Cup 1963-64 ... Aberdeen & Hibs met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup (x2), Summer Cup (x3 - all held-over to following season due to typhoid epidemic) 1964-65 ... Clyde & Morton and Dunfermline & Hibs met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup (x2), Summer Cup (x2) 1972-73 ... Aberdeen & Celtic and Hibs & Rangers met in league (x2), Scottish Cup (x2), League Cup, Drybrough Cup 1973-74 ... Celtic & Dundee met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup, Drybrough Cup 1974-75 ... Airdrie & Celtic met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup, Drybrough Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 At lower-league level there is a good chance it happened a few times in the late 1940s and early 1950s as there was a B Division Cup - equivalent of the current Challenge Cup - and there were separate A and B division groups in the League Cup. Not that inconceivable to meet in those plus drew each other in the Scottish Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 It never happened in connection with the Texaco/Anglo-Scottish Cup or the St Mungo Quaich. It happened once in connection with the short-lived Spring Cup:1975-76 ... Forfar & Meadowbank met in league (x2), Scottish Cup, League Cup, Spring Cup (x2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 To my surprise there was actually not a single instance of 2 clubs meeting in the Scottish Cup, League Cup and B Division Cup in the same season... That leaves the Challenge Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 The B Division Cup you refer to was known as the Supplementary Cup wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Falkirk played Partick 7 times in one season - 2010/11 I think. 4 League, 1 League Cup, 1 Scottish Cup, 1 Scottish Cup replay. Gutted we missed them in the Challenge Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 On 29/11/2016 at 13:11, Angusfifer said: The B Division Cup you refer to was known as the Supplementary Cup wasn't it? That's right - and sometimes as the B Division Supplementary Cup! There was a Southern League Supplementary Cup in 1945-46, as they only had 14 clubs in the division instead of 16 and had a month of weekends to fill. Thereafter it ran every season except 1950-51 although there was a St Mungo Quaich in summer 1951 with the exact same format. Last edition was in 1951-52. This was the first experiment in a cup for lower-level teams unless you count the Qualifying/Consolation cups. Subsequent attempts were the Spring Cup and now the Challenge Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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