HibeeJibee Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, Nowhereman said: Regarding Rangers and Celtic being kept apart the difference now is that the draw is live on tv. Up until the formation of the spfl the cup had been going for 140 years. Celtic and Rangers had contested only 8 semi finals in that time. In the last ten years they have contested 5 semi finals and also met once in the fourth round. Could be coincidence I suppose Correct the conspiracy theorist's thesis is about both being kept apart in SFs until sponsorship plus live TV caused them to stop being made by officials in private. It's becoming a bit of an old chestnut nowadays - OF have actually drawn each other in Semi-Finals as often in recent times than they've been drawn apart. Where it originates from was a fairly incredible run from about 1960 to 1990 where they only drew each other 3 times out of almost 50 appearances in Semi-Finals. Been posted before but this is the list of occasions post-WWII they've both appeared in the unseeded Semi-Finals of first-team tournaments and the outcome: 1945-46 VIC TOGETHER 1945-46 GLC TOGETHER 1946-47 GLC APART 1947-48 SCO APART 1947-48 GLA APART 1947-48 GLC APART 1948-49 GLA APART 1948-49 GLC APART 1949-50 GLA TOGETHER 1949-50 GLC APART 1950-51 GLA APART 1951-52 LGE TOGETHER 1952-53 GLC APART 1953-54 SCO APART 1953-54 GLA TOGETHER 1954-55 GLA APART 1954-55 GLC TOGETHER 1955-56 GLA APART 1957-58 LGE APART 1957-58 GLC TOGETHER 1958-59 GLC TOGETHER 1959-60 SCO TOGETHER 1959-60 GLC TOGETHER 1961-62 SCO APART 1961-62 GLA APART 1962-63 SCO APART 1963-64 GLA APART 1964-65 LGE APART 1965-66 LGE APART 1965-66 SCO APART 1966-67 LGE APART 1968-69 SCO APART 1968-69 GLA TOGETHER 1969-70 GLA APART 1970-71 LGE APART 1970-71 SCO APART 1970-71 GLA APART 1971-72 SCO APART 1972-73 DRY APART 1972-73 LGE APART 1972-73 SCO APART 1973-74 DRY APART 1973-74 LGE TOGETHER 1974-75 DRY APART 1974-75 GLA APART 1975-76 LGE APART 1975-76 GLA APART 1976-77 LGE APART 1976-77 SCO APART 1977-78 LGE APART 1978-79 LGE TOGETHER 1978-79 GLA APART 1979-80 DRY APART 1979-80 SCO APART 1979-80 GLA APART 1980-81 SCO APART 1980-81 GLA APART 1981-82 GLA APART 1982-83 LGE APART 1982-83 SCO APART 1982-83 GLA APART 1983-84 LGE APART 1984-85 GLA APART 1985-86 GLA APART 1986-87 LGE APART 1986-87 GLA APART 1987-88 GLA APART 1988-89 SCO APART 1989-90 LGE APART 1990-91 LGE APART 1991-92 SCO TOGETHER 1992-93 LGE APART 1993-94 LGE TOGETHER 1995-96 SCO TOGETHER 1997-98 SCO TOGETHER 1998-99 SCO APART 2000-01 LGE TOGETHER 2001-02 LGE TOGETHER 2001-02 SCO APART 2002-03 LGE APART 2008-09 LGE APART 2010-11 LGE APART 2014-15 LGE TOGETHER 2015-16 SCO TOGETHER 2016-17 LGE TOGETHER 2016-17 SCO TOGETHER 2017-18 LGE APART 2017-18 SCO TOGETHER 2018-19 LGE APART 2019-20 LGE APART 2021-22 LGE APART 2021-22 SCO TOGETHER 2022-23 LGE APART 2022-23 SCO TOGETHER 2023-24 SCO APART SC and LC only: 1945-46 VIC TOGETHER 1947-48 SCO APART 1951-52 LGE TOGETHER 1953-54 SCO APART 1957-58 LGE APART 1959-60 SCO TOGETHER 1961-62 SCO APART 1962-63 SCO APART 1964-65 LGE APART 1965-66 LGE APART 1965-66 SCO APART 1966-67 LGE APART 1968-69 SCO APART 1970-71 LGE APART 1970-71 SCO APART 1971-72 SCO APART 1972-73 LGE APART 1972-73 SCO APART 1973-74 LGE TOGETHER 1975-76 LGE APART 1976-77 LGE APART 1976-77 SCO APART 1977-78 LGE APART 1978-79 LGE TOGETHER 1979-80 SCO APART 1980-81 SCO APART 1982-83 LGE APART 1982-83 SCO APART 1983-84 LGE APART 1986-87 LGE APART 1988-89 SCO APART 1989-90 LGE APART 1990-91 LGE APART 1991-92 SCO TOGETHER 1992-93 LGE APART 1993-94 LGE TOGETHER 1995-96 SCO TOGETHER 1997-98 SCO TOGETHER 1998-99 SCO APART 2000-01 LGE TOGETHER 2001-02 LGE TOGETHER 2001-02 SCO APART 2002-03 LGE APART 2008-09 LGE APART 2010-11 LGE APART 2014-15 LGE TOGETHER 2015-16 SCO TOGETHER 2016-17 LGE TOGETHER 2016-17 SCO TOGETHER 2017-18 LGE APART 2017-18 SCO TOGETHER 2018-19 LGE APART 2019-20 LGE APART 2021-22 LGE APART 2021-22 SCO TOGETHER 2022-23 LGE APART 2022-23 SCO TOGETHER 2023-24 SCO APART Edited August 21 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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