Two of this week's three finalists. Source.
The Europa League final took place Wednesday in Seville:
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Rangers (Eintracht won on PK)
Today it's the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park:
Rangers [2 - 0] Hearts
Previous Rangers/Hearts finals:
1903/4/25 Rangers 2 - 0 Hearts (second replay)
1976/5/1 Rangers 3 - 1 Hearts
1996/5/18 Rangers 5 - 1 Hearts
1998/5/16 Hearts 2 - 1 Rangers
The last time Hearts won the cup was May 19, 2012. The last time Rangers won it was May 30, 2009. The last time there was a Glasgow versus Edinburgh final was two years ago. The last time there was a Celtic versus Rangers final was May 4th, 2002.
When else have Rangers played cup finals in such close proximity?
2008/5/14 (UEFA Cup), 2008/5/24 (Scottish Cup) = 10 days
1982/5/13 (Glasgow Cup), 1982/5/22 (Scottish Cup) = 9 days
1979/5/12 (Scottish Cup, draw score), 1979/5/17 (Glasgow Cup) = 5 days
1979/5/16 (Scottish Cup 1st replay), 1979/5/17 (Glasgow Cup) = 1 day
Rangers in Europe in May:
2008/5/1 Fiorentina 0 - 0 Rangers (Rangers won on PK) UEFA Cup SF leg 2
1967/5/3 Rangers 1 - 0 Slavia Sofia Cup Winners' Cup SF, leg 2
1960/5/5 Rangers 3 - 6 Eintracht Frankfurt European Cup SF, leg 2
2022/5/5 Rangers 3 - 1 RB Leipzig Europa League SF, leg 2
1969/5/14 Rangers 0 - 0 Newcastle United Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF, leg 1
2008/5/14 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 - 0 Rangers UEFA Cup final
1961/5/17 Rangers 0 - 2 Fiorentina Cup Winners' Cup final, leg 1
2022/5/18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Rangers (Eintracht won on PK) Europa League final
1969/5/21 Newcastle United 2 - 0 Rangers Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF, leg 2
1972/5/24 Rangers 3 - 2 Dynamo Moscow Cup Winners' Cup final
1961/5/27 Fiorentina 2 - 1 Rangers Cup Winners' Cup final, leg 2
1967/5/31 Bayern Munich 1 - 0 Rangers Cup Winners' Cup final
The South Challenge Cup final takes place tomorrow:
Auchinleck Talbot [3 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Premiership playoff final, first leg (May 20):
Inverness CT 2 - 2 St Johnstone
Second leg (May 23):
St Johnstone [4 - 0] Inverness CT [ICT remain in the Championship.]
That concludes the 2021-22 SPFL. The first games of the 2022-23 League Cup group stage will be played July 9th, in a month and a half.
Lowland League playoff, match one (tomorrow):
Tranent Juniors [7 - 0] St Cuthbert Wanderers
Mortonalia
Morton have signed defender Jack Baird, who had a previous spell with the club in 2019-20 and has been with Ayr United since.
Manager Dougie Imrie has signalled his intention not to go after the vacant Hamilton job.
Majority owner MCT wants to reduce its shareholdings from 75% to 50.1% to attract investment. There are 4,017,816 shares out there. Source.
Dunfermline has been granted city status as part of the Queen's platinum jubilee, and Greenock has not.
Other matches:
HFX Wanderers 0 - 4 Forge FC (yesterday)
Kriens [0 - 5] Winterthur
[Three teams finish with 65 points, but Winterthur have the best goal difference, and so they end their long run in the Challenge League. We'll follow them next season in the Swiss Super League.]
UCD 0 - 3 Shamrock Rovers (May 19)
Mito HollyHock [3 - 0] Grulla Morioka
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [1 - 2] Largs Thistle
This ends the 2021-22 season for Largs Thistle.
League1 Ontario: Pickering FC 1 - 0 North Mississauga (May 18)
Pickering FC is a founding member of League1 Ontario. They were formerly known as Durham United.
Darby FC [0 - 2] North Mississauga (yesterday)
Darby FC are from Whitby.
PLSQ: AS Laval [1 - 0] Royal-Sélect de Beauport
Don't confuse AS Laval with FC Laval.
Since we're following L1O and PLSQ it's only fair to look at League1 British Columbia, which embarks on its inaugural season this weekend. There are eight teams playing a double round robin from now until the end of July, in a very short schedule. Let's follow Victoria Highlanders.
The Highlanders have been around since 2009 and have played all but three seasons in the semi-professional Premier Development League, aka USL League Two. They were in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2015 and for the past two years the Vancouver Island Soccer League. Cory Bent and Peter Schaale both played for them.
Whitecaps Academy [2 - 2] Victoria Highlanders (tomorrow)
How did each 21st century Scottish Cup holder fare in the next Scottish Cup?
Winning Year Next Year
2020-21 St Johnstone eliminated in Round Four (final 32)
2019-10 Celtic eliminated in Round Four (final 16)
2018-19 Celtic won the Cup again
2017-18 Celtic won the Cup again
2016-17 Celtic won the Cup again
2015-16 Hibs eliminated in the semi-finals
2014-15 Inverness CT eliminated in the quarter-finals
2013-14 St Johnstone eliminated in Round Five (final 16)
2012-13 Celtic eliminated in Round Five (final 16)
2011-12 Hearts eliminated in Round Four (final 32)
2010-11 Celtic eliminated in the semi-finals
2009-10 Dundee United eliminated in the quarter-finals
2008-09 Rangers eliminated in the quarter-finals
2007-08 Rangers won the Cup again
2006-07 Celtic eliminated in the quarter-finals
2005-06 Hearts eliminated in Round Four (final 16)
2004-05 Celtic eliminated in Round Three (final 32)
2003-04 Celtic won the Cup again
2002-03 Rangers eliminated in the quarter-finals
2001-02 Rangers won the Cup again
2000-01 Celtic eliminated in the final
1999-00 Rangers eliminated in the quarter-finals
Sort the Championship clubs by number of scoreless draws this season:
8 Arbroath (6 league matches + 1 playoff game + 1 playoff game decided on PK)
7 Raith Rovers (4 league matches + 3 cup ties decided on PK)
6 Partick Thistle (6 league matches)
6 Dunfermline (5 league matches + 1 playoff game)
6 Morton (4 league matches + 2 cup ties decided on PK)
6 Inverness CT (3 league matches + 1 cup tie decided on PK + 1 playoff game + 1 playoff game decided on PK)
3 Queen of the South (3 league matches)
2 Hamilton (2 league matches)
2 Kilmarnock (2 league matches)
2 Ayr United (1 league match + 1 cup tie decided on PK)
