Scottish Cup

AN English club has had a response from the SFA over their request to compete in the Scottish Cup. Doncaster City FC, who were formed earlier this year, submitted a proposal to take part in the cup competition.
Doncaster City want to test themselves in the Scottish Cup – the oldest trophy in footballCredit: SNS
The newly-formed side, from Doncaster, confirmed their request as they used an ancient legal loophole to persuade the Scottish FA.
The club cited the 12th century Treaty of Durham – struck in 1136 between English monarch King Stephen and King David I which lists the city as a legal part of Scotland.
Doncaster has never been officially claimed back, and the club have now taken advantage as they try their luck to compete for the oldest trophy in football.
On their proposal, a spokesperson from the side said: “You can’t apply to take part in the FA Cup (in England) until a certain level (Level 9 of the English football league system in most cases) so they have gone down the route of applying for the Scottish one.”
And the club has posted a tweet to inform supporters that the first stage of application is complete and the SFA have informed them of the official requirements, before they are allowed to join.
They tweeted: “We have been contacted by the SFA who have provided us with the criteria of entering the Scottish Cup
“This is irrespective of a clubs membership status with the Scottish FA
“We thank the SFA for their response and we will now be exploring the requirements.”
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Doncaster City FC currently play in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League Division Two – the thirteenth tier of English football.
Supported by football agent Willie McKay, the club has ambitious plans for the future.
The plans include indoor and outdoor training pitches, accommodation, entertainment facilities and restaurants.
The spokesperson from the club said: “When teams coming from abroad or fly up north a lot of the time they are staying at hotels where there’s a lot of distractions.
“The idea is that everything is in one place and they can fly into Doncaster Sheffield Airport.”
Discussing Doncaster City’s plans for the future, they added: “To get as high as they can. A lot of people on Twitter from various teams say it will never happen but it’s been done before.
“We have got a bit of an advantage in terms of people known to the club.”
They continued: “We know how difficult it’s going to be.
“It’s not going to be an overnight thing but there is no point not having ambition with these sorts of things.
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“It’s not just about Doncaster City, it’s for the profile of Doncaster and Doncaster sport. I think people should be behind it.”
SunSport understands the SFA has no intention of progressing the matter and won’t entertain Doncaster City’s application to enter the Scottish Cup.

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THIS is the bizarre moment a Kilmarnock fan SLAPPED Dundee United players with goalie gloves.However, one player was having none of it as they fired back at the prankster.
A Kilmarnock fan was seen slapping Dundee United players with goalie gloves

Kilmarnock welcomed rivals Dundee United to Rugby Park last night for their Scottish League Cup quarter-final clash.
And things got off to a fiery start before a ball had even been kicked.
As Dundee United players made their way into the field, a group of home fans leaned over the barriers for a close-up encounter.
But one cheeky supporter took things a step further by donning full-size goalkeeper gloves.
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When each Dundee United star emerged from the tunnel, they were greated with a soft slap on the head from the rascal.
Several attempted to avoid the playful hit as they prepared for action.
However, striker Tony Watt was not in the mood for any japes before such an important game.
He spotted the Kilmarnock fan making contact with teammates further ahead.
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Visiting striker Tony Watt was far from amused with the prankster
And as Watt got level with the gloveman, he too stuck an arm out in an attempt to push the supporter away.
But the agile Killie was just as nimble, successfully evading Watt’s reach before instantly trying to slap the next Dundee United player in line.
Either way fans from both sides found the whole event hilarious.
One guffawed: “Aye, had a laugh at that myself.”
Another giggled: “One day a player will accept his duel.”
One sniggered: “Need more of this.”
Another chortled: “Sign him up. Better than Kepa.”
Whatever mind games were played by the hosts before kick-off seemed to work.
Kilmarnock needed just eight minutes to go ahead through a Kyle Lafferty penalty.
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However, Dundee United pegged them back almost immediately through Glenn Middleton.
But Kilmarnock had the final say as Daniel Armstrong’s 73rd minute strike sent them through to the Scottish League Cup semis. More