Queen of the South ended the Ramsden Cup dream of brave Sevco after a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Ibrox.
The Third Division play-off chasers matched their opponents for two hours but had to endure agony during a penalty shoot-out with Dean Shiels and Anestis Argyriou missing from the penalty spot allowing Ryan McGuffie to net the winning penalty.
There was little hint of the drama that was to follow after a goal-less first half but after the break the game exploded into life with Queens taking the lead through Nicky Clark, son of former Rangers striker Sandy ,
Sevco hit back with goals from Barcelona target Barrie Mackay and a Lee McCulloch penalty but deep in jury time Gavin Reilly equalised for the visitors.
There were no goals in extra-time forcing the tie into penalties with a place in the last four of the competition up for grabs.
Sadly for Ally McCoist his cup jinx continued as he watched helplessly as his side were knocked out on penalties.
The rooky Ibrox boss has now been in charge of five cup exits in 13 months since taking over from Walter Smith who watched the drama unfold from the Ibrox Directors Box.
Before the match Charles Green had continued his war of words with the SFA despite being hit with a double charge of bringing the game into disrepute.
In a statement on the club website Green said: “The words that seem to have upset the SFA so much are that ‘the SPL appoint the jury, set the outcome and set the punishment before the trial’ – those things are true and I stand by them.
“Whether or not the commission works to that agenda remains to be seen, but let’s be clear there was a predetermined outcome.
“If their chief Executive and lawyers were drafting agreements that contained definitions of titles that would be stripped in late June/early July long before a commission was even thought about, how can anyone say they are not pursuing an agenda and a predetermined outcome?
“I would ask the SFA and the SPL to release the first draft of the five-way agreement put together by their lawyers to reveal all of the sanctions. Stripping of titles was definitely within that document.”
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Reinstate them back into the spl so we can give them a pumping!
Oh the wee Huns are shite!!
Poor the’s so close to a shock that would have gone around Europe like a tornado taking a team a division above them and flying to pens that should give them a boost to get them through the season LOL with the fat pie man in charge it’s looking good ( for us ). The Huns are in meltdown there calling for his head with souness, big eck and my old favourite billy Davies FFS leading the race to replace him the penny might have just dropped can’t wait till ask them if there still enjoying the ADVENTURE lol roll on tomorrow to the only show in town HAIL HAIL
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
remember wee fat Ally’s quote from the start of the season…..
“I’m so excited… we’ve never won the Ramsden cup before”
LMFAO
anyways~~~~ would have been a riot IF they ever did manage to win this trophy….. RAMSDEN Logo Is
GREEN!!!!
they musn’t a paid the ref. well, they can’t afford to
Don’t you just love Sally and the best bit is fat Sally can’t walk away and Green can’t sack him for fear of loosing the Hunnish hordes.
Charlie boy is playing a blinder keeps repeating the message agenda agenda agenda.
No remorse
No apology
No regret.
Shut the shame again.
If Chico knew that stripping tainted titles was part of the first agreement why is he complaining about it now. If found guilty this would be automatic for ANY club in similar situation or does he want special rules for new clubs ???
QOTS winning is no major surprise for me, after all they beaten bigger / better clubs already this year in Hibs.
Credit to Sevco for taking a team a league above them all the way to penalties at Ibroke . QOS just had to much class for them in the end .
To be fair, as a NEW club they did great getting to the quarter finals of sfl clubs prestigious cup competition- WELL DONE!!
Oh my poor sides, I can’t take it any more!
Can any wan lend me 10 pence for a wee cup o tea?
Charles Green fuming over dual contracts again, apparently QOS had plumbers , postmen , bus drivers and brickies in their line up last night .
This is a guy desparate to get out! he is doing all in his power to be able to say, “the forced me to quit”.
Translate that to, “I walk away too”.
Video Celts is fantastic and the best article I have read. Laughed so much and thanks !
Very hardlines for the new club Sevco nearly pulling off a giant killing win against a team from a higher division Queen of the South. Sevco fans must be very proud that their minnows from the bottom division took Queens all the way to extra time and penalties but I suppose the consolation lies in the fact they managed to reach the quarter finals of the Ramsden Cup which is not bad going for a team in its first season lying an impressive 4th in the bottom league. Sevco fans should take heart from the way their players came so close.