Rioting Celtic and Rangers fans first brought shame to Scottish football 117 years ago...and the SFA fined both clubs s £150 each.
Fans of both teams invaded the pitch during the Hoops' penalty shootout win at Ibrox in the quarter finals, with disgraceful scenes attracting worldwide headlines.
And it's now the third time the clubs have been involved in Scottish Cup rioting and it stretches back to 1909.
Back then, five years before World War One, the two Glasgow clubs met for the final at Hampden which finished in a 2-2 draw, before playing the replay at the same venue a week later in front of a combined 130,000 fans.
But after the replay also finished in a draw, both sets of fans presumed the game would go to extra time when the players mistakenly stayed on the pitch after full time.
When the fans saw the players go to the dressing room due to SFA rules stating a second replay would be required, they became enraged because they thought both matches had been fixed to end in draws so more money would be generated from the replays.
That led to an almighty battle which saw most of the ground burned to the ground, over 60 policemen injured after being attacked and firemen assaulted and their hoses slashed to prevent them extinguishing the flames.
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A newspaper account of the day stated: "Soon the mob were venting their rage on the police force, who were subjected to a fusillade of stones, bottles, brickbats and every conceivable missile of which the roughs could possess.
"Overwhelmed and swept aside by superior numbers, the police rallied, and endeavoured to cope with their assailants. To this end they were forced to use their batons, and shortly they wore engaged in a hand to hand conflict.
"The gravity of the situation became apparent when a number of the policemen were seen to have sustained such injuries that they were rendered prostrate and had to be carried off the pitch.
"Quite a number of the crowd were in possession of bottles containing whisky and they were actually seen to pour the fluid on the broken timber in order to aid its quicker ignition. Soon a huge bonfire was in progress."
The scenes even saw police having to guard the wrecked stadium the following day to prevent a further day of rioting.
The SFA eventually withheld the trophy for that year after both clubs declined to play a second replay. They were both fined £150 each - estimated at around £23,000 each in today's money.
And the infamous 1980 Scottish Cup Final riot, which resulted in the sale of alcohol being banned at football matches in Scotland until trials earlier this season, saw both clubs fined £20,000 after 200 fans were injured following a Hampden pitch invasion after Celtic won 1-0.
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