Misplaced Pages

The Scottish Masters Cup is a six-a-side indoor football competition that was revived in 2023. The games last 16 minutes, with two eight minute halves. All players must be 35 years old or over and there are unlimited substitutions allowed. Each team has a squad of eight players.

History

A one-off Masters Cup was held the previous year. The four-team tournament featured teams from Celtic, Rangers, and English Premier League clubs Liverpool and Manchester United at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow. Liverpool beat Manchester United 5–3 in the final. Luis García was the top scorer on the night. The event was broadcast live on the subscription based online streaming service 360 Sports TV.

Due to success of the event, it was announced the Scottish Masters Cup was being relaunched in 2023. The first line up featured Celtic, Rangers, and Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts and Hibs. Calling Time sponsored the event. BBC Scotland showed live coverage of the competition.

Results

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Benue	Golden Boot	Ref
2023	Celtic	Hibernian	Hearts	Rangers	Braehead Arena (Glasgow)	Gary Hooper (Celtic)
2024	Aberdeen / Celtic / Dundee United / Rangers				Event Complex (Aberdeen)

Squads

2023

source:

2024

source:

Northern Masters

The Northern Masters, effectively the Scottish Masters, was one of eight regional heats. All regional winners would compete in a Grand Final to declare the overall winner. The competition ran between 2000 and 2011.

Also, Aberdeen were entered in the North of England heat in 2000, which they won.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Ref
2000	Rangers	Hearts
2001
2002
2003	Rangers
2004
2005		Motherwell
2006	Rangers	Motherwell
2007	Motherwell	Celtic
2008	Rangers	Celtic
2009	Celtic	Dundee United
2010	Sunderland
2011	Rangers

Notes

1. Sunderland were added to the Northern tournament in 2010 and 2011.

References

1. "Indoor Masters Football 2022: Results And Pictures After Liverpool Beat Man Utd In Final". Sports Illustrated. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
2. "Liverpool win Masters Cup after feisty final against Manchester United". Liverpool Echo. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
3. "Masters Football 2022". braehead.co.uk. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
4. "Masters Football 2022: When is it, where is it held and who is playing?". Glasgow Times. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
5. ^ "The iconic Masters Football returns with the Scottish Masters Cup 2023!". whatsonglasgow.co.uk. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
6. ^ "Masters Cup!". whatsonrenfrewshire.co.uk. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
7. "Masters back with Scottish rivalries". braeheadarena.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
8. "Calling Time sponsors the Scottish Masters Cup 2023". shaap.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
9. "BBC Scotland to show Masters Cup tournament from Braehead". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
10. "Hilarious footage from Scottish Masters shows carpet pull up, shocking miss, and players wrestling". Talksport. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
11. "Scottish Masters results in full as Celtic, Rangers, Hearts and Hibs legends roll back the years". footballscotland.co.uk. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
12. "Masters Football Returns to Glasgow With the Scottish Masters Cup 2023". breakingthelines.com. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
13. "Scottish Masters 2023: Get to know the teams and top players". 90min.com. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
14. "Scottish Masters 2024". pandjlive.com. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
15. "Ex Dons are out for revenge". Aberdeen Evening Express. 8 June 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "Deadly Dunc has six appeal". Aberdeen Evening Express. 5 June 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
17. "Super Ally". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 9 June 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
18. ^ "'Well make Masters return". Motherwell FC. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
19. "Cult Heroes Summer Special: SAFC Masters... OF THE UNIVERSE!". Roker Report. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

External links

• 2023 Scottish Masters Cup LIVE BBC Scotland & BBC iPlayer.

• Football in Scotland
• Indoor soccer competitions
• 2023 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Recurring sporting events established in 2023
• Senior sports competitions