An Estonian team, FC Infonet Tallinn, beat small-time challengers Virtsu Jalgpalliklubi on Saturday in a national cup tie.
Arbroath FC chairman John Christison said: “I must admit I never thought it would be equalled or beaten in the modern game so well done to them.”
It’s almost 130 years since his team beat Aberdeen Bon Accord in a Scottish Cup match, with a single player netting 13 goals.
CascadeArbroath FC team of 1885, which scored a record 36-0 victoryRecord holders: The Arbroath lads in 1885
Technically the scoreline has been bettered, when AS Adema beat SO l’Emyrne 149-0 in Madagascar in 2002, but that was a thrown game.
SO l’Emyrne scored 149 deliberate own goals in protest at a refereeing decision in an earlier match. In Saturday’s match, despite trailing 13-0 at half-time, Virtsu refused to resort to damage limitation and in front of a crowd of 83, leaked 23 goals in 47 second-half minutes.
Estonia Under-21 defender Trevor Elhi managed to find the net 10 times as Infonet, fifth in Estonia’s top tier, began their quest for a maiden domestic cup success.
Arbroath FC have a board meeting tonight and Mr Christison said they would discuss whether they should offer a formal congratulations to the Estonian club. He said they would also look at whether they would look at exchanging greetings with the club as they now have a 36-0 cup scoreline in common.
“Looking back at our game in 1885, our result could actually have been much higher,” he said.
“There were seven goals disallowed and the referee appeared to lose track of the game from what I’ve read in the history books.
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