Hawick Royal Albert footballer Paul Tansey gets red carded after jumping into the stand to confront a fan when being subbed off.
It came in the 88th minute the Scottish Cup First Preliminary Round tie against East of Scotland League Premier Division outfit Penicuik Athletic, who went on to win 2-1 in extra time on Saturday afternoon.
Video footage has been released onto social media, showing exactly what happened, with Penicuik’s tweet since going viral.
Penicuik went 1-0 up on 78 minutes thanks to Niall Kemp, but Connor Elliot got a leveller for Hawick on the 95 minute, taking the game to extra time, with Daryl Healy netting the winner before half time.
88’ | 🟥 RED CARD for Hawick’s Paul Tansey, who as he is being substituted, takes his shirt off and jumps into the stand to go for a supporter pic.twitter.com/nD50pqbef0
— Penicuik Athletic (@PenicuikAth) August 1, 2026
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— Bradley🏴 (@bjustwafc) August 2, 2026
Penicuik Athletic (@PenicuikAth) tweeting during their game: “88’ | 🟥 RED CARD for Hawick’s Paul Tansey, who as he is being substituted, takes his shirt off and jumps into the stand to go for a supporter.”
The club have left comments on for their gone viral tweet, getting over 4 million views and over 8,000 likes, but have turned comments off on their Facebook.
Kevin Strathdee (@strabo1888) replied to their tweet: “Add in the truth and how much the lad in the stand shit himself after giving abuse about personal matters, deluded”
Penicuik Athletic’s Ryan Harding spoke after the win: “The whole carry-on that happened, I think we were wee bit taken back what was happening, sort of left us bit stunned, like the whole carry-on with a red card and what happened.”
Hawick, who last season won promotion to the East of Scotland League Second Division, are yet to comment on the matter.
🗣️ Ryan Harding after today’s win at Hawick pic.twitter.com/152LPLojIT
— Penicuik Athletic (@PenicuikAth) August 1, 2026
🏴🏆 Watch the extended highlights of yesterday’s Scottish Gas Men’s Scottish Cup 1st Preliminary Round tie against Hawick Royal Albert, now available from PenicuikAthTV pic.twitter.com/FqJKLZdqMZ
— Penicuik Athletic (@PenicuikAth) August 2, 2026
