[1] Initial proposals suggested a club from one of the cities with which Edinburgh has twinning agreements would be invited to compete with Hearts and Hibernian in a triangular tournament.

As Edinburgh's twin cities include Munich, Florence and Kyiv, the local media speculated that a globally recognised team such as FC Bayern Munich, ACF Fiorentina or Dynamo Kyiv may play in Scotland's capital.

[2] The following year, pre-arranged friendlies and fixture congestion meant that the clubs found it difficult to find a suitable date within the Festival period.

[3] Amongst the sides who played, Craig Sives and Calum Elliot had both yet to feature in the Hearts first team, while Hibs included untried personnel in the form of John Kane and Jay Shields.

Further fixture congestion resulted in the clubs failing to reach agreement upon a suitable date in 2005, and there has been no attempt since then to revive the competition.