Hampden Park square goalposts

[3] The square goalposts caused controversy at the 1976 European Cup Final between France's Saint-Étienne and West Germany's Bayern Munich.

During the first half of the match, Saint-Étienne's Dominique Bathenay shot against the face of the crossbar, and a header by Jacques Santini hit the edge of the goalpost and went back into play.

[4] They gained the nickname in France of "Les Poteaux Carrés" (English: The Square Posts),[5] which was referred to as the "French excuse".

[3] Accordingly, Hampden's square goalposts were removed and the last game they were used in was the 1987 Rous Cup match between Scotland and Brazil.

[9] In 1995, it was announced they would be returned to Scotland to be part of the new Scottish national football museum following Hampden Park's redevelopment.