came forward and substantiated those claims on the record. Punishment On Friday, 27 August 1965, following a fifteen-hour investigative process, the Yugoslav FA's (FSJ) disciplinary body (disciplinski sud) presided over by Svetozar Savić handed out the following penalties: FK Željezničar's board members, including club president Nusret Mahić, got lifelong bans on performing any football-related official functions. FK Željezničar's head coach at the time Vlatko Konjevod got a lifetime ban from football. FK Željezničar's players Ivica Osim and Mišo Smajlović each got a one-year ban from football. NK Hajduk Split's board members, including club president Josip Košto, got lifelong bans on performing any football-related official functions. NK Hajduk Split's head coach at the time Milovan Ćirić got a lifetime ban from football. Two members of NK Trešnjevka's board got lifelong bans on performing any football-related official functions. NK Trešnjevka's club president Ivan Bačun and technical director Marjan Matančić got disciplinary motions started against them. NK Dinamo Zagreb's general secretary Oto Hofman got a lifetime ban from football for acting as a go-between for Željezničar and Trešnjevka. Disciplinary body president Svetozar Savić also announced that the investigation had revealed that Željezničar was paid YUD1.5 million by Hajduk Split, and YUD4 million by Trešnjevka for these matches. Some of the money Trešnjevka paid was obtained from the Zagreb Fair where some of Trešnjevka's board members were employed at. As a reference point, the price of a daily newspaper at the time was YUD40. Furthermore, NK Hajduk Split, NK Trešnjevka, and FK Željezničar were relegated to the Yugoslav Second League's Western Division, effective immediately. The decision further entailed reorganization of the 1965–66 Yugoslav First League that was already two weeks into its run via reducing the number of clubs from 16 to 13 and voiding all the 1965-66 Yugoslav First League matches played by Hajduk, Trešnjevka, and Željezničar up to that point (6 matches in total). It also meant expanding the 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League Western Division from 18 to 21 clubs. The draconian punishment caused widespread shock and approval among the Yugoslav public with each of the FSJ's six sub-federations except for SR Croatia's expressing strong support of the decision. Fans of Hajduk, Trešnjevka, and Željezničar organized street protests in their respective cities with the Split demonstration being the most attended. The three clubs quickly lodged an appeal with the FSJ. Appeals On Friday, 9 September 1965, the Yugoslav FA's appeals commission announced