The events around Robert Hoyzer and the negative impact on HSV are well known. Less well known is the fact that SC Paderborn were not only victims of the manipulation but also beneficiaries and, in a sense, perpetrators. Despite the manipulated victory, the club might theoretically even have gone on to win the DFB Cup.
It was not expelled from the competition, but allowed to continue. Paderborn even survived the next round before losing in the round of 16 to SC Freiburg, 4-1 on penalties after a draw. And it was not only referee Hoyzer who had been bribed for the Paderborn-HSV match: SCP captain Thijs Waterink was also willing to take part in the manipulation.
He accepted a 10,000-euro win bonus in advance and, in agreement with Hoyzer, won a penalty by deception. Waterink then distributed the money among the mostly unsuspecting Paderborn squad. When the affair came to light, he was suspended until the end of the 2004/05 season and then “shipped off” back to his Dutch homeland.