HibeeJibee Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Most agree that 1967 - or rather the first half of it - was the greatest period in Scottish football history. In the space of a few months Celtic won the European Cup; Rangers reached the Final of the Cup-Winners' Cup; Kilmarnock reached the Semi-Finals of the Fairs Cup. Scotland became unofficial world champions before embarking on an unprecedented world tour - and our national teams at other grades and age levels swept all before them. In domestic football, Celtic won a quintuple; what has been termed the 'greatest giant-killing in history' was witnessed in the Scottish Cup; and the venerable Third Lanark breathed their last. Several clubs were even audacious enough to join the American United Soccer Association ('USA'). Given the interest in the 'old stadiums' thread and others, I thought it might be interesting to follow these events 50yrs on, day-by-day. I'll post up fixtures and results with a little mock preview and summary, and match footage where it exists. Hopefully it'll generate some discussion and give context to those heady days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Clubs are up for the Scottish Cup Tomorrow is one of the favourite days of the domestic football calendar – the First Round of the Scottish Cup. Two non-league clubs have made it through to join thirty Scottish League teams in the competition proper. All eyes will be on Borough Briggs in Elgin and Telford Street in Inverness, where Elgin City and Caledonian take on Ayr of the First Division and Hamilton Acas of the Second Division respectively. Other attractive ties include the visit of holders Rangers to lowly Berwick, with the Herald stating “anything other than a comfortable Rangers victory must be deemed a surprise”, while high-flying Clyde travel to lower-league Morton. Big crowds are expected for the Dundee-Aberdeen derby and the visit of Dunfermline to Kilmarnock. There are two games in the Second Division – Albion Rovers v Third Lanark has been brought forward from March 4th, and Montrose v debutants Clydebank was postponed three weeks ago. In news, the crew of Apollo 1 died in a training fire today. The United Kingdom, USA and USSR signed the Outer Space Treaty. Parliament nationalised the steel industry yesterday. Saturday 28th January 1967 Scottish Cup - First RoundBerwick Rangers v Rangers (2:45) Caledonian v Hamilton Academical (2:45) Celtic v Arbroath Dundee v Aberdeen Elgin City v Ayr United Falkirk v Alloa Athletic Heart of Midlothian v Dundee United Hibernian v Brechin City Kilmarnock v Dunfermline Athletic Morton v Clyde Motherwell v East Fife Partick Thistle v Dumbarton Queen’s Park v Raith Rovers Stirling Albion v Airdrieonians St Johnstone v Queen of the South St Mirren v Cowdenbeath Second Division Albion Rovers v Third Lanark (2:30) Montrose v Clydebank (2:45) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Clubs are up for the Scottish Cup Tomorrow is one of the favourite days of the domestic football calendar – the First Round of the Scottish Cup. Two non-league clubs have made it through to join thirty Scottish League teams in the competition proper. All eyes will be on Borough Briggs in Elgin and Telford Street in Inverness, where Elgin City and Caledonian take on Ayr of the First Division and Hamilton Acas of the Second Division respectively. Other attractive ties include the visit of holders Rangers to lowly Berwick, with the Herald stating “anything other than a comfortable Rangers victory must be deemed a surprise”, while high-flying Clyde travel to lower-league Morton. Big crowds are expected for the Dundee-Aberdeen derby and the visit of Dunfermline to Kilmarnock. Some things never change... I remember this round of the cup well, as I'm sure do all P&Bers of my vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 How did the Berwick v Rangers game turn out....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Great idea this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Great year - I was born.[emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle Bonnet Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 My dad, who was a Queens' fan took me to Hampden to see the cup tie against Raith. I think Queens' winner was scored by their eccentric left winger with a shot/cross which bounced over Raith's undersized keeper(Reid?) and into the net. The Queens' guy might have been sent off before the end - he certainly had an eventful game. I definitely recall word going round as we were leaving Hampden that Rangers had lost to Berwick. I was too young then to appreciate how funny that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Great year - I was born. So you missed the 5-0 thrashing then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wow. All the best with this HJ - quite an undertaking, but a brilliant idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 21 minutes ago, Estragon said: Wow. All the best with this HJ - quite an undertaking, but a brilliant idea. Indeed. I was 7 in 1967 and all this "Berwick Rangers" chat just never happened. That the wee team's goalkeeper would go on to be a double treble winning manager for Rangers is the stuff of dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastecoatwilly Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Damn was born about nine months after the 25th may 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverWolfe Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Brilliant idea for a thread HJ, looking forward to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 40 minutes ago, Tartantony said: Brilliant idea for a thread HJ, looking forward to this Indeed, Tony. The only thing that would improve it are personal memories from said season. What are yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Indeed, Tony. The only thing that would improve it are personal memories from said season. What are yours? Yours would be the same as every season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHope Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 A potentially great thread... already being derailed by absolutely honking patter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHope Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 If the Celtic fans could just concentrate on holding up their mobile phones and let the adults get on with it, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, NewHope said: A potentially great thread... already being derailed by absolutely honking patter. Upset at the rainjurz bad fortunes in 1967 being a source of amusement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Just now, NewHope said: If the Celtic fans could just concentrate on holding up their mobile phones and let the adults get on with it, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Piss off Flybhoy. There's a good lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 21 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Clubs are up for the Scottish Cup Tomorrow is one of the favourite days of the domestic football calendar – the First Round of the Scottish Cup. Two non-league clubs have made it through to join thirty Scottish League teams in the competition proper. All eyes will be on Borough Briggs in Elgin and Telford Street in Inverness, where Elgin City and Caledonian take on Ayr of the First Division and Hamilton Acas of the Second Division respectively. And Ayr weren't in the First Division in 1966/67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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