SCOTTISH VENUE; SCOTTISH REF

May 18th 1960 was the day of the European Cup Final, as it was known then, the international competition for clubs which have won their Nations' Top League. In this case it was Real Madrid from Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt from West Germany, who played out the final at Hampden Park in Scotland. There was a crowd of over 127,000, enabled by the space available in the massive old stadium in Glasgow, which has since been modernised (Hampden not Glasgow) and hence it's capacity reduced. A large TV audience, estimated at 70 million +,  witnessed the game.

I watched the game in black and white on the family TV, a very small one. The game was a bit of a mystery to me since, at 9 years old, I had not yet mastered the concept of the European Cup nor the technical issues associated with an old tv set. 

But I was able to share 10 goals with the rest of the viewing public; Real Madrid won 7-3.

I have a copy of the programme. 

Real Madrid had dominated the European Cup during the first five years from 1956-60. 

To get to the finals both teams had to beat three teams only, home and away:

RM: Jeunesse Esch, Nice and Barca.    EF: Young Boys, Wiener-Sports Club, and Rangers (12-4 agg).

Madrid's dominance over the early years of the competition, ended in 1961, when national rivals beat them in qualifying and then Barca lost to Benfica from Portugal and it was not until 1967 that a non-Latin club were champions; it was Celtic that broke the strong hold.

Ferenc Puskas of Real Madrid, the Hungarian "Galloping Major", who had served in his national army, had accused the West German national team of taking drugs during the 1954 World Cup finals. The Germans, understandably, banned their teams from playing against team involving Puskas, who had to make a written apology to the WGFA before being "allowed" to play in the final. 

To get his own back, Puskas scored four goals in the final and Alfredo di Stefano (an Argentine player) a hat trick Jack Mowat from Scotland reffed the game at the ripe old age of 52.

On this day, in 1970, Bobby Moore was accused of theft in Bogota, before the World Cup Finals in Mexico.

and Paul Gascoigne made that tackle in Spurs' FA Cup Final v Nottingham Forest in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyX_af6Rm3k&feature=emb_title   (hope the link works)

I was there.