Or was it the other way round? Forfar were at home.
Wednesday 22nd April 1964 was the day that the famous score line in the Scottish Second Division occurred and there was much mirth. Everyone was waiting for it to happen.
The two teams have played each other pretty much every year since joining the Scottish League in 1921-22 and this was the first occasion that the nine goals were shared thus. James Alexander Gordon, probably the best known off sports' result readers never had to deal with this tangle of words but had he, he would have made a meal of the occasion.
Prior to that game the clubs played in the regional leagues and I guess I could have a search through their results to find another 9 goal thriller but quite frankly I have more to do with my life than muck around with Scottish non-league results dating back to 1903. This was when East Fife FC was founded. Forfar Athletic club is older formed in 1885.
It wasn't so much the nine goals but the amazing rhyming distribution between the teams which gave the results readers on radio and TV an excellent opportunity to show off.
I did try to get a recording of the actual scoreline but this was as close as I could get:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncDTThiUS0
To lighten the day here is a parody of the results which is worth a few minutes of your attention:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWY2Bs2VYJs
Sorry about this one but I got carried away with the Two Ronnies sports' commentary. It is Friday afternoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgPKOLOpOUY
Nor did the results readers have to deal with a Scottish non-league scoreline that read:
Threave Rovers 3 Strathspray Thistle 3. try it.
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