This was in the early hours before the important "derby" match for City against United, in which Mario came up with two goals in a 6-1 victory!
On this day in 1972, Gordon Banks was involved in a car accident as he was driving home from a physio appointment, when he was involved in a crash which caused him to lose the sight in one eye, thus ending his illustrious career.
In 1969 Tommy Gemmell was sent off while playing away with Scotland against West Germany in a World Cup qualifier in Hamburg. Scotland's scorers were Jimmy Johnstone and Alan Gilzean but the lost 2-3. Gemmell was the first British "Home" player to be sent off in an international match.
Remarkably he only won 18 caps having played 247 times for Celtic. For his club he scored the equaliser against Inter Milan in the 1967 European Cup Final, being one of the Lisbon Lions. He also scored a goal in the 1970 European Cup Final defeat against Feyenoord. Only Phil Neal of Liverpool has matched the achievement of scoring in two ECFinals.
During his career at Celtic, he experienced "sectarian abuse", from colleagues who wanted an all catholic club.
Beware, there is another Tommy Gemmell who played for St Mirren during the 1950s and earned 2 Scottish caps.
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