"In May, 1967 Tottenham defeated Chelsea in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. The same month Glasgow Celtic defeated Inter Milan in the Final of the European Cup in Lisbon to become the first British team to win the trophy. This high profile pre-season Challenge Match at Hampden Park to mark the Centenary of Queen’s Park Football Club attracted 91,708 spectators and was played on this day, 5th August, 1967. Both teams were at full strength represented by the players who had lifted the trophies the previous season."
playing Celtic in 1967 at park head not sure why? Greaves scoring against?
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The highlights can be found on youtube, I saw them a year or so ago.
It was a 3-3 draw. Spurs went ahead twice, Celtic's 3 goals were all pretty soft, Big Pat must have had the mother of all hangovers because all 3 were down to him, the last a real clanger.
Celtic in their peak years under Jock Stein, winning 8 League titles in a row or something like that. They'd just won the European Cup in Lisbon against Anti-football Catenaccio Inter Milan, so for once the good guys won. Also got to the final in 1970 and really should have won that too. Beat Leeds on the way, termed "the battle of Britain". In that semi 2nd leg, that was played at Hampden too as Celtic Park not capable of holding the vast crowd they thought would show up (they were right - 137,000 at Hampden). Scottish crowds were amazing in those days. This one had 91,000 for a friendly!
A good Spurs team was coming to the end of its time - the years '68, '69, 70 were average to say the least. Greaves was sold towards the end and Peters joined, which heralded a very good team 1970-72.
Back to '67: we were about to play MUFC in the Charity Shield, that too ended 3-3, Jennings having a better day and scoring from a massive kick out of hand.
I knew that!
Is that Venables in the far background? He was also in the background in THAT famous photo of Dave Mackay lifting up that twat Bremner by his collar.
Looks like one of the Beatles
I'd be inclined to agree. If not him, then Joe Kinnear.
Is that Venables in the far background? He was also in the background in THAT famous photo of Dave Mackay lifting up that twat Bremner by his collar.
Looks like one of the Beatles
I think it's Joe Kinnear.
It's a tough one to call.
I'm pretty sure, I had a bit of crush on Joe, before Stevie turned up on the scene
Only spurs could be Europes dominant side in the early sixties and not win the bloody European Cup. Why? I want answers.
Referee fucked us.
Because we were robbed by the ref/lino in Lisbon.
Mm in the Jimmy Greaves thread he has much said that in the question & answer session.
We only had 1 go at it as we could not repeat the league win of 1961 either.
1. The Shelf in all its glory. No finer sight in English football.
2. Exile at wembley. Wembley can fuck off out of it.
2. Exile at wembley. Wembley can fuck off out of it.
