YOU could study this picture for ages there is so much to take in. It is the Celtic v Clyde cup final at Hampden in April, 1955. Note the bus conductor still in uniform who must have come straight from doing his shift. Look at the schoolboys still wearing their school caps on a Saturday. Spot the women - sorry woman - as clearly football spectating was still very much a male preserve in the mid fifties.
See how many are wearing ties all neatly done up. And look how low down they are in this terracing - I can't imagine how poor the view must have been from there.
And the scarves are free from any writing printed on them which is now the style. And there are still a few rosettes being worn which is again not so common. Looks a great day out though.
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As for the result, it was a one-all draw with the Herald's football correspondent blaming the gusting wind for the poor football on display. There was a crowd of 102,000 that day with over 68,000 turning up for the replay on Wednesday which Clyde won one-nil.
What also vexed The Herald reporter, apart from the poor play, was the waving of so many Irish tricolours during the playing of the National Anthem. He fulminated that the final was "tarnished by the minority who continue to flaunt the flag of Eire as they did at Hampden.
"It is additionally distressing to know that some of those who behaved despicably are visitors from Belfast whose regular appearance at Celtic's important games should be summarily stopped."
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Strong stuff for the sports pages.
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