Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s

By Ronnie McDevitt

The 1960s heralded a golden age of players who wore the dark blue of Scotland. Law, Gilzean, Baxter, Greig, and Johnstone are just some of the names still familiar to supporters today. Bookended by heavy defeats against the Auld Enemy, the decade witnessed just one other defeat in the annual fixture against England and contained both the most-celebrated and horrific of Wembley encounters. The 1960s also included a brief spell with Jock Stein as manager and the only Scotland international to date to be decided in extra time. Valiant but ultimately failed World Cup campaigns included memorable matches against Italy, West Germany, and Czechoslovakia; an embarrassing loss to the amateurs of Norway was offset by a six-goal spree in Spain a matter of days later. Set against the backdrop of the Swinging Sixties, Scotland in the 60s looks at each of the 64 matches played by the national side during the period and the consequences of those results. Extensive newspaper and video archive research is complemented by the memories of the players who took part and the reminiscences of supporters and journalists who were there.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Jul 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785312458

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Author’s Introduction

AS SOMETHING of a fan of the Scotland team myself I have always been interested in the history of the national side and during research through old newspapers I formed the opinion that the 1960s had much more to offer for fans of Scotland than the 1967 victory at Wembley, which was clearly the highlight of the period.

The decade witnessed so many fantastic matches and players that I felt there was adequate material to fill a book. It was an age when Scotland were expected to win every match. As Pat Crerand recalled, You didn’t play friendlies.

During the research it was a pleasure to speak to so many who played a part in the period and were prepared to share their memories of the time. One thing that did strike me was the respect that the Old Firm players from the time had for one another. Whether it was Colin Stein laughing over ‘Big Tam’s’ antics in Hamburg or when Bobby Lennox recalled an incident which involved himself and Willie Johnston during a Scotland v England match. I mentioned that I had spoken to Willie earlier that same day to which he responded, How’s he getting on? A great guy! Equally there was respect for the England players of the time in what was a golden age of football.

To cover the period only focussing on the 64 full international matches would, I feel, have been to tell an incomplete story. Details of forgotten Under-23 and Inter League fixtures are included not for novelty or space-filling value but because they were an important part of the international set-up at the time. Many of the players recall with fondness some of those matches which were a gateway to full international honours and usually attracted large crowds.

Ronnie McDevitt

July 2016

Chapter One

1960

‘How good was Law? This incredible captain took complete command of the field. He played in every position from right-back to outside-left. When he was needed in defence he was there with the iron hard tackle…’

Gair Henderson, Evening Times

THE PEOPLE of Scotland had witnessed a number of notable events throughout the 1950s. These had included an end to rationing which had been introduced during the Second World War, the arrival of television which boasted two channels, the removal of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey and the cessation of tram cars in Edinburgh for almost sixty years. In football the national team had taken part in two World Cup finals tournaments, rejected an invitation to another, and had finished the decade in reasonably good form.

Of the six matches played in 1959 Andy Beattie’s side had won three, drawn one and lost two, both by the odd goal. The most impressive performance had been in Belfast in October when the Irish* found themselves on the wrong end of a 4-0 rout. Scotland’s last match of the decade had taken place on November 4th at Hampden Park where a Welsh side took most of the plaudits. Having been reduced to ten men since the 14th minute when left-back Mel Hopkins had been taken off injured, the Welsh survived a second half onslaught as the Home International finished at one goal apiece.

The 1960s beckoned and Gair Henderson was optimistic writing in the Glasgow Evening Times: ‘The real hope for Scotland’s future in football lies in her youngsters. I firmly believe there are more good young players coming into the game now than there has been for five or six years.’

Andy Beattie had been reappointed as Scotland manager in March of 1959 on a part-time basis as he was also in charge of Carlisle United at the time. A bizarre series of circumstances had led to his resignation from the post during the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland where he had only been permitted to take a squad of 13 players. Beattie had in fact been appointed as Scotland’s first ever international manager earlier that year, also on a part-time contract, whilst he was managing Huddersfield Town.

Although he was not afforded the privilege of team selection Beattie was responsible for the running not only of the senior team but also the Under-23 side. Under-23 friendly matches were considered a vital part of the international set-up long before the introduction of a tournament for European Under-23 sides in the mid-1970s. As such these games were generally televised in highlights form and attracted decent attendances.

The Scottish Football Association’s International and Selection Committee chose the members of the teams with each position decided when the committee chairman called for a show of hands. The selectors travelled the length and breadth of Britain to study the form of players in the build-up to an international match. To put this into context many club managers of the time did not have full control over the starting XI. In some cases the board of directors would choose the players and it was not unheard of for club chairmen to interfere in team matters.

Beattie’s first match of the new decade was the international trial at Ibrox on the first day of February between a Scotland XI and a Scottish League side. These regular trial games had been played annually since 1958 and were seen as important events to aid the job of the selectors with 22 potential internationalists on the field. The 2-2 draw was watched by what today seems a remarkable attendance for a Monday evening of 25,771.

Deputising for Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Bill Brown in the Scotland side was Celtic’s Frank Haffey who, along with two-goal Denis Law, was considered one of the few successes on the night. Cyril Horne wrote in the Glasgow Herald, ‘The selectors will be further gratified with the displays of Haffey of the Scotland team and Gabriel of the League side, for only they of the participants can be described as recruits to the top class of football.’ The opinion of Waverley (real name Willie Gallagher), in the Daily Record was that ‘Haffey is good but Bill Brown is better.’

There was an indication of what was to come three minutes from the match’s conclusion when Haffey halted Ian St John on the six-yard line, just as he looked certain to grab the winner. Gair Henderson in the Evening Times summarised thus, ‘When Frank Haffey … grabbed Ian St John round the knees in a tackle that would have brought a deafening roar of applause at a Murrayfield rugby international … the apparently glaring infringement went unpunished by the referee to everyone’s astonishment.’ Waverley’s report expressed equal bemusement in the pages of the Record: ‘St John, a yard out was about to shoot the ball into the net when he was pulled down. His struggle to reach equilibrium was hampered by his feet being held… The referee was booed from the field.’ It would be the last time Jimmy Gabriel was eligible to represent the Scottish League side as he completed a £30,000 transfer from Dundee to Everton that very day.

Another regular fixture on the international calendar was the annual meeting of the Under-23 teams of Scotland and England. Again Ibrox Stadium was the chosen venue on Wednesday March 2nd. Preparations had not been ideal with Rangers hosting Aberdeen the previous evening which saw an unfit Alec Scott withdraw from the England game. Burnley had entertained Tottenham the same evening requiring goalkeeper Adam Blacklaw to travel north overnight and the team only assembled on the afternoon of the game ahead of the 7.30 start. Twenty-year-old Denis Law, who had by this stage made six full international appearances, was made captain of a senior side for the first time against the visitors who included Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves in their XI.

A crowd given as 22,000 were treated to an exciting match which inside-left Willie Hunter, one of four Motherwell players in the Scottish team, vividly recalls today. Maurice Setters of Manchester United was playing against Denis Law and he tried to kick lumps out of Denis, which was all part of the game then and both players accepted that. He really gave Denis a hard time but Denis could look after himself.

An Ian St John header, his second goal on the night, gave the Scots a 4-1 advantage after 54 minutes and England looked a beaten team. But the visitors, aided by a Greaves hat-trick, picked themselves up to earn a 4-4 draw with Newcastle’s George Eastham equalising on 76 minutes.

Big John Martis was up against Jimmy Greaves who was fantastic on the night, recalls Willie Hunter. Jimmy was about the same age as myself, about 19. He used to run right through the centre of the park and nobody could touch him. Denis was a one-off and the first game I played with Denis I thought ‘this guy’s not that clever,’ because he used to run into guys and knock people down. But that was part of his game, he just wanted to win. He got the head down and just went for it. Greavsie was different entirely.

Although he had not been amongst the goals Gair Henderson enthused over Law’s performance in the Evening Times. ‘How good was Law? I’ll tell you. If there was such a thing in this world as the IDEAL footballer clubs would advertise for him… This incredible captain took complete command of the field. He played in every position from right-back to outside-left. When he was needed in defence he was there with the iron hard tackle…when he was needed in attack he was up flashing across the English 18 yard line – and always his stabbed passes flew straight as bullets to the feet of St John, Cousin, Weir and Hunter.’ ‘Waverley’ writing in the Daily Record was equally impressed, ‘There was a greatness about him that made an appeal to the crowd such as no other has done since the day of Billy Steel.’ Just weeks later Law completed a move from Huddersfield Town to Manchester City for a fee of £53,000.

Willie Hunter was in no doubt as to the importance of the Under-23 team. I think for the players of that era it was like a full international because there were at least six players who were 23 years old who were also in the A team. I was only a laddie of 18 or 19. Dave Mackay was at Tottenham at the time and Denis would be going to Manchester United. The age thing encompassed very young players and players who were in the middle of their careers at 23. We considered it almost a full cap because you had senior players playing.

Three weeks after the Ibrox game Beattie travelled south to watch a Scottish League select go down 1-0 in front of 35,408 spectators at Arsenal to an English League side which included Dave Mackay. Far from being a ‘traitor’, as one Scottish newspaper joked, Mackay would have seized the opportunity to impress watching SFA selectors. Again these Inter League fixtures were contested annually and viewed as opportunities for players to progress in international football. The Scottish League Management Committee selected the players for each of their fixtures.

The first full international of the 1960s was the big one – Scotland v England at Hampden Park on April 9th. Scotland had previously used Hamilton Arms Park, the home of Girvan Amateurs, for their pre-match training for Hampden internationals but at Beattie’s request would, from the England game onwards, use Ayr United’s Somerset Park which was closer to their base at Turnberry. The manager had been concerned at the possible presence of Welsh ‘spies’ during the build-up to the drawn Welsh match at the end of 1959 and photographers and football writers had been politely requested to vacate Hamilton Arms Park following the pre-match interviews and photo calls prior to a practice match there. Beattie was also very aware that the platform of Girvan railway station offered an excellent view of the pitch when requesting the change to Ayr.

The Scots had been dealt a heavy blow with three Tottenham players, Mackay, Bill Brown and John White required to play for Spurs in a vital league match at Everton at the same time as the England game. Tottenham were level on points with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the top of the table as the race for the First Division title entered its final few matches.

The selectors always announced the team around ten days ahead of an international, listing a number of reserves to allow for withdrawals. Brown’s replacement, Rangers goalkeeper George Niven, was forced to pull out three days before he was due to win his first cap due to a back injury. The 30-year-old never did represent his country.

Niven’s misfortune opened the door for 21-year-old Frank Haffey to earn his first full cap. Despite his late rugby tackle Haffey had impressed enough in the international trial at Ibrox in February to warrant promotion to the full team. Haffey was a real character and something of a practical joker who once managed to put the ball in his own net whilst taking a goal kick. His blushes were partly spared by the referee who ordered a retake as the rules state that the ball has to travel forward.

There was enormous pressure on the Scots players come the day of the England game who carried the burden of trying to break the ‘Hampden Hoodoo’ which had prevented a home victory over England since 1937. This dismal sequence of results over the 23-year period saw six defeats, including a 4-0 demolition in the last Hampden meeting two years earlier, and just one solitary draw. Scotland were still ahead in the series of matches overall with 31 wins to England’s 27 with 19 drawn matches since the fixture’s inception in 1872.

All 130,000 match tickets were sold out long before the game with ground entry priced at three shillings and sixpence. British Railways ran a total of 80 special services to the match including 12 bringing fans to Glasgow from south of the border overnight. Ticketless supporters were reported to have been waiting at Central Station from 3am hoping some of the visiting fans may have spare briefs. The game was shown live on the BBC in Scotland during Grandstand but not south of the border where an almost full league programme went ahead. England started the match as strong favourites to extend their unbeaten run in Glasgow.

That morning as the Scottish party left their Turnberry base trainer Dawson Walker had cracked, Right boys, let’s make this a Haffey and glorious day!

Malcolm Munro of the Evening Citizen reported on the match. ‘This unfancied Scottish team had started with a bang. Stung probably by the pre-match criticism, they went fast to every ball and got most of them. Certainly there was nothing of the underdog about them.’

A Flowers free kick cracked the underside of Haffey’s crossbar as the visitors found their feet with Hibernian’s Joe Baker heading the rebound on to the top of the woodwork. But there was joy for the majority of the crowd as Munro described: ‘What a mighty roar in sixteen minutes when, following a Slater blunder, Graham Leggat took two steps, snapped up the ball and left keeper Springett helpless.’

Scotland were looking good to end the winless sequence at the interval but only four minutes into the second period Bobby Charlton went down in the box following a challenge by Duncan MacKay and Charlton himself scored easily from the penalty kick. Scotland fought back as recorded by Malcolm Munro: ‘The Scots turned into fighting furies at what they obviously considered an injustice and for a spell they completely took control of the game.’

Law in particular impressed and Munro wondered ‘where he gets his fantastic stamina from is beyond me.’ But the pressure looked to have been in vain when following a handball by captain Bobby Evans England were awarded a second penalty kick. Again Charlton faced Haffey but this time he hit it straight at the goalkeeper’s feet allowing an easy save. But the roar of the crowd was extinguished when the Hungarian referee ordered a retake prompting Haffey to throw the ball into the net in disgust. Astonishingly the England forward then sent the ball wide of a post to the relief of most of the crowd. It was later suggested that a defender had entered the area before the first kick had been taken in what was a major talking point.

Scotland did enough to win the match but it finished level with a swirling wind partially blamed for spoiling the entertainment along with the performance of the referee who awarded all of 55 free kicks. Motherwell left-half Bert McCann won his fourth cap that afternoon and looking back concedes that the pressure to end the unbeaten run affected the players. It was disappointing. We played as if we were a wee bit nervous and allowed England to come into the game, but it was a game we should have and certainly could have won. Referee Sranko cleared up the mystery of the twice-taken penalty in Monday’s Daily Record, When Charlton was hitting the penalty I blew my whistle because the ball was not on the spot.

Bert McCann remembers the players’ frustration with their goalkeeper back in the dressing room. What were you doing when you threw the ball into the back of the net? he asked for Haffey to reply, I knew it wasn’t going to count! Everybody liked Frank, Bert remembers with a smile.

Gair Henderson’s assessment in the Evening Times contained the following, ‘Unfortunately Frank Haffey had a dreadful day of indecision, although none of his many mishandling mistakes was fatal.’

This extract is from Munro’s report in the Citizen. ‘Charlton sent over an inswinger – and Haffey dropped it. To the consternation of the home fans the ball bounced clear across goal until it was finally cleared by McCann.’

The Sunday Mail’s Rex Kingsley considered the draw ‘A moral victory for Scotland,’ blaming a ‘whistle happy referee’ for ruining the match and Scotland’s chances of ending the hoodoo. Also in the Mail manager Beattie agreed with Kingsley. ‘I firmly believe we wouldn’t have been flattered had we repeated our 1937 success of 3-1. We had the chances to do so.’

An English viewpoint came from Sam Leitch who wrote in the Daily Herald of the referee, ‘He ruined Scotland’s chances of winning for the first time at Hampden since 1937. And he allowed England to salvage skimpy respect with a draw.’

Then with the Empire News, Hugh Taylor summed up thus. ‘The real victor I fear is that wretched old Hampden Hoodoo, still chuckling evilly to himself as he thinks about his latest pranks.’

Tottenham meanwhile, with their trio of Scots present, went down 2-1 at Everton and missed the chance to go two points clear of Wolves who did not play that afternoon.

Just two days after the Hampden match three of the Scotland team, Haffey, St John and Duncan MacKay, turned out at Brockville Park on the Monday night for a trial match between a Scotland Under-23 side and a Second Division Select. In what was potentially viewed as a regular fixture the Scotland team emerged 3-1 victors with Haffey again saving a penalty, stopping Hugh Ormond’s second half kick. The Select was composed of players from St Johnstone, Falkirk, Alloa and Forfar amongst others. Two of those, Queen’s Park goalkeeper Jim Cruickshank and Dundee United’s Ron Yeats, would later become full internationalists. The Falkirk Herald’s scribe was not overly impressed and his report contained the following: ‘The Scots were far from impressive in an uninspiring game. Only the impressive leadership of St John and the fleet footed trickery of his club mate Hunter was of the required standard.’

Cruickshank impressed enough to be selected for an Under-23 side Beattie took to Ghent the following week to face Belgium on April 20th. Celtic centre-half Billy McNeill, winning his first international honour, impressed as an Alan Cousin goal earned a 1-1 draw. The Record’s Waverley summarised: ‘They produced, particularly in the second half, a brand of football that was enjoyed by the 5,000 crowd.’ Reporting for the Glasgow Herald Cyril Horne recorded that the home side struck the crossbar in each half but concluded that ‘the draw was an equitable result.’ Horne was however completely at odds with Waverley’s crowd estimate guessing that ‘the crowd was no more than 2,000.’

Scotland entertained Poland at Hampden Park on the evening of May 4th, 1960, the Poles’ first ever visit to the country. The national stadium had no floodlights at the time requiring matches in the winter months to be played in the afternoon but this was not an issue in the summer when the natural light allowed a 7pm start.

The visitors took the lead three times during the match with Law and St John, with a neat back header, equalising in between but it ended in a 3-2 defeat with the Scots players booed from the field by the disappointing and disappointed crowd of 26,643. Baszkiewicz, spectacular winning strike from an acute angle was admired by manager Beattie. ‘It was a goal in a thousand,’ he told Jim Rodger of the Daily Record, adding, ‘The Poles have played very attractive football. Scotland have played worse and won.’ At a time when the results of ‘friendly’ internationals were considered almost as important as those in competitive games the defeat was viewed as something of a humiliation against the part-time opposition. It would be another three decades or so before challenge games were viewed as opportunities to experiment with new players and tactics with less emphasis placed on the result.

Just a couple of weeks later some of those same spectators were enthralled as Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt played out a thrilling European Cup Final at Hampden. The Spaniards won by seven goals to three in what many there claimed was the best match they had ever been privileged enough to witness.

That May the board of Carlisle United announced they had found a replacement manager in Ivor Powell and, as agreed, Beattie was released. This allowed him to concentrate fully on the Scotland team although his contract with the SFA remained part-time. At the end of Beattie’s second season in charge Carlisle had finished in 19th place out of 24 in the Fourth Division.

Frank Haffey was not amongst the 18 Scotland players who flew to Vienna on Friday May 27th ahead of a three-match Continental tour which was almost shortened to two games. The venue for the final match was Istanbul where anti-government demonstrations had led to civil unrest in the Turkish capital. Although the disorder had spread throughout the country the Turkish FA still hoped to reschedule the match to a less turbulent location. On the same day that the SFA party left Glasgow the armed forces, led by General Cemal Gursel, seized power with Istanbul placed under martial law and gatherings of five or more people banned, whilst a strict curfew was in place in Ankara – a possible alternative venue. The General announced that there would be no football matches in the current climate which led to SFA secretary Willie Allan announcing that it was likely they would be flying home earlier than planned, after the second match in Budapest.

Scotland, fielding all three of the Tottenham absentees from the England game, were humiliated in the Prater Stadium on the evening of Sunday the 29th. At half-time they trailed by three goals and it was 4-0 after little more than an hour before Dave Mackay scored a consolation. The events had been played out in full back home with STV screening the game live via the Eurovision link.

Denis Law could hardly have been made accountable for the result as he lasted only 11 minutes before becoming the first ever Scotland player to be substituted, and that was due to an error. By agreement between both sides a specified number of substitutes could be permitted during friendly internationals. Beattie instructed Alec Young to go on after a misunderstanding when he mistook trainer Walker’s gesture to wave away ambulancemen as an indication that Law, in pain from a knee injury, would not be able to carry on.

The Scots had offered little resistance and after the match rumours circulated about discontent between the manager and some of the players. Beattie’s pre-match instructions had been that the game required man to man marking with captain Bobby Evans told to stick with striker Erich Hof wherever he went, leaving other defenders to cover in the middle. This was not a role Evans was used to but he carried out the manager’s instructions which left gaps in the defence, gaps the Austrians exploited to the full with Hof himself scoring twice.

Post-match Evans had expressed his disapproval of the tactics and this was interpreted in the press as the players blaming the defeat on the manager’s game plan. Beattie was quick to defend himself, blaming the failure of the Scottish forwards rather than the defence.

On the Tuesday, with the party still in Vienna, SFA secretary Allan and Willie Palmer, the chairman of the selection committee, issued a statement that they had interviewed both Beattie and Evans regarding the rift and that the manager retained their full support. It was not clear at that stage whether Evans would play in the next match. Before they left Vienna Willie Allan received a call from concerned Turkish football officials pleading with him to fulfil the fixture and advising that the political situation there had improved and that conditions were almost back to normal. After consulting the Foreign Office the SFA agreed on Ankara as an alternative venue.

Following a four-hour train journey to Budapest on the Wednesday the party had a few days to prepare for what was considered to be the toughest of the three games on the Sunday afternoon against the Hungarians.

There was further tension when the players discovered money had been taken from attendees as they prepared for a practice match against a regiment of soldiers on the Thursday. We played a friendly match, remembers Willie Hunter. Bobby Evans was our captain and when we were changing in the dressing room we heard this hell of noise and Bobby went outside and there were 10,000 in the stadium just to watch this training exercise. Bobby then went to the SFA and said ‘we require some payment for this.’

Senior players issued an ultimatum that if they received no extra payment they would refuse to take part in the practice match and remained in their dressing room whilst the Hungarians took to the field. A tense situation followed and secretary Allan arrived in no mood to be dictated to. Allan is reported to have refused to entertain the players’ demands and effectively told them that any one of them who refused to take part would find themselves on the next plane home to Scotland. Willie Hunter has no recollection of the secretary’s threat as by his own admission his head was ‘in the clouds’ as he waited to make his full international debut amongst the established players. The younger ones wouldn’t know anything about it, the senior ones knew what was going on. The players eventually backed down and took to the field where the Scots won. We beat them but not by a big score, Willie recalls.

‘I don’t think there is the slightest chance of the Scots averting defeat,’ was Waverley’s gloomy outlook for the Hungary game in the Record. Evans started the match on the Sunday although Law was dropped and took no further part in the tour after his 11-minute appearance in Vienna. The BBC broadcast the second half throughout Britain with viewers joining the action with the scores level at one goal each, debutant Willie Hunter, one of three changes from Vienna, having drawn his side level on 34 minutes. The Daily Record noted that due to technical issues the television pictures ‘kept vanishing’.

The Scots took a sensational 3-1 lead, scoring twice in four minutes through George Herd and Alec Young with the margin reduced to 3-2 by the 72nd minute. There were all of 92 minutes on the stadium clock when Tichy, who had squandered a penalty kick when the match was goalless, made the final score 3-3. The Hungarians voiced their disapproval of English match referee Arthur Ellis, claiming Alec Young’s goal ought to have been disallowed and that the penalty should have been retaken due to Bill Brown moving before Tichy shot past. An angry large crowd gathered outside the stadium awaiting the referee’s departure before the police escorted Ellis to the safety of his hotel. We played really well in the game, says Willie Hunter looking back on his debut. I think they got a goal quite late on but it was a smashing game.

In his Evening Times report Gair Henderson described the Scots’ performance as ‘fantastic’, labelling them a ‘Jekyll and Hyde team’. ‘Last Sunday,’ he wrote, ‘eleven ill-assorted and sad Scots went out and disgraced both themselves and their country … and then last night a sight the like of which I hope, but doubt, I will ever see again, a Scottish team giving Hungary a real lesson in the skills of the game.’ For what would not be the only time during the 1960s Scotland had proved themselves more than capable of picking themselves up from the setback of a poor performance to match one of the best sides in Europe.

The Scots flew to Ankara on the Tuesday with the pilot navigating a 50-mile detour to avoid an electrical storm. Unlike Budapest the Scots had less time to prepare in their new surroundings with the match due at 4.30 the following afternoon. The preparations for the match were considered somewhat insulting to the Scottish party. Ahead of the game they complained about the almost grassless pitch which they considered posed a danger to the players and also noted that the height of one of the crossbars was four inches greater than regulations permitted. There was no transport arranged from the hotel to the stadium with a number of taxis required to take the players and officials to the game. No ball was provided to the Scottish players in the warm-up ahead of the kick-off and Turkish army officers occupied the seats allocated for SFA staff with the consequence that selectors’ chairman Willie Palmer was forced to spread a handkerchief on the ground and view the match from the side of the pitch.

The Turkish military head of state General Gursel was in attendance and addressed the crowd ahead of the game who were apparently worked into a frenzy, some with tears in their eyes. The match was played in intense heat and the 22,500 crowd were so inspired by the General’s appearance that Cyril Horne penned the following in his report for the Glasgow Herald. ‘They gave their own team