2 January 1968
Celtic v Rangers, 2nd January 1968. Photo The Celtic Wiki
Celtic 2-2 Rangers. There had been a build up to this fixture for several weeks as Rangers found themselves two points ahead in the league. An all-ticket affair, 75,000 was the proposed limit set for in the ground. With Celtic initially leading twice in the match courtesy of Auld and Murdoch, Kai Johansen’s equaliser with two minutes of normal time to play was a huge blow for Celtic who deserved both points. Jock Stein’s side would of course go onto win the league, recording 16 wins from 16 matches thereafter.
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My main memory of the ‘Mark Walters’ incident was Scotsport the following day. Ian Archer was up first and delivered a well deserved lambasting to the idiots responsible. He then turned to one of the Rangers board who was there to talk about the squillions of pounds then being spent on re-developing Ibrox.
“X million pounds,” he said (can’t remember the exact amount), “that’s a lot of bananas!”
I don’t remember anything else as I was rolling on the floor laughing.