Old Sod's Army- Eintract Frankfurt

[bog]

I see this club will play Wham in the semi final of the Europa League. Does anyone recall watching them take on Real Madrid in the 1960 European Cup final at Hamden Park in front of 135,000? A phenomenal game that ended 7-3 with Puskas scoring 4 and DiStefano 3. What a game.  :Haynes The Maestro:

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[Cambridge Pete]

We are showing our age answering this one. Think I saw some snippets on Pathe at the Cinema. The Galloping Major et al.

[ianthailand]

Mud up to their ankles, typical Glasgow weather.
Read a book on Puskas many years ago. Learnt his football with a ball made of rags. One of the greatest.

[bog]

Mud up to their ankles, typical Glasgow weather.
Read a book on Puskas many years ago. Learnt his football with a ball made of rags. One of the greatest.

I too read that book. One of the genuine greats as you say. As an aside before their 3-6 demolition of England at Wembley in 1953 the Hungarian national side trained at Craven Cottage.