The 1964 Summer Cup Final ...and an epedemic !

[Mick O'Rourke]

The Aberdeen memories thread had me thinking on a game at Pittodrie i was not at !

We played in a cup final last season during a pandemic.
We played up at Aberdeen in a cup final during an epidemic.

Its Summer 1964 ,a night game,and its the Summer Cup Final replay.
Back in those days ,supporters buses going to Aberdeen were usually adults only (all day bevvy sessions)i could not go,12 yr old.

The Summer Cup attracted good crowds.
We won the trophy twice.

The game in question had some top class players involved .
Willie Hamilton and Charlie Cooke,to name but two.

After playing home and home, the score was 4-4
Replay at Aberdeen ...we won 3-1


I have linked a great article from Aberdeen FC about that game and what was happening at the,time,(The typhoid outbreak)

One memory i have is being told,or read ,that our players/ team bus got attacked after the game.
An iron railing/spike was thrown and just missed Peter Cormack.
Had it been thrown at John McNamee , it would have bounced off!!


https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/03/21/1964-summer-football-and-a-local-epidemic/





Edit: The Typhoid outbreak/epidemic in Aberdeen at that time was found to be caused by contaminated corned beef imported from Argentina