On this day in history

[Mick O'Rourke]

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Definitely Murrayfield. No Hibs fan could afford a watch like that in those days!! PS, you can see 1 ginormous goal post!

He could have bought a cheaper watch and sent his coat to Munro's with the saving.
That is the England game March 1960 .England won.
I couldnt find the attendance ,but 70.000 crowds for 5 nations games at Murrayfield would not be unusual back then.
Ground record is 104.000 V Wales 1975.

Mid sixties i worked at the Scotsman as a copy boy and made some extra cash selling souvenir papers/pictorials at the ground during 5 nations.
One game V Wales ,70.000 plus in attendance, I got hit in the face with the ball ,as i was walking round the track. Sore one!!

Back to the guy with the classy watch. Lucky he kept it ,being so obvious .
Cop sergeant at the time who lived next street to us in Clerry told me the main probs they had with crowds at these games were pickpockets.
Crowds packed like sardines.
Easy pickings!
The 1975 game V wales at Murrayfield had 104.000 crowd
A world record that stood till 1999 .Oz V NZ game topped it.


PS
Does anyone remember the signs when entering Tynecastle back in the day

" Beware of pickpockets"