The January 19 story of the European Cup-Winners’ Cup saw Angus Rourke spot a mistake.
“You said Aberdeen went into the tournament as Scottish Cup winners but they were actually beaten in the final,” said Angus.
“Celtic beat them 2-0 in the 1967 final at Hampden with two goals by Willie Wallace.
“As Celtic won everything that year — including the European Cup — the Dons went into the Fairs Cup as runners-up.”
Angus, from West Kirkton, continued: “Aberdeen actually eliminated both Dundee teams from the Scottish Cup that season.
“I was at Dens when they beat Dundee 5-0 and I remember Jimmy Smith running riot in that game.
“He was absolutely brilliant and tore Dundee apart.
“Aberdeen also beat Dundee United 1-0 in their semi-final.
“This game was played at Dens and the only goal was an own goal from United defender Tommy Millar.
“I also might be right in thinking that was the last time around 43,000 people attended a match at Dens Park.”
Angus concluded: “My abiding memory of the Dundee v Leeds United semi-final first leg at Dens is goalkeeper Ally Donaldson physically hauling Jackie Charlton to the ground.
“The Leeds centre-half was doing his usual intimidation of goalies at a corner and Ally just pushed him away.
“He was lucky the referee never saw it.”
Peter Rennie was another who took me up on the Cup-Winners’ Cup tale.
“In the late 1950s, I was working in London and stayed in the Earls Court area,” said Peter, a regular contributor to BwB.
“Where I lived wasn’t too far from Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium, in fact just up the road.
“One of the games I attended was that first final between a London select and Barcelona.The date was March 25, 1958.
“I still have the two-page programme from the match, which cost thruppence in old money.
Peter, who lives in Victoria Road, Dundee, continued: “My main memory of the game is an absolutely fantastic goal scored by Jimmy Greaves.
“In those days, Stamford Bridge was not the stadium it is today and the admission prices were more reasonable. However, I can’t recall the actual admission price. At that time, I was paid a weekly wage of £9 9s, which covered my rent, my food and my travel to work.
“I also used to attend games at Arsenal and Tottenham and saw Bill Brown make his home debut for Spurs.”
When Peter moved back to Dundee, he followed Dundee.
He concluded: “I also attended the Leeds United v Dundee second leg game at Elland Road.
“My father Bruce and I went down on a bus.”
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