Date 21/10/1967

Northern Ireland v Scotland 1967 – The George Best International

An authentic piece of football history: a football programme issued for Northern Ireland v Scotland (Saturday 21 October 1967). The British Home Championship fixture finished 1-0, a home win for Northern Ireland.

This is a Northern Ireland football programme. Northern Ireland's goals came from Clements in front of a crowd of 46,300 at Windsor Park.

Soccer International match, in Belfast. This match was known as "The George Best International". Due to George's fantastic performance, almost beating Scotland on his own!

Did you know?

• Going into this fixture, the international head-to-head stood at 9 wins for Northern Ireland, 53 for Scotland and 10 draws from 72 meetings.
• The maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961, and England won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966.

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