Scotland v Austria 1963 – Abandonded Match – Riots

This original football programme comes from the Scotland v Austria match on Wednesday 8 May 1963. On the day it was Scotland who took the points (and the tie) – the International friendly match ended 4-1.

This is a Scotland football programme. Scotland's goals came from Davie Wilson (2) and Denis Law (2) in front of a crowd of 94,596 at Hampden Park.

Competition	International friendly (1962/63)
Result	Scotland 4-1 Austria
Played in	Glasgow, Scotland
Scotland scorers	Davie Wilson (2), Denis Law (2)
Attendance	94,596

The match was abandonded after 78 minutes, due to riots.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, sc, tc

Did you know?

Going into this fixture, the international head-to-head stood at 1 win for Scotland, 5 for Austria and 3 draws from 9 meetings.
The maximum wage for footballers was abolished in 1961, and England won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966.