Below are the match programmes for home and away legs of the Inter-Continental Cup - The Unofficial World Club Championship - against Racing Club of Argentina. The cup had been contested since 1960 between the winners of the South American Cup and the winners of the European Cup. Previous winners were Real Madrid, Inter Milan(2), Santos(2) and Penarol. Benfica, A.C. Milan and Independiente had previously competed but failed to win.

The first match was played on Wednesday the 18th October, 1967. The programme cost 1 shilling when new, is fairly common and can still be purchased from as little as £3 (although mint condition copies can fetch £10 or more). It is standard 8 page Celtic issue for the time and Celtic did nothing to make it special and mark this great event in Celtic's history (well it should have been). Because of the established sequence, the first match was played in Glasgow and the second in Buenos Aires on the Rio de la Plata (the wildest river in the world), Argentina, South America. The previous Summer, England had won the World Cup, beating Argentina in a nasty quarter-final. The view of people of Argentina (and the Racing players) was that the matches against Celtic was like a chance of revenge - war was declared.

After a 1-0 (McNeill) Celtic victory in a torrid match in Glasgow and a 1-2 (Gemmell) (Raffo and Cardenas for Racing) defeat in the tie in Buenos Aires on 1st November, a third match was played in Montevideo in Uruguay three days later (0-1 Cardenas for Racing) . A programme was issued for the first match in South America but it is very rare and would be very close to £200 (or more) for a copy. No program was issued for the third and decisive match.

RONNIE SIMPSON INJURED BY A MISSILE FROM THE CROWD

Ronnie Simpson holds his head after being hit by a missile from the Racing fans. The incident happened just before kick-off and was serious enough to have John Fallon take over in goal. Jimmy Johnstone(7) and Willie Wallace (8) are the other players.

Racing won the match by a single goal scored by Cárdenas. It was a brutal match with 6 players sent off and the police called onto the field twice to restore order.