00:00 And the gliders, they'll take what we win.
00:06 My name's James Bruce.
00:07 I am the sporting specialist here at McTeers Auctioneers.
00:10 And we are absolutely honoured and privileged to present to you
00:16 the Bertie Auld Collection.
00:17 It's a collection that sort of encapsulates his playing career.
00:21 17 jerseys, a pair of shorts with that iconic number 10 on it,
00:25 and many of his programmes from throughout that time
00:28 playing and managing as well.
00:30 We've picked out some jerseys in that collection.
00:32 We're going to get you to just talk through some of them.
00:34 So we'll start at the far left.
00:37 It is the jersey from the European Cup semi-final in 1967.
00:42 A rather iconic Ducla Prague jersey first.
00:45 Yeah, I mean, for me, it's one of the ones that immediately catches your eye.
00:49 Just that logo itself on the shirt and a club that for a while
00:56 was no longer in existence.
00:58 But during that spell were a very dominant force within
01:02 not simply Czechoslovakia, but also within Europe.
01:06 Indeed, coming into the 1966/67 competition,
01:10 they'd reached the quarterfinals on, I believe, three occasions.
01:14 And they entered this year feeling somewhat resolute.
01:17 They feel that a strong squad and they actually saw off
01:22 Ajax, Ajax of Renis Michels, of course,
01:26 with the talismanic Johan Cruyff on their way to get to this semi-final here.
01:31 Now, this semi-final, of course, played over two legs
01:34 against Jock Steen's Lions.
01:37 The first leg rezoned in 3-1.
01:40 But what I find interesting about this game,
01:43 Steen built his reputation on playing beautiful, inventive football,
01:46 as he so rightly called it.
01:49 And during this game, after beating them 3-1 at Park Head,
01:55 he set up in a more defensive formation
01:58 just to secure Celtic's progression to the final in Lisbon.
02:02 After the match as well, this shirt was swapped with Bertie,
02:06 with a player called Josef Fazanovski,
02:07 who was something of a stalwart for the team himself.
02:10 But what an iconic shirt and an incredible part of the collection
02:15 in that season, of course.
02:16 We'll skip forward three years onto another European Cup semi-final,
02:21 Hampden Park, the venue for this one,
02:24 not Celtic Park, even though Celtic were the home side.
02:26 A Scottish football legend, Billy Bremner, who came up against Old,
02:31 but again, the great Leeds United team of Don Revy
02:33 just weren't enough to beat Jock Steen's side.
02:36 Yeah, as you say, Don Revy, a dominant force within English football,
02:41 and it was the perfect setting up for that Battle of Britain.
02:46 Billy Bremner as well.
02:48 And again, I would say this about the collection,
02:50 we've got a number of shirts and a number of them relate to key players,
02:54 whether that be Pete Kizer or indeed Rinas Israel,
02:59 who played for Feyenoord.
03:00 And it talks to the gallus nature of Bertie Olden
03:04 that he wasn't afraid after winning in many instances
03:09 and also after losing to go up to these players
03:12 who obviously respected him as well and swapped shirts.
03:15 No, this game itself stands out to me.
03:18 We've got that iconic Leeds shirt by the iconic player, Billy Bremner.
03:23 But more surrounding that, it was Billed as that Battle of Britain, as I said,
03:28 and Celtic, I believe, they won 1-0 in the first leg.
03:32 - Jordan Lee. - Yeah.
03:33 Wonderful goal at Elland Road to take the game
03:37 into that second leg at Hamden, all to play for.
03:41 And just when Billy Bremner struck this goal-scorer shirt there then as well
03:47 to bring the game level and aggregate,
03:50 Celtic come out and managed to secure the 2-1 victory
03:54 and with it the unofficial title of Champions of Britain.
03:58 But, yeah, what a shirt, what a player,
04:00 and another magnificent part of this collection.
04:03 But here again, this comes with winning.
04:05 And even the backroom staff, Neely Mawken and Sean Fallon,
04:09 see, they were characters in their own right.
04:11 They had played the game at the highest level.
04:13 And if at any time you felt as if you were having a bad game,
04:18 there were so many good players about you that they could carry you.
04:22 That was a fabulous team.
04:24 It wasn't where you're gonna win, it was how many you're gonna win by.
04:28 The same season, James, after that Battle of Britain victory over Leeds United,
04:31 Celtic get to the European Cup final 1970 in Milan, they face Fiannaord.
04:37 Of course, Celtic will be coming up against Fiannaord
04:39 in this season's European competition,
04:42 but again, it's another iconic European football jersey.
04:45 Yeah, as you mentioned, it's terrific to have that tie for this competition.
04:51 Hopefully, we do a wee bit better this time,
04:53 because going back to 1970, Celtic were the favourites.
04:57 There was no doubt about that, a team with European pedigree going into that game.
05:03 And it came to be what was known as Lisbon in reverse.
05:08 Three years on from the iconic final, where they triumphed over Inter,
05:13 Celtic come up against the Dutch counterparts,
05:18 who go on to clinch the tie 2-1, despite an early lead from Celtic.
05:23 No, it was, as said, a triumphant win for Fiannaord,
05:29 the first and only European Cup.
05:32 And it sort of opened the door, I suppose, for other Dutch teams,
05:37 including later on Ajax, of course, and their style of total football.
05:42 But another iconic shirt relating to a European campaign there.
05:47 And we'll move on to the shorts next.
05:49 I think, obviously, 60s Celtic, no numbers on the back of the jersey,
05:54 but certainly players identified by the numbers on the shorts.
05:58 And I think in the history of Celtic football club,
06:00 the number 10 will always be associated with the late Dete Bertie Old.
06:04 With Bertie Old, of course.
06:05 And I absolutely love these.
06:08 As you said, comparing them to the shirts which don't have their number,
06:12 this is just so readily identifiable as Bertie Old.
06:16 And actually brings up an interesting point.
06:19 When we hold the auction on the 12th of October,
06:22 in respect of his nickname, the sale will start at 10.30.
06:26 So 10.30 Bertie, and these are his iconic shorts.
06:30 Next up, Lisbon 1967, Celtic's greatest ever victory.
06:35 And of course the opposition in that day, the great Inter Milansi,
06:39 who were a dominant force in European football.
06:41 The Catenaccio playing football of Inter,
06:45 and again a team with European pedigree who were expected to lift that trophy.
06:50 Of course, in the heat of Lisbon, the Lions went out,
06:54 they lifted the big cup up and brought it back,
06:58 the first time it had been on British shores.
07:00 Originally, and for a long time,
07:02 this was believed to have been Armando Piqui's shirt from that game.
07:07 It is now believed that he didn't wear this during the European campaign,
07:12 but irregardless of that, it's still a shirt that as soon as you look at it,
07:17 it's readily identifiable as being one from that period,
07:22 and is one that certainly conjures up images of that glorious victory in Europe.
07:28 And almost takes you back to the tunnel as well in Lisbon.
07:31 Yeah, of course.
07:32 And particularly when we're thinking about old, you know,
07:35 singing the Celtic song, getting the boys g'd up against these tanned,
07:42 Italian film star looking players in the likes of Pichi, Bidin and Marzola.
07:49 Falling on from that, of course, we've got another interesting shirt here.
07:52 This one actually relates back to that 1970 campaign,
07:59 which ultimately ended in defeat for Celtic.
08:03 But this was an interesting one.
08:04 This was, of course, the Benfica match, the second round tie versus Benfica.
08:10 The first leg was a glorious 3-0 victory,
08:14 and everything seemed set for Celtic to progress to the next round.
08:19 However, Benfica were no mugs.
08:21 They took the game to Celtic in the second leg.
08:25 And what happened then was a 3-0 victory for them, which ultimately ended.
08:32 There was no penalty shootouts in these days with a coin toss to decide who progressed.
08:37 No, Celtic progressed.
08:39 However, Steen and Bob Kelly, despite progressing,
08:43 were still not quite happy with this being a means to resolving who would progress.
08:47 So they petitioned to what eventually became a rewriting of the rules
08:53 to get rid of coin tosses.
08:56 Again, a shirt swapped with Bertie Olds,
09:00 and one that is another jewel amongst the collection here.
09:04 And again, probably a player, obviously it isn't as Jersey,
09:07 but again, you'd think a UC Bill right away when you see that.
09:09 Oh, completely.
09:10 And there's so many shirts here.
09:14 We're talking about a golden age of footballers,
09:16 whether it be Eusebio, Johan Cruyff, Bremner,
09:21 some of these within the collection,
09:24 some just shirts that conjure up those memories of that period.
09:28 And now the oldest jersey that we've got out here.
09:32 Famously, the Lisbon Lions didn't get a lot of Scotland caps, of course.
09:36 This is one of those caps that Bertie Olds got,
09:39 but maybe not the most memorable.
09:41 Oh, completely.
09:42 You're spot on, Declan.
09:44 Now, the Lisbon Lions, as you said,
09:47 were woefully neglected by the national side,
09:51 and there's been various thoughts and hypotheses
09:56 surrounding that as to why that was the case.
09:59 Bertie Olds, there's actually an interesting thought
10:04 as to why perhaps he didn't get so many international caps.
10:08 And that relates actually back to this first game in 1959,
10:12 his international debut versus the Netherlands.
10:16 A good, strong 2-1 victory for Scotland,
10:21 but during which was sadly marred in the 93rd minute
10:25 when a fracas erupted on the pitch.
10:29 Bertie Olds himself involved and received the first
10:33 in the history of Scottish internationals,
10:36 the first ever red card.
10:39 True to his...
10:43 He was a strong, hard player and obviously won many an accolade,
10:49 but perhaps that was one accolade he didn't particularly want.
10:51 And it is believed that although he went on to win two more caps
10:56 for the national side in that same year,
10:58 that this being a period during which the teams themselves
11:04 would put forward their players
11:06 to the International Selection Committee,
11:08 it's believed by some that Bob Kelly was involved.
11:11 He was so embarrassed that he was involved in saying,
11:13 "I don't want Bertie representing the national team again."
11:17 So sadly after those two further caps,
11:19 he never pulled on the full international shirt again,
11:22 even though he went on to greater success with the Lisbon Lions.
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