00:00So to the most astonishing season in the club's history. Their traditional hoops were no more and stripes were now
00:06the high fashion.
00:07Cooley were in the Fair City's Cup. The first round draw brought them European giants Eintracht Frankfurt and a 3
00:13-0 first leg defeat in Germany, the club's first European tie.
00:17What happened next was one of the most remarkable stories in the entire history of the Scottish game.
00:27An indication here of how slippy the ball is.
00:35Incidentally there are four members of the Eintracht team still playing who played against Real Madrid.
00:41But here's the inside left going through, a great shot and it's a magnificent goal!
00:45A magnificent goal by Hubertz, the inside left from all of 25 yards with little more than one minute gone.
00:5612 minutes played. Cooley still 1-0 down and of course 4-0 down on aggregate.
01:10Sneddon, McAnally, tried a shot one, off an arm there, but he's not given it, he's given a goal! Scored
01:18by Ronnie Hamilton!
01:19Quite a sensational goal there by the centre forward after 12 minutes.
01:26That will give great encouragement to Kilmarnock. I thought that the centre half definitely handled the ball, it might have
01:32been inside the box.
01:33But the referee allowed play to proceed and Ronnie Hamilton snapped up that pass from McAnally to make the score.
01:41Eintracht 1, Kilmarnock 1.
01:49King, well into the German half.
01:52McAnally, out to McLean.
01:56Low cross, missed here and the centre forward!
02:04A tremendous goal there!
02:10And the scorer!
02:14Brian McIlroy, outside left, Brian McIlroy.
02:19Thunderous applause for that goal in the 16th minute!
02:24Free to Killie, just inside the Eintracht half.
02:28Five minutes gone on the second half.
02:33Rory with the kick, even left-back McFadzin's up for it.
02:36And he's in position.
02:38And he's headed into the net!
02:40A sensational third goal for Kilmarnock.
02:43Headed into the net by a left-back Jim McFadzin.
02:47After five minutes of the second half.
02:49And listen to the crowd roar.
03:00The Germans are clearly rattled now.
03:03King.
03:09Hubert.
03:12Blocked by McAnally.
03:19Bitti.
03:19Could have it forward from McGrory.
03:23Bitti.
03:25Nice bit of play by Frank Bitti.
03:26Trying a left foot shot.
03:27A great effort!
03:28A great effort!
03:29And just turned over the crossbar there by goalkeeper Loy.
03:39Leipazin.
03:42Inside.
03:47McIlroy.
03:47Dangerous one.
03:49And there's McAnally!
03:50With the fourth goal for Kilmarnock!
03:52With 10 minutes left for play!
04:07Little wonder the field is being invaded here at Rugby Park
04:11With hundreds of delighted boys
04:15Fumannic have done what seemed almost impossible
04:17They've pulled back a three goal deficit
04:20And there's still eight or nine minutes left for play
04:23Giving them a tremendous incentive to even go on and put Eintracht out of the Fair Cities Cup
04:33Right back King to take it
04:36Right on target
04:39Kraus back defending
04:45Long one rather like icing the puck in desperation
04:48Anything to keep those eager Fumannic forwards away from goalkeeper Lloyd
04:59Hamilton, back to McLean
05:01Low one, and hit the upright, a tremendous shot
05:05There's McFadzine, Hamilton, back to King, out to McLean again
05:11What a climax, another great cross
05:17Grotecaille, four minutes left for play
05:21With the game on aggregate, all tied up at four goals each
05:27Murray
05:30McAnally, McAnally, Hamilton
05:33Pulled down there
05:38Referees awarded it
05:40Just a foot or so outside the penalty area
05:46It was a touch and go one
05:49It was a touch and go one
05:59It's as though Sneddon may try a chip
06:01Or is it to be King
06:05Sneddon
06:06Sneddon, a short one
06:07And it's a goal
06:23All the boys in Ayrshire are swarming onto Rugby Park
06:27That was a short free kick from Davy Sneddon
06:30Hit him to goal
06:32And it touched the defender
06:36And caught goalkeeper Lloyd going the wrong way
06:39And that makes it with only two minutes to go
06:44To Monarch five
06:50Eintracht one
07:00Referee Adair taking his watch out now to look at it
07:10And there is the final whistle
07:12With Kilmarnock victors
07:14By five goals to one
07:17In the Sparsity's Cup tie
07:19And on aggregate
07:20Due to the next round
07:22By five four
07:25Sporting handshakes by the players
07:28And a tremendous invasion
07:31Of the pitch on this
07:33Historic night on
07:34Rainswept Rugby Park
07:37I remember there was an Irish referee
07:39And somebody got injured at the time
07:41And I think it was
07:43I can't remember who it was
07:44But anyway
07:44I said to the referee
07:46I said
07:47How long is there to go
07:48For this time
07:48And he turned around
07:49And he says to me
07:50And he said
07:50Never do you worry about the time son
07:52He says
07:52You've plenty of time
07:53To get another goal
07:54And anyway
07:55As I say
07:55The game started again
07:56And we scored about the last couple of minutes
07:58And the scenes that night were terrific
08:00You'll get great arguments
08:01Between Kilmarnock supporters
08:02It's the most memorable game
08:04But I think in balance
08:05I would be right in saying
08:06That the Eintracht game
08:07Is the game that
08:07Probably most people would remember
08:09Even above the title winning game
08:12Against Harps
08:13It was just such a special evening
08:16I think the crowd was 16,000 that night
08:17But it felt as if it was 160,000 on the ground
08:21The crowd just seemed to sense
08:22From a very early stage
08:23That something special was
08:25Taking place that night
08:26And they were privileged to be there
08:27And be involved in it
08:29And just everything I think
08:30Went in our favour that night
08:32Apart from the fact that Jeremy scored
08:33I think the first five minutes
08:34And that was them up 4-0
08:36But as I say
08:37It was just one of these
08:38One-off nights
08:39We could have beaten them
08:40I think that night
08:41With three, four, five goals
08:43We could have beaten them
08:43We could have beaten them
08:43We could have beaten them
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