The Battle of Montevideo

The 1967 Intercontinental Cup saw Scottish club Celtic and Argentinian side Racing Club face off across three brutal matches.
In one match, the Celtic goalkeeper was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown from the crowd before the game; despite this, the game still went ahead with a very nervous backup keeper.
Reuters described another match as "a bar-room brawl with soccer skills abandoned for swinging fists, flying boots and blatant body checking".
The series would result in the ‘Curse of El Cilindro’, when opposition fans buried the bodies of seven black cats at Racing’s home ground, Estadio Juan Domingo Perón. Decades of bad luck followed, leading to even the Catholic Church getting involved in an attempt to end it.
Titus O’Reily and Mick Molloy look back at the ‘Battle of Montevideo’, one of the most hostile sporting encounters of all time.

[@distinguishedguy7195]

Decades ago I stayed near the Hearts ground in Edinburgh for a few months. What Mick said about shops closing on game day brought back memories.

[@charcolew]

Very enjoyable and eventually the mispronunciations ("Jock Stine" - it is of course "Steen" - "Monty Video" and, ironically, "mispronounciation") only seemed to add to the charm of the tale.

[@kalebarancelovic]

The "Cat Curse" reminds me of The Kennett Curse between the Cats and the Hawks in the AFL😅

[@susanastephens7156]

Enjoyed this story, you absolutely butchered the names though ! 😂

[@georgesutherland4230]

It's pronounced as Jock Steen and the capital of Uruguay is Monty Vid Eh Oh.

[@feechlamanna676]

correctamundo...... c'mon Titus get ya arse into gear.

[@glennkeppel9836]

Hope you're well mate. Missing your Unhelpful Guides and Knee Jerks.

[@glennkeppel9836]

Check out professional rowing in the US in the 1860-1900s.

[@rosaliehagart1888]

One of the dirtiest games ever. Pronounced Steen