Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup
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In the summer of 1960, the French Federation
decided to organise a competition that would put eight of their clubs against
four from each of Scotland and England. Individual clubs wouldn’t win the trophy, instead each country was awarded 2 points for a win
and 1 for a draw. Originally, the format was of all the British clubs competing
under the one umbrella, however the Scottish League objected to this and so two
trophies were cast.
Invites went out to Dundee, Motherwell and
Clyde, who all accepted. Ayr United initially accepted but had to pull out
because of the lack of floodlights and were to be
replaced by Hibernian. The Edinburgh side though were involved with an
Edinburgh Select XI v Chelsea match so Celtic were admitted instead.
The first season was disappointing, attendances
were generally poor, and with bookings high, could hardly be classed as a
tournament of friendship. However the Scottish clubs came out top by winning 5
and drawing 1 of the 8 games.
The second season saw Aberdeen and Third Lanark
replace Clyde and Dundee, however Celtic’s matches
with Reims never took place after disagreements on when the games were to be
played. This season, the French triumphed with 3 wins and a draw.
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1960-61 Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup 1st legs 6 Aug 1960 Sedan v
Celtic 3-0 7 Aug 1960 Toulouse v Motherwell 1-2 7 Aug 1960 Lens v
Clyde 0-4 7 Aug 1960 Valencienes v Dundee 1-0 2nd legs 27 Sep 1960
Clyde v Lens 2-1 agg 6-1 18 Oct 1960
Celtic v Sedan 3-3 agg 3-6 19 Oct 1960 Motherwell
v Toulouse 4-1 agg 6-2 7 Dec 1960 Dundee v
Valencienes 4-2 agg
4-3 Scotland took the
series by 3-1 |
1961-62 Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup 1st legs 10 Oct 1961 Aberdeen v Le Havre
2-0 7 Nov 1961 Third Lanark v Rouen
1-2 4 Apr 1962 Motherwell v Nimes 1-2 Celtic v Reims not played 2nd legs 6 May 1962 Le Havre v Aberdeen 2-5 agg 2-7 9 May 1962 Rouen v Third Lanark 2-1, agg 4-2 9 May 1962 Nimes v Motherwell 3-3
agg 5-4 Reims v Celtic not played France win the series by 2-1 |
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