realising it would be identified eventually as one of the most historic ever played. It was held on Blantyre Vics’ pitch as a world war was raging.An army side captained by one Matt Busby had been invited to play in this annual tournament.Playing for the home club at the time was a young man who worked thousands of feet underground at a pit in Bothwell and who had signed for the Vics as John Stein.For 20 minutes or so, in a game the Vics won 2-0, the two men who would go on to lift the same major European trophy as managers battled it out, for the first and only time, in a remarkable cameo that underscores the fact they were offspring of the same footballing womb.Certainly Busby, who was more than 13 years older than the 19-year-old Stein.
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