NORMALLY football matches between Scotland and Holland provide a fair degree of entertainment, such as the Scots' 3-2 win in the World Cup finals of 1978.
But when the countries met at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on this day 30 years ago both sets of players were booed from the field at the end of a boring 0-0 draw.
May 30, 1968, saw team manager Bobby Brown field an unlikely looking side - five of the players only ever managed 11 international caps among them - and the best that could be said about most of the Scots that night was that they were mediocre.
Bad breaks early in the match did not help. After just two minutes Willie Henderson weaved his way to the six-yard line, but then shot straight at the Dutch keeper. And in 12 minutes Bobby Hope had to go off with a leg injury and was replaced by Jimmy Smith.
Holland's closest effort in the first half came after 25 minutes when a powerful left-foot drive from van der Kuylen bounced back off a post.
In the second half, Charlie Cooke got himself booked after a scuffle, the fans jeered and whistled at the players and only a great save by Bobby Clark from van der Kuylen seven minutes from time saved the Scots.
The Scottish team was: Clark, Fraser, McCreadie, Moncur McKinnon, D Smith, Henderson, Hope (J Smith), McLean, Greig, Cooke.
On the same day, Helenio Herrera, who had been in charge of Inter Milan the previous year when they lost to Celtic in the European Cup Final in Lisbon, signed a one-year deal with Roma.
Hibernian beat Western Rovers 1-0 in the final match of their Nigerian tour, with Stevenson scoring, while Hungary beat England 1-0 in an under-23 match in Budapest.
In cricket, the Australian tourists were in action against Somerset at Taunto, where J W Gleeson took six wickets for 97 runs.
1911: The inaugural Indianapolis 500, an event staged as part of the Memorial Day celebrations, was won by Ray Harroun.
1949: England test cricketer Bob Willis was born. His finest performance came in the Head-ingley test of 1981 when his bowling prevented Australia getting the 130 runs needed for victory. Willis produced a magnificent spell that produced eight wickets for 43 runs.
1971: Essex cricketer Keith Boyce took eight Lancashire wickets for 26 runs to set a John Player Sunday League record.
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