European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60 final (Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt)
Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 at Hampden Park on 18 May 1960 for a fifth consecutive European Cup, in the competition's fifth season. Ferenc Puskas scored four and Alfredo Di Stefano three - ten goals in a final that has never been matched - watched by a crowd UEFA puts at around 127,000.
Why this wins its question: The 7-3 is quoted everywhere as a scoreline and a pair of hat-trick tallies. What is bound here instead is the evidence behind it: UEFA's full goal line, the fact that UEFA's own report contradicts itself on the half-time score, that neither UEFA page carries a precise attendance despite the figure being widely quoted to the unit, and a first-hand description of all four Puskas goals from someone who was in the ground. The competition context is also exact - fifth title in the fifth season, and Frankfurt arriving on a 12-4 aggregate over Rangers.
Claims
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Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 in the European Champion Clubs' Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 18 May 1960, taking their fifth consecutive title in the competition's fifth season, under coach Miguel Munoz. Ferenc Puskas scored four and Alfredo Di Stefano three.
UEFA's report gives the goals as Richard Kress on 18 for Frankfurt; Di Stefano on 27, 30 and 73; Puskas on 46, 56 from the penalty spot, 60 and 71; and Erwin Stein on 72 and 75.
That report is inconsistent with itself about the half-time score: its prose says Madrid "raced into a 3-1 interval lead", which its own goal times do not support, since a Puskas goal on 46 would leave the interval score at 2-1. Roxburgh's eyewitness account places that goal "right on half time", which fits the 3-1 interval lead rather than the listed minute.
Roxburgh's account of the four Puskas goals: he stole the ball just inside the left of the penalty area and rifled it left-footed into the top corner; converted a penalty; headed in after Gento had run from the halfway line to the dead-ball line and whipped the ball across with his left foot; then took the pace off a ball into the box, turned in one movement and smashed it into the top corner.
Neither UEFA page states a precise attendance. The match report calls it a capacity crowd of 127,000 and Roxburgh recalls "something like 127,000" officially present.
Madrid had beaten Jeunesse Esch and Nice before eliminating Barcelona 3-1 in both semi-final legs. That Barcelona side, coached by Helenio Herrera and fielding the Hungarians Zoltan Czibor, Sandor Kocsis and Ladislav Kubala, had beaten Milan 7-1 on aggregate and Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 and 5-2. Eintracht reached the final by beating Rangers 12-4 on aggregate.
Roxburgh watched the final as a 16-year-old on Queen's Park's books, with a teenage Alex Ferguson among the players present. Hampden had no floodlights then, so the 7:30 Wednesday evening kick-off finished in fading light, and the crowd stayed behind at the end to applaud.