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Yeah it's a stupidly small stadium for a final.

Here's the full interview (which is timestamped):

Vorsprung Durch Technik. My Old Man went off with an old Regimental Buddy on a three day trip to Munich. On the afternoon of the game, they took in a tour of the Audi factory and were overwhelmed by Teutonic efficiency. As a family, we had progressed by technology provided by Morris, Rover and, Austin. He returned on Thursday late afternoon accompanied by two fixed opinions, our next family car would be an Audi and Rangers had little to no chance of progression in the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final. He had just witnessed Rangers secure a 1-1 draw in the tie's first leg in Germany. Bayern had as yet to move into their new stadium, the Olympic Park ground was still under construction for the Games only three months away. The old Grunwalder Stadium, shared with TSV 1860 Munich hosted the game. Bayern were on the cusp of a new ground and stratospheric football success. The nucleus of the team were Sepp Maier, Skipper Franz Beckenbauer, centre forward Gerd Muller, centre back Georg Schwarzenbeck, midfielder Uli Hoeness and, right back Paul Breitner. These six players also formed the core of the then all conquering West German national side. Bayern would go on to secure three European Cups in a row(1974-76) and, west Germany would secure the UEFA Euro Championship in 1972 then win the World Cup in 1974. Rangers record against Bayern was not impressive, we had lost the ECWC Final against the Bavarians(1-0) during extra-time in Nuremberg in 1967 and, then failed to exact revenge in the 1970 UEFA Cup, losing 2-1 on aggregate. We had half-a-dozen players at the Club that had suffered those two set backs, John Greig, Sandy Jardine, Dave Smith, Bud Johnston, Wullie Henderson and, Colin Jackson had as yet to experience a victory over the budding Bundesliga Champions. The extent of Bayern's dominance of European football would be highlighted a short two weeks after the tie; Gerd Muller would secure the Golden Boot for the second year in a row and Kaiser Franz would be named, European Footballer of the Year. Due to a Scottish Cup replay against Motherwell, Rangers had crammed three games into five short days and, injuries were taking a toll. The Club needed a break because on the Saturday before the visit to Munich, they were scheduled for a League fixture away at Ayr United. Somerset Park was akin to the Somerset Levels, a sharp downpour making the ground unplayable. Jock Wallace went to Prestwick Airport to catch a ski flight to Austria, his intent was to take in Bayern's German Cup quarter-final against Cologne. Meanwhile, Willie Waddell put the first team squad through a training session at the Albion. Tommy McLean and John Greig missed the session. Bayern were purring with over confidence, their ten day long fixtures before the semi-final was a Bundesliga victory(0-3) in Stuttgart, seven players in the West German team that defeated Hungary(0-2) in the Euro Championship quarter-final, a 3-0 win over Cologne in the German Cup then, an exhibition match against Benfica in Paris. Playing four games in three different countries in ten days was Blitzkrieg pace. Whilst the Germans were returning from Paris, Rangers settled into their hotel ten miles outside Munich. Captain, John Greig was on the treatment table on Tuesday afternoon when Waddell ushered a couple of dozen Press Hacks into the room. The Manager announced, "This is Greig and he is club Skipper. Look at the cuts and bruises on his legs, he will be playing tomorrow evening". Of course, Waddell had been a Journalist himself and he was encouraging a photo opportunity that would underline Rangers committment. Bayern's Boss, Udo Lattek was fourteen years younger than his Scot's counterpart but, had similar managerial experience. Lattek settled upon modesty, hoping for similar good fortune they had enjoyed against Rangers in previous encounters. Kaiser Franz over praised the Glasgow club and concluded, "if we do not win by three goals at home, we cannot hope to survive the visit to Ibrox". Gerd Muller was sniggeringly pessimistic, "We can win one nil at home but this Rangers side will go to Barcelona and win the cup". The Bavarian press concluded the game's result was dependent upon where Beckenbauer played, sweeping at the back of the four or, Libero in front? A capacity 45,000 crowd saw Bayern Munich line up - Maier, Hansen, Breitner, Schwarzenbeck, Beckenbauer, Roth, Krauthausen, Zobel, Muller, Hoeness and, Suchnholz. Rangers ran out - McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Jackson, Smith, McLean, D Johnstone, Stein, MacDonald and, Johnston. My Dad's uber pessimism must have been based on the first half hour? Beckenbauer was prowling in front and, he probed constantly. Muller headed against the bar on the 8th minute, McCloy had been tested by a couple of long drives and, in the 23rd minute Breitner took a pass in the centre circle from Beckenbauer, strode forward to play a one-two with Muller on the edge of the box and, took the return stepping inside Jackson then dinked over a sprawling McCloy into the net from six yards. The half time was one-zip Bayern. Rangers decided to step forward the entire team 15-20 yards, squeezing Beckenbauer's area of freedom in the second half. DJ was told to man mark Hoeness and, Dave Smith was to sweep behind. It worked wonderfully well. Rangers equalised within five minutes of the restart. Bud gathered the ball in the centre circle and sent the Lone Ranger off down the inside right channel, Stein got ahead of the central defensive pairing and rounded Sepp Maier. He rattled the ball across the six yard line and the unfortunate Zobel met it with his head, bulleting the ball into the pokey. All the match reports agree, Bayern slowly deflated. The Rangers players credit the Jock Wallace inspired levels of fitness garnered from the Gullane Sands. The last fifteen minutes saw Rangers create three opportunities for an away victory. Billy Mathieson had twice sallied forward to hit a couple of raspers that Maier struggled to turn around the post. Tommy McLean tells of the last minute, Peter McCloy launched a ball the length of the field, Schwazenbeck misheaded and Johnston collected with only Maier to beat, the Referee blew the final whistle. The Scottish press lauded Rangers tactics and applauded their strong finish. Their German equivalents remained calm and, reminded their readers that this Bayern team had already dispatched Czech side, Skoda Plzen, Liverpool and, Steau Bucharest from the tournament. Several years later, I reminded my Old Man of his prediction and asked him for his basis? I was home on leave and we were enjoying a quiet drink in the village local, generally a relaxed atmosphere. He began, "don't tell your Mum". The story was the Audi visit, after the tour and mentioning they were intent on attending that evening's game; Audi invited both to the factory canteen where a pre-match meal was being served, with beer. A couple of coaches transferred the dining several dozen including Dad and mate to the ground. A Stand ticket was issued as they alighted the bus, inside the ground the Paulaner beer kept flowing. Dad admitted he had no memory of the second half, including the Rangers equaliser. He remembered the factory tour much better, by the end of summer the Austin Maxi was traded in for a beige Audi 100 GL Saloon. Dad swore the end of the tour was a lounge serving beer which included a 1932 photograph of Adolph Hitler behind the wheel of his personal car, a burgundy Audi Rambler.

Thats pretty much how its gone... the premiership clubs will split the cost based on league position. Presumably this will be netted off against existing prize money as there is no new funding for it. League Position Cost 1st £195,000 (16.29%) 2nd £140,000 (11.67%) 3rd £120,000 (10.03%) 4th £106,000 (8.81%) 5th £99,000 (8.21%) 6th £91,000 (7.61%) 7th £84,000 (6.97%) 8th £80,000 (6.69%) 9th £77,000 (6.38%) 10th £73,000 (6.08%) 11th £67,000 (5.63%) 12th £67,000 (5.63%)

The rest of the Scottish clubs twist every penny twice before spending it, and grab as much as quickly as they can. As we saw with "that vote". The business plan of the SPFL is an utter shambles and has been for years, so they will hope that the OF will pay most of the VAR ... and truth be told, we will be more than willing to have it implemented sooner rather than later, given the rather lenient way the referees and linesmen go about their business with them.

If the two British clubs get to the final just play it at Wembley or is that to simple .

Apparently the hotels are also pulling a fast one with the free cancellation date being before the second leg ties... i.e. they will get a fair number that will likely cancel and the hotel will charge twice for their already inflated prices.

I see no word of how much this will cost to implement and administer .... or where the money is coming from. At one time there was talk of Rangers and Celtic bearing the lion's share of the cost. I hope this isn't the case and that every club that voted for it will contribute, premier league or not.

Greenock Morron have confirmed they voted no to VAR.

Thankyou This makes sense why it was hidden in the bottom of the mygers update email too! Note to self. Pay attention 🙉

Too many police involved?

Hopefully there are plenty of park benches. 😀

i should hope so the Ordinary Boys were shite.

That's not the Final. That's for the last league game at Tynecastle