Cancelled Cold war-era football tie finally completed after 65 years
Glenavon FC hosted FC Erzgebirge Aue -- known as Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt during the communist era -- in Lurgan, 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Belfast.
Over 1,000 away fans traveled from Germany to cheer on the visitors, who were East German champions in 1960.
The original tie was scrapped after both teams -- on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain that divided Europe after World War II -- were denied entry visas during a period of heightened political tension.
"Those were hard times, governments weren't talking...