SUMMER football was the talking point dominating the back pages in February 1963.

Or rather, the lack of it.

The Glasgow Times headline of February 24 revealed the result of a long-running campaign by some clubs to keep the sport going through the summer months.

“SUMMER SOCCER - THE CLUBS DECIDE: NO,” reported the newspaper.

“By a majority of over 2-1, the Scottish League clubs rejected a proposal for summer football at a special meeting today. Only 12 clubs voted in favour of the change, 25 voting for the status quo.”

This was not unexpected, it seemed, as not only had the Glasgow Association come out against a change, “even more importantly, the Old Firm... made no secret about their opposition to a change in the season.”

Leading the campaign for the change were Kilmarnock, Dunfermline and Motherwell. Had they won their fellow clubs over, the season would have begun in March and ended in December, with a short break in July.

Elsewhere in our sporting news, we reported that Scotland’s rugby team, having suffered a 6-0 defeat to Wales, had won 3-0 against Ireland but our game ‘showed little improvement.’

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The weather was playing havoc with cup ties, and only one in Glasgow - Third Lanark v East Fufe - was to go ahead.

And heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston was being treated for a sprained knee sustained, rather embarrassingly for him, during a magazine photo shoot.