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A 3rd Jim Baxter Wembley ‘67 jersey has emerged with a Tartan Military band chief saying he has the real article hanging in his home.

The Document revealed yesterday how a dispute had damaged out over the actual shirt worn by Slim Jim throughout Scotland’s historic 3-2 victory over England.

Revered public sale home McTears are as a consequence of put their prime underneath the hammer in the present day with bids of as much as £60,000 anticipated.

However two Falkirk businessmen claimed to have had the real article of their possession for greater than 30 years.

Now a singer and guitar participant within the Tartan Specials – who’ve carried out at Hampden and are identified for fan favorite ‘We’ll be Coming’ – has staked his declare to have the actual jersey.

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Kenny McIntosh, from Dunbar, East Lothian, advised how the band thought they’d bagged the “holy grail of tops” when paid £1,600 for it in April 2015.

The 4 musicians pooled their money to bid for it when Kenny attended a charity public sale at The Western Membership in Glasgow.

He was satisfied of its authenticity when it was offered by the earlier proprietor, who had pictures of him receiving it immediately from Baxter, who died in 2001.

Kenny, 54, mentioned: “There have been an entire vary of things on provide and I couldn’t imagine Jim Baxter’s prime was there.

“I instantly began contacting my buddies, who lived everywhere in the world, and we determined to drag collectively the money and purchase it as a band.

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“I used to be the one one who was actually intent on being profitable and was delighted after we gained.

“Afterwards I right away began researching it on-line.”

Kenny was shocked when he heard in regards to the strip being auctioned off in the present day by McTears, however when he beforehand contacted the previous proprietor of his prime he was reassured his prime was the actual one.

He mentioned: “I needed to get extra help for this being the actual deal so I spoke to the individuals who organised the entire occasion and obtained in contact with the one that put it up at public sale.

“Jim Baxter had been lifeless for fairly some time at this level however he mentioned he knew Jim Baxter very properly and Baxter vouched for the actual fact it was the actual McCoy.

“There’s an image of him and Jim Baxter, being handed the framed shirt.

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“I used to be reassured and I’d reached the top of the road when it comes to attempting to confirm authenticity.”

Kenny got here ahead after seeing our article in Thursday’s Document – which advised how Andrew Dickson and David Wishart, from Falkirk, declare to have the real prime after their dads paid £17,500 at public sale in 1991.

The pair – who’ve footage of themselves as schoolboys posing with former Rangers midfielder Jim and the shirt – have offered their case to ­McTear’s and urged them to halt the sale.

However the auctioneers, who describe the lot as “crucial Scotland soccer jersey ever to come back to public sale”, advised them the authenticity of their No6 shirt is “forged iron”.

It’s being bought by Mark Deighan on behalf of his father Jimmy McGarrity who McTear’s mentioned was gifted the shirt by his good friend, the previous Chelsea participant Alan Hudson, who in flip obtained it from the late England star Alan Ball.

It has been on show at Ibrox Stadium for 10 years and can function for public sale together with a duplicate of the mortgage settlement.

Kenny mentioned he’s nonetheless satisfied he has bagged the best cut price in soccer historical past.

(Picture: Tony Nicoletti Each day Document)

He mentioned: “I present folks the highest and inform this story on a regular basis and am endlessly asking folks to guess what I paid. Actual soccer followers say ‘it should be 50 grand’, however it was clearly loads lower than what others paid for what they imagine to be the shirt.

“I’m an optimist by nature. I’m a Scotland fan so I’ve obtained to be.

“We nonetheless stay optimistic it’s the actual deal as there’s a clear path again to Baxter.

“However we’d actually wish to unravel this to show for positive who has the actual shirt.”

The Document has seen correspondence between Kenny and the earlier proprietor, who supplied his proof of authenticity.

Kenny remains to be to debate the difficulty with McTears however they mentioned they stood by their preliminary assertion final evening.

A spokesman mentioned: “The authenticity of the jersey that we’re providing at public sale is steadfast. The forged iron provenance traces again to the participant, who exchanged his jersey with Alan Ball on the finish of the match. The shirt then got here to the daddy of the seller via Alan Hudson, with Ball being current.

“Hudson has been contacted to verify this chain, whereas Rangers F.C. additionally carried out due diligence earlier than giving it delight of place of their trophy room at Ibrox, the place it remained on show for ten years.

“Jim Baxter was famend for gifting Scotland jerseys to buddies, acquaintances and features, and that seems to be the case for the jersey purchased on the profit dinner by the opposite events. It is very important notice, nonetheless, that Baxter didn’t go away Wembley in 1967 with the jersey, having swapped it with Alan Ball submit match.”

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