The first all-ticket match I attended (and maybe the first ever) was Just About The Toppest Reds Ever v Celtic on 17 April 1971.
We travelled in from Keith two Sundays before to queue in Merkland Road East for the ‘priceless briefs’ (30p, if I recall correctly).
The monochrome, watermark-free, business card-a-like ticket read something like:
“Aberdeen Football Club
Match ticket
Entry only
Date, time and price as advertised” XD XD
My John Bull Printing Set could have forged dozens of that sucker had I been of that capitalist mind.
36000 there, even with a third of the Main Stand in ruins.
Proper Mannies’ fitba.