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"banner, Stop Scotland v Chile" [NBS I/D 149]



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Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 149

Object Name
banner

Title
SCOTLAND VERSUS CHILE STOP THE MATCH OF SHAME

Place
Chile; Scotland & UK

Date
1977

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour History

Description
Made by the London-based Chile Solidarity Campaign (CSC), this drape was used outside Wembley stadium on June 4th, 1977, where Scotland were playing England, to protest against the Scottish Football Association's decision to proceed with the Scotland v. Chile match in Santiago's National Stadium on 15th June.

Santiago's National Stadium was used in 1973 to detain, torture and kill many anti-Pinochet protesters.

Materials: single-layer ground of filled plain woven white cotton.

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