The row over one of the most famous shirts in football history

A enactment has breached retired implicit a shot garment from 1 of the astir celebrated matches successful Scottish history.

Two sides assertion to ain the jersey Jim Baxter wore during Scotland's stunning triumph implicit England astatine Wembley connected 15 April 1967.

One of them was handed by Baxter to shot pundit Chick Young for a foundation auction successful 1991.

The other, said to person travel from England subordinate Alan Ball, is owed to beryllium auctioned disconnected connected Friday.

McTear's auction location says the provenance of its garment is "cast iron".

The point is the item of its Heritage: Important Sporting Medals and Shirts auction connected 3 February successful Glasgow.

The catalogue lists it arsenic "the astir important Scotland garment to person travel to auction, worn by Baxter successful 1 of our nation's astir celebrated games, erstwhile helium acceptable himself apart, taking connected the satellite champions and emerging victorious. This is simply a unsocial portion of our country's practice and 1 of immense significance."

The shirt, which has been connected show astatine Ibrox stadium for 10 years, comes with a transcript of the indebtedness statement and a lucifer programme and is expected to fetch up to £60,000.

But hours earlier the hammer is owed to travel down, Falkirk car trader owners Andrew Dickson and David Wishart came forward, claiming they person the jersey Jim Baxter wore successful the match.

The brace said their fathers bought it astatine an auction successful Glasgow successful 1991. Baxter, who died successful 2001, attended the auction wherever erstwhile Rangers proprietor David Murray adjacent bid connected the jersey.

They person pictures of them posing with the framed jersey arsenic boys with Baxter himself and accidental helium kept successful interaction with their fathers implicit the years. Jim Baxter would travel to events and airs with the shirt.

They are convinced the jersey is authentic and person urged the auctioneer to halt the sale.

Mr Wishart said: "Jim Baxter himself said that was the jersey from that game. In the years that followed helium posed with it with america and implicit the years openly said that was the jersey. I don't cognize however overmuch much grounds you could perchance get than from the antheral himself.

"The images from a lucifer successful 1967 are antithetic to now. But determination is thing to amusement that Jim Baxter swapped a jersey with Alan Ball. There is nary mode of verifying that. McTear's judge their provenance is formed robust and we disagree with that fundamentally."

Mr Dickson added: "When you look astatine pictures connected the time of the game, the cuff magnitude is long. The auction garment has shorter cuffs - it's a antithetic style. The statement wrong is akin to ones from aboriginal shirts. There are a fewer things we tin spot from the untrained oculus erstwhile you comparison the jersey to footage from the day."

Their garment came from shot pundit Chick Young.

He told BBC Scotland: "I tin archer you precisely what happened. It was backmost successful 1991. I was president of Jim Baxter's testimonial committee. We decided to auction a mates of his possessions.

"He had 2 Scotland caps left. I said no, you're not selling them. He had 2 sons and those were for the boys. So I said we tin merchantability the iconic Scotland portion which is arguably 1 of the astir celebrated games that Scotland ever played.

"He guaranteed this was the portion helium wore. It was an iconic portion of Scottish history."

Mr Young said helium had nary uncertainty this was the jersey.

"Jim Baxter told maine so, I judge him," helium said.

At the 1991 meal auction, the jersey fetched £17,500 which coincidentally was the nonstop transportation interest that Raith Rovers received for Jim Baxter from Rangers successful 1960.

"Any suggestions astir different strips - helium mightiness person changed strips, determination mightiness beryllium 2 tops, that didn't hap backmost then," said Mr Young.

The auction jersey is being sold by Mark Deighan connected behalf of his begetter Jimmy McGarrity.

Mr McGarrity was fixed the garment by his friend, the erstwhile Chelsea subordinate Alan Hudson, who successful crook got it from the precocious England prima and subordinate successful the Wembley match, Alan Ball.

Mr McGarrity said: "The jersey has been successful our household for implicit 40 years. Unfortunately, my dada has not been good for immoderate clip and we decided that the clip was close to merchantability the jersey to assistance him to bash immoderate of the things and spot immoderate of the places helium has talked astir implicit the years."

McTear's is assured of the lot's provenance, saying it was alert of the different claim.

A spokesperson said: "The authenticity of the jersey that we are offering astatine auction is steadfast. The formed robust provenance traces backmost to the player, who exchanged his jersey with Alan Ball astatine the extremity of the match. The garment past came to the begetter of the vendor done Alan Hudson, with Ball being present.

"Hudson has been contacted to corroborate this chain, portion Rangers FC besides carried retired owed diligence earlier giving it pridefulness of spot successful their trophy country astatine Ibrox, wherever it remained connected show for 10 years.

"Jim Baxter was renowned for gifting Scotland jerseys to friends, acquaintances and functions, and that appears to beryllium the lawsuit for the jersey bought astatine the payment meal by the different parties. It is important to note, however, that Baxter did not permission Wembley successful 1967 with the jersey, having swapped it with Alan Ball station match."

He said the auction would spell up connected Friday astatine 12:00.