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McKallaster gives Scotland the credit for Leeds' Barcelona goal

His parody of the bruising 1975 European Cup semifinal has drawn nearly 300,000 views, with viewers debating how that football would look today.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 316,486 views a day, 73 times a normal first day on this channel (4,324).

Barcelona v Leeds. European Cup 1975 2nd Leg. Unbiased Commentary by Allaster McKallaster

"Lash into the top corner! One nil to the Scots!" Peter Lorimer has scored for Leeds United against Barcelona, but Allaster McKallaster is keeping a distinctly Scottish scorecard.

The comedy voiceover puts vintage match footage through the channel's deliberately "unbiased" commentary treatment. Its second-leg Short reached roughly 293,000 views in 20 hours, far beyond McKallaster's usual start for the format. The channel's daily views have also climbed to more than eleven times their usual level.

Lorimer's finish is only part of the attraction. The footage moves through rough tackles, Johan Cruyff's confrontation with Norman Hunter, Billy Bremner being dragged along the grass and Gordon McQueen receiving a straight red card. McKallaster supplies the incongruously casual commentary: "I don't think they like magic sponges here in Barcelona."

The busy comment section keeps returning to the physical gulf between this match and modern football. Viewers imagine how today's officials would handle it; others joke that an actual game might eventually interrupt the confrontations. Comments have already arrived at more than twenty times the channel's usual first-day total.

McKallaster posted his treatment of the first leg the day before, making this a return visit to the same European tie. Here, Leeds reach the final, while the commentator makes sure the Scottish contribution gets considerably more than a passing mention.

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What viewers say

For a minute there I thought a game of football was gonna breakout!
@Karl_with_a_KSee it on YouTube
Football back in the day was pure carnage. Could you imagine that nowadays? Unthinkable
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Rugby, without rules
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"That'll do it......" on the tackle on Bremner made me laugh so hard.
@aravel5249See it on YouTube
"Admiral restraint" - gotta love it!
@peteh7966See it on YouTube
Imagine putting these players into the prem today 😳. They'd think that football ⚽️ had become a non contact sport. Damn
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