Ferenc Puskas had a plane to catch and Ange Postecoglou's beat-up Datsun 200 had a flat tyre.
'I had the s***tiest car because I was on hardly any money,' is Postecoglou's first point of note as he takes a time-out from Tottenham's tour of Australia and Asia to tell a rapid-fire anecdote from the days when he captained South Melbourne and his boss was one of the finest footballers who ever lived.
'One of those bizarre things in life. At the time, you couldn't rationalise it. Even today, I can't.