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Trivia
- The draw for the quarter finals of the European Cup was made on Tuesday. Celtic drew AC Milan who they had played twice on the short American tour at the end of the previous season. The first leg would be away.
- Bobby Murdoch injured an ankle in the game against Hibs but recovered with attention during the week. Simpson was still on the mend from knocks picked up in the last Scotland international against Austria and played in Reserve game to get his fitness back.
- Jock Stein played the same team as against Hibs but this time Chalmers started and Wallace was on the bench.
- Celtic played in change strip of green shirts, white shorts and green socks.
Review
A fighting St Mirren team gave a good performance in the first half and the half time score was goal less despite being a cracking half with both sides having chances.
But as seen in the previous game against Hibs, Celtic always had something in the tank and they upped the pace in the second half. Within a minute of the restart Chalmers had put the Bhoys ahead and three goals in ten minutes followed. Johnstone headed home for the second and Chalmers then got the third firing home a Craig cross. Hughes added a fourth before Tommy Gemmell finished off with a rocket penalty after Lennox was brought down in the area.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Lennox, Chalmers, Callaghan, Hughes (Wallace 70)
Scorers: Chalmers 2 (46, 63), Johnstone (59), Hughes (68) Gemmell (pen 78)
St Mirren:
Connaghan Murray Connell Fulton McFadden Murray Adamson Pinkerton (Hainey) Kane Blair Gilshan
Scorers:
Referee: R D Henderson (Dundee)
Attendance: 47,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
