| Match Pictures | Matches:1953 – 1954 | 1953-54 pictures |
Trivia
- Neil Mochan came in for Duncan.
- The win took Celtic into 4th position in the League with a game in hand on 13 points. Queen of the South still led on 17, followed by Hearts and Dundee on 14 points. Airdrie and Hamilton propped up the table.
- FIFA declared that 'Eire' would now be known as 'Ireland' and what had been 'Ireland' would now be known as 'Northern Ireland'.
Review
McPhail scored an early goal after intercepting a clearance and interpassing with Mochan. Celtic played well and were out to show that the last week's loss to East Fife was a one off. Mochan got his first with an angled drive which went in off the far post. Collins was on good form. Bonnar was rarely called on to make a save of note with the game becoming one-sided. Airdrie pulled a goal back just before half time.
The late goal brought Airdrie back into it in the second half and they had a goal disallowed for offside. Stein also made a goal line clearance. Celtic's final ball in the second half always seemed to go astray but they were still making chances. Mochan scored the best goal of the game on 80 minutes and with a minute left he had his hatrick.
Teams
Celtic:
Bonnar; Haughney, Meechan; Evans, Stein, Peacock; Collins, Fernie, McPhail, Walsh, Mochan.
Scorers: McPhail (4), Mochan 3 (15, 79, 89)
Airdrie:
Fraser; Pryde, Cross; Cairns, Rodger, Quinn; Quigley, McMillan, Baird, Welsh, McCulloch.
Scorers: Welsh (44)
Referee: C E Faultless (Glasgow)
Attendance: 20,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
