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Trivia
- Willie Fernie was fit again after a hip knock and came in for Eric Smith. Jock Stein had started training again but was not fit for this game.
- During the week Jimmy McIlroy was transferred to Third Lanark.
- A spring-like day but with a stiff wind and for once a playing surface with grass on it.
- In the other Quarter Finals, Hearts beat Rangers 4-0, Clyde beat Queen of the South 4-2 and Raith Rovers beat Partick Thistle 2-1. This was completely against the predictions bandying around in the chipwrappers.
Review
Airdrie won the toss and elected to play into the stiff wind. From the kick off Celtic were rampant. Collins was in dynamic form and had three shots at goal before, in the tenth minute Mochan sent a quick ball in to Tully whose shot rattled off the crossbar and Collins was there to guide home the rebound. All the forwards were in on chances which flew in one after the other but the Airdrie goalkeeper stood firm for the rest of the half.
With the wind in their favour in the second half the Airdrie forwards had more of the ball but appeared to have little idea what to do with it. However they were getting closer all the time and Beattie had some work to do. Fernie had a goal chalked off for offside. Seventeen minutes from time Airdrie pressure paid off and they equalised when Baird shot straight at Beattie who fell on the ball but let it escape and roll over the line. Back came Celtic and three minutes later Tully tapped home from a lofted Walsh ball. Yet again, had it not been for a brilliant performance by the opposition keeper the score would have been much higher.
Teams
Celtic:
Beattie; Haughney, Fallon; Boden, Evans, Peacock; Collins, Fernie, Walsh, Tully, Mochan.
Scorers: Collins (10), Tully (77)
Airdrieonians:
Walker; Miller, McNeil; Quinn, Quigley, Price; Duncan, Rankine, Baird, McMillan, McCulloch.
Scorers: Baird (74)
Referee: J A Mowat (Burnside)
Attendance: 59,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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