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Trivia
- The last league game of the season. Alec Boden had recovered from injury and came in at right half displacing Peter Goldie; John Jack was given a run out with Bobby Evans away with Scotland; the forwards were unchanged despite a lacklustre display in the last game against Queen of the South.
- Last game of the season and Celtic released the following players: John McPhail, who would choose to retire and go into journalism, Jimmy Docherty (who had been on loan at Alloa and chose to join them full time), Jim Rowan (had been on loan to Stirling Albion and would soon join Clyde), Frank Whyte (he would go on to join Swindon Town for next season), Hugh Fletcher and D Duffy (who had both played entirely for the reserves – Fletcher going to Carlisle Utd,) and provisional signings Jimmy Burns and John Burns.
- St Mirren also released two ex-Celtic players in Jimmy Mallan and John McGrory. Jimmy Mallan would retire to run his pub in Paisley. Kilmarnock released Alex Rollo. He would go on to join Dumbarton in the closed season.
- It was announced that Jock Stein would go in for an operation to try to cure his ankle problems which had kept him out for a large part of the season
Review
Last league game of the season and a poor game.
Teams
Celtic:
Bonnar; Haughney, Fallon; Boden, Jack, Peacock; Higgins, Fernie, Sharkey, Walsh, Mochan.
Scorers: Fernie (44)
Falkirk:
Slater; Fletcher, McIntosh; Thomson, Cartmell, Campbell; Sinclair, Ormond, Davidson, McCrae, Anderson
Scorers:
Referee: W Brittle (Glasgow)
Attendance: 2,399
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Glasgow Herald 1/5/56
