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Trivia
- Celtic win the League Cup for the first time.
- This replay took place on Halloween at Hampden again on the Wednesday after the first game with a 2:15 kick off.
- First game: Celtic 0-0 Partick Thistle 27 Oct 1956
- For Celtic Jimmy Walsh dropped out with Neil Mochan coming in on the left wing and Tully moving to the right wing. For Thistle Crawford (who missed the first game with a groin injury) came in for Davidson at centre half, Wright moved to inside left to replace the injured Smith, and McParland came in at inside left.
- Between the two games Willie Fernie found the time on the Monday to marry Audrey Douglas who was Jimmy McGrory’s secretary at Celtic Park. Mike Haughney was his best man.
- On the world stage, things reached crescendo level in the Suez as Israeli forces invaded Egyptian territory marching into Sinai heading for the canal zone. The British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, made a statement on general war footing in the House of Commons and at dawn on 31st October British and French forces landed in the canal zone at Port Said when Nasser for the Egyptians failed to agree to a 12 hour ultimatum for a ceasefire in the war with invading Israeli forces.
Review
Celtic allowed free movement of both wingers to switch and move and this nearly paid early dividends as Mochan and Tully interchanged passes before the Smiler loosed a cannon which was well saved by Ledgerwood. Further Celtic attacks piled into the Thistle goal but their defense stood firm. After 15 minutes the game took on a pattern of both sides squandering decent chances though Ledgerwood was by far the busier goalkeeper having to make decent saves from all the Celtic forwards. The score was still goal less at half time and there was a sense that the play needed to settle down to see the better football.
Four minutes into the second half and Celtic were ahead. McPhail intercepted a short pass back and hooked the ball over Ledgerwood for the first. Three minutes later they were two up. Tully deceived the Thistle defense and raced on sending a perfect pass through to Mochan who beat Gibb and squared the ball to an unmarked McPhail to shoot home. Twelve minutes later a pass from Evans set Collins free and he beat Ledgerwood with a low sharp shot.
Celtic were the faster and stronger side and deserved to win.
Teams
Celtic:
Beattie; Haughney, Fallon; Evans, Jack, Peacock; Tully, Collins, McPhail, Fernie, Mochan.
Scorers: McPhail 2 (49, 52), Collins (61)
Partick Thistle:
Ledgerwood; Kerr, Gibb; Collins, Crawford, Mathers; McKenzie, Wright, Hogan, McParland, Ewing.
Referee: J A Mowat (Rutherglen)
Attendance: 31,156
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Glasgow Herald 1/11/56
