| Match Pictures | Matches: 1957 – 1958 | 1957-58 Pictures |
Trivia
- Christmas Day fixture
- A Christmas Day game with a kick off at 12 o’clock
- Celtic’s only ever defeat on Xmas Day!
- Billy McPhail’s injury turned out to be more serious than thought and he ended up with his leg in plaster. Willie Fernie’s knee injury was less serious but even so he would be out till sometime in the New Year.
- Bobby Collins was also nursing an ankle injury, Sammy Wilson was not 100% and Tully and Higgins were both still out.
- With Fernie and McPhail out injured, in stepped John Jack preferred at right half, and Jim Conway came back in at centre forward.
- Scoring debut for Conway.
Review
In the first minute John Jack miscued the ball which flew to Patterson who shot past Beattie from 12 yards.
Beattie then kept out what looked like a sure goal with a tremendous save. eric Smith hit the bar and a 20 yard Collins shot flew narrowly over. With just over half an hour gone Celtic went further behind to another Patterson goal.
For the second half Evans and Jack swapped positions and Celtic looked the better for it. Conway whipped a Collins pass into the corner of the net to pull one back for Celtic.
Celtic, injuries and all, looked particularly poor with Jack at right half. This was the second loss in a row in the league and it may be that the league was lost here.
The game ended with booing from the terraces.
Teams
Celtic:
Beattie, Donnelly, Fallon; Jack, Evans, Peacock; Smith, Collins, Conway, Wilson, Mochan.
Scorers: Conway (68)
Queen of the South:
W Smith; Sharpe, Binning; Whitehead, A Smith, Greenock; Black, Crosbie, Patterson, Tasker, Oakes.
Scorers: Patterson 2 (2, 34)
Referee: G Mitchell (Falkirk)
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
