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Trivia
- A Wednesday game. This was the third attempt to play this game, the previous two being postponed by weather and unplayable pitches. This time brilliant sunshine held for the game.
- In came Billy McNeill at right half; Matt McVittie was fit again and took up his outside right position and Bertie Auld was restored to the left wing.
- Both Celtic and Aberdeen were in the semi finals of the Scottish Cup, with Aberdeen due to face Third Lanark. On this display Third Lanark were undoubted favourites to progress.
Review
Celtic attacked from the off. The forward line combined well to give early chances in front of goal. McVittie, Lochhead and Auld all had chances. It took Aberdeen 20 minutes to get their first chance on goal and Neil Mochan had to save on the line. Celtic went ahead on 28 minutes when, from a free kick Mochan feinted to shoot then passed to Auld, who whipped a cross the goalmouth to Lochhead who bundled the ball home. It stayed 1-0 to Celtic at half time.
In the second half Auld was fouled by Walker in the area and Neil Mochan scored from the spot. Colrain added a third goal when he ran onto a throw in from McNeill and hit a right footed shot into the far corner of the net from the edge of the openalty box. Shortly after Matt McVittie got the fourth after Lochhead had beaten his man and made the space for McVittie to shoot home left footed.
Lochhead emerged from the game with plaudits but the game was generally lack lustre with a poor Aberdeen side.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Mochan; McNeill, Evans, Peacock; McVittie, Colrain, Lochhead, Divers, Auld.
Scorers: Lochhead (28), Mochan (pen 59), Colrain (61), McVittie (64)
Aberdeen:
Ogston; Walker, Hogg; Caldwell, Gibson, Glen; Ewen, Little, Baird, Wishart, Paterson..
Scorers:
Referee: R Rodger (Stonehouse)
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
