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Trivia
- A crucial game for Celtic and which they had rested Hughes, Peacock and Chalmers for. With Billy McNeill and Frank Haffey still out with knee and hand injuries respectively, Fallon and Kurila continued.
- For Partick, Willie Ferns came in for his debut.
Review
Two goals down at half time the Bhoys came out and staged a gallant effort to make qualifying for the quarter final certain. The game was a tale of chances that failed to be taken in the first ten minutes when Celtic could have gone several goals up. Freebairn too in the Thistle goal had a good night. Thistle's first goal came when Smith was allowed to proceed down the centre bafore hitting a shot that careened back off the crossbar rebounding off of Fallon and into the net. His second goal was a lob over an advancing Fallon. Hughes finally pulled a goal back on 73 minutes but despite attacking they could not find another goal.
Rangers 3-2 Third Lanark
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Rangers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Third Lanark | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| Partick Thistle | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
This brought it all down to the last game against Rangers at Celtic Park. Celtic just had to NOT lose.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, Kurila, Peacock; Carroll, Chalmers, Hughes, Divers, Mochan.
Scorers: Hughes (73)
Partick Thistle:
Freebairn; Hogan, Baird; Wright, Harvey, Donlevy; Fleming, McParland, Smith, Hastings, Ferns.
Scorers: Smith 2 (10, 34)
Referee: J Stewart (Paisley)
Attendance:26,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
