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Trivia
- Duncan MacKay was in the Scotland team that beat Ireland 5-2 at Hampden. Bertie Peacock played for Ireland.
- Mike Jackson was promptly dropped for giving away the penalty against Raith Rovers and in came John Kurila at right half.
- Outside of football, John F Kennedy was elected President of the United States after a very close run contest against the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon.
Review
The team had pretty much of an off day from the reports, particularly in the first hal;f where the balance of play was to Thistle. Only Auld and Chalmers gort pass marks in the first half but despite the Jags superiority they failed to score and it was still 0-0 at half time.
Both sides had attacking opportunities in the second half but it fell to Thistle to go ahead with a deflected shot which fell neatly to Joe Hogan 12 yards out who promptly dispatched the ball.
Celtic's first defeat in six games since the return of Willie Fernie.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Kurila, McNeill, Peacock; Chalmers, Fernie, Carroll, Divers, Auld.
Scorers:
Partick Thistle:
Freebairn; Muir, Brown; Cunningham, Harey, Donlevy; Ewing, Smith, Hogan, Duffy, McParland.
Scorers: Hogan (73)
Referee: G Bowman (Clydebank)
Attendance: 23,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
