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Trivia
- An all-ticket game with a ground limit of 21,000. As it was there were loads of spare tickets for the game.
- Billy McNeill, Pat Crerand and Duncan MacKay played for Scotland at Hampden defeating Czechoslovakia 3-2 on 26th September
- An unchanged side for Celtic from the one that played the last league game.
- There were minor eruptions of bad behaviour in the crowd following Falkirk's 9th minute opener and 10 arrests were made.
Review
Falkirk went ahead on 9 minutes through a decent passing move which saw Duchart finishing and giving Haffey no chance. This silenced the singing Celtic supporters that made up the bulk of the crowd and 5 were arrested when fights broke out on the terraces. Celtic went looking for an equaliser which came five minutes later when Hughes headed a Carroll cross neatly past Whigham in the Falkirk goal. Further arrests from the crowd were made before half time but the score on the field remained unchanged.
A pass back from Kennedy was short and allowed Oliver in to score. Two minutes later Murray scored from a corner which came from a mis-directed MacKay pass. Celtic pressed the Falkirk goal but had no answer despite switching Hughes and Carroll, though Divers had a good effort saved on the line.
Teams
Falkirk:
Whigham; Rae, Hunter; Pierson, Thomson, McIntosh; Oliver, Reid, Duchart, Murray, Ormond.
Scorers: Duchart (9), Oliver (50), Murray (52)
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, Price; Chalmers, Jackson, Hughes, Divers, Carroll.
Scorers: Hughes (14)
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 13,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
