| Match Pictures | Matches: 1962 – 1963 | 1962-63 Pictures |
Trivia
- Hearts, Kilmarnock, Rangers and St Johnstone had progressed to the semi-finals of the League Cup after the 2nd leg of the quarter finals had been played this week.
- Pat Crerand went for an X-ray on his jaw. it had been giving him trouble for a number of months – never enough to stop him playing – but it was uncomfortable and needed sorting.
- A further re-jigging of the forward line. Divers moved to inside right, Alec Byrne dropped out with Bobby Carroll moving to outside left and back in came John Hughes and Bobby Murdoch
- The 'A' Reserves played Aberdeen's 'A' side and won 5-0. The team was Fallon; Allan Lawson, Gemmell, Clark, Cushley, O'Neill; Johnstone, Lennox, Byrne, Jackson, Bobby Jeffrey. The youth reserves were also in action again Morton losing 1-0 – the side was Dick Madden; Michael McCluskey, John Parkes, Willie Smith, Frank McCarron, Bobby Symington, Frank Rankine, Peter Gowans, John Veitch, Ramsey Brown, David Brady.
Review
After giving away two goals Celtic bucked their ideas up and began to dominate play. In the second half in particular they had a near monopoly of the play but were unable to capitalise on possession. Hughes put the finishing touch to brilliant build up work by Crerand and Chalmers. Aberdeen's first goal came when a Crerand headed clearance of a Hogg lobb went straight uip in the air and on return to Earth Cooke shot home. Their second came when Billy McNeill messed up a clearance on the 18 yard line letting in Cummings who shot home.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, Price; Chalmers, Divers, Hughes, Murdoch, Carroll.
Scorers: Hughes (49)
Aberdeen:
Ogston; Bennett, Hogg; Kinnell, Coutts, Smith; Cummings, Allan, Winchester, Cooke, Thom.
Scorers: Cooke (10), Cummings (18)
Referee: W L Fyffe (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 29,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
