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Trivia
- With all the bad weather still affecting Scotland and the ability still to play in Ireland where the pitches had been less affected, Celtic had arranged to play a Friendly in Belfast on Thursday 28th February against Glentoran. They sailed over by boat taking the 15 players that had played in the other Friendly played against Morton in Dublin. The game was played in the afternoon at The Oval, Belfast.
- Billy McNeill did not play due to a leg strain.
- Celtic took only their tavelling expenses from the gate receipts and the profits went to Glentoran
Review
It has not been possible to track down any full match reports other than the snippets shown below.
Sean Fallon,
"I reckon this one game was worth a month of training without match practise. We had a great game and the fans loved every minute of it, especially as they saw nine goals – five for Celtic and four for their own boys. We gave all our players in our party a chance to get in some practise – and I am not kidding you, I was delighted when Glentoran scored two quick second half goals. We were leading 3-1 at half time – and if things had gone as usual with such a score we would have coasted through the last three quarters of an hour. But once Glentoran got their goals we had to fight and that made every man on the field work hard. The visit was definetly Celtic's best investment since the start of the big freeze-up."
Evening Times 2/3/63
Teams
Glentoran:
Scorers: Thomson 2 (), Pavis 2 ()
Celtic: Based on the reports in the press that 'the same 15 that played in Dublin' were taken to Belfast, and that Billy McNeill did not play, it is likely that the Celtic team was
Haffey; Young, Gemmell / Kennedy; MacKay, McNamee, Price; Gallacher / Chalmers, Craig, Hughes, Divers, Murdoch / Brogan
Scorers: Divers (8), Hughes 4 (27, 40, 56, 63)
Referee:
Attendance: 6,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
- Match Pictures
Articles
Snippets carried in the Evening Times (above) and Glasgow herald (below)
on the 1st March 1963.
