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Trivia
- An unchanged team for Celtic.
- MacKay, who was back in the team again was still on the transfer list but Celtic had yet to take any offers (though it was rumoured that there were two representatives of English clubs at this game watching his performance).
- St Mirren played two ex-Celts in Bobby Carroll who had lately been transferred to St Mirren, and the returning Scot from south of the border Peterborough, veteran keeper Dick Beattie, who captained St Mirren.
- The game was played on a heavily sanded surface in the lashing rain.
- Frank Brogan's younger brother, Jim, who had been on provisional forms at Celtic Park whilst playing left half for St Roch's, was finally called up to Celtic.St Rochs had been knocked out of the Scottish Junior Cup and they released Jim to Celtic.
Review
An entertaining start with both teams having shots. Hughes had a goal disaloowed on 17 minutes for offside. Celtic went ahead when Hughes fired home a deflected Murdoch shot. But St Mirren equalised three minutes later when White's cross was missed and Beck headed home. Both sides pushed for a second but it remained 1-1 at half time.
The second half produced plenty of action but no further scoring.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; McNamee, McNeill, Price; Murdoch, Craig, Hughes, Divers, Brogan.
Scorers: Murdoch (25)
St Mirren:
Beattie; Murray, Riddell; R Campbell, Clunie, Gray; Carroll, Kerrigan, White, Beck, Robertson.
Scorers: Beck (28)
Referee: A kidd (Glasgow)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
