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Trivia
- Good Friday on the 12th – and snow fell in Glasgow and throughout southern Scotland.
- The semi final was played at Ibrox. The other semi between Rangers and Dundee Utd was played at Hampden with rangers winning 5-2.
- Both Jim Kennedy and Bobby Craig were dropped after their showings in the Glasgow Cup against Third Lanark. In came Willie O'Neill again at left back and with Bobby Murdoch moved to inside right and Charlie Gallacher was brought in at inside left.
- Duncan MacKay scores a double, rare goals for him.
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Review
A game said to have been devoid of excitement. This was a far more finely balanced game than the scoreline shows. For 50 minutes the score was even at 1-1. The two penalties from MacKay put the tie however beyond Raith. Divers got an opening goal for Celtic after 10 minutes but six minutes later McDonald levelled it for Raith after a poor clearance from Haffey.
The first penalty came when Divers was knocked down in the box and the second for a hand ball by Bolton. Gilfillan puled one back but goals from Chalmers and Brogan won the game. Celtic should have won this by the end of the first half but again were profligate in front of goal and without any artistry to beat a workmanlike Raith Rovers by the considerable margin of skill there was between the two teams.
Even so the result came out in the end and it was off to hampden to play in the final against the auld foe.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, O'Neill; McNamee, McNeill, Price; Chalmers, Murdoch, Divers, Gallacher, Brogan.
Scorers: Divers (10), MacKay 2 (pen 51, pen 57), Chalmers (70), Brogan (84)
Raith Rovers:
Thorburn; Stevenson, Clinton; Wilson, Bolton, Burrows; Lourie McDonald, Gilfillan, Smith, Adamson.
Scorers: McDonald (16), Gilfillan (64)
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 35,681
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Glasgow Herald 15th April 1963
Evening Times 15th April 1963
