| Match Pictures | Matches: 1963 – 1964 | Pictures: 1963-64 Pictures |
Trivia
- Celtic announced their travelling party of 18 players and 8 officials for the away leg first round of the European Cuop Winners Cup in Basel. they would leave on the night sleeper train to London after this game as it was not possible to fly to Switzerland from Scotland in 1963.
- An unchanged side for Celtic from the one that had fought and lost at Ibrox.
- The Celtic Combined Reserves lost 1-0 to Raith Rovers reserves. The side was Madden; Halpin, Parkes; McCarron, Cushley, Lawson; McGuire, Cattanach, Cullen, Gillan, Henderson.
Review
Thirds actually started better than Celtic and after two scares on the Celtic goal line the attack got going and delivered three goals in five minutes The first came from a Divers header; the second came when Lennox seized on a short back pass and the third was made by Divers and scored by Turner. Celtic were then awarded a penalty when Turner was pulled down in the box and Brogan put away. Four goals in seven minutes! It was end-to-end stuff and Thirds pulled one back from a good move. Divers nearly got a fifth and Lennox and Chalmers both had chances. The next goal though was Anderson's second for Third Lanark. The pace of attack from both sides continued and five minutes from half time Third got a third goal from Buckley. There was still time for further Celtic attacks but at half time it stood at 4-3 after being 4-0 up.
Five minutes into the second half Graham seized onto a rebound and despatched the ball to make it all square. With McNeill looking strangely out of form Celtic held on for the rest of the half with Third Lanark looking brighter.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Gemmell; Clark, McNeill, O'Neill; Lennox, Turner, Divers, Chalmers, Brogan
Scorers: Divers (7), Lennox (9), Turner (12), Brogan (pen 14)
Third Lanark:
Mitchell; McGillivray, Davis; Dickson, Lewis, McLeod; Graham, Anderson, Cunningham, McMorran, Buckley.
Scorers: Anderson 2 (18, 33), Buckley (40), Graham (50)
Referee: A Webster (Falkirk)
Attendance: 19,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
