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Trivia
- An unchanged side for Celtic; McNeill and Kennedy had played for Scotland in midweek against Wales at Hampden.
- Both teams observed a minutes silence before the match in memory of American President John F Kennedy who was killed in Dallas 24 hours earlier.
- Both teams also wore black arm bands in respect. As if in respect it rained solidly throughout the game and the pitch was sodden.
- Celtic played in their away strip of white shirts with green sleeves, green shorts and green and white socks.
The world was overshadowed by the events in Dallas where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Everybody was shocked by this event.
Review
Kilmarnock only showed any dominance at the start of either half. For the rest of the time Celtic had the upper hand with their forwards playing well together. Divers ot the first goal and then the crowd had to wait till just before half time before Hughes slammed in the second after a well taken free kick by John Clark. Hughes second came after a series of corners. Five minutes before the end he got his hatrick heading in a Johnstone cross and not to be kept off the score sheet Jinky added a fifth a minute after. this was John Hughes’ game.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon; Young, Gemmell; Clark, McNeill, Kennedy; Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, Divers, Hughes.
Scorers: Divers (8), Hughes 3 (43, 60, 85), Johnstone (86)
Kilmarnock:
Forsyth; King, Watson; O’Connor, McGrory, Beattie; Brown, McInally, McFadzean, Sneddon, McIllroy.
Scorers:
Referee: J Wallace (Lenzie)
Attendance: 25,000
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- Match Report (see end of page below)
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