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Trivia
- Duncan MacKay turned down a move to Third Lanark. Third Lanark also failed in a second bid to sign Frank Haffey. The goalkeeper re-emphasised that he preferred a move to a club south of the border.
- Celtic play in change strip of all green.
- Both Ian Young and Steve Chalmers played despite being sent off in the first leg. The rules for the Fairs Cup were slightly different. If a player was sent off then the people dealing with the misconduct were the national association, and as there was no meeting of the SFA Referees Committee both were eligible to play in this game.
- In bad tempered match Celtic played with 10 men for the entire second half when Charlie Gallacher had to go off after a bad tackle.
- Bobby Murdoch missed a penalty after a four minute delay when Lexoies player were protesting.
- Referee was Englishman Ernie Crawford from Doncaster.
- The winners went on to face Barcelona.
- Manager Jimmy McGrory missed the second half when he slipped and fell down a set of stairs inside Celtic Park. He was taken to hospital and X-Rayed.
Review
The English referee Ernie Crawford struggled to control the ill disciplined Portuguese players who showed a 'disgraceful display of ill temper'.
In 14 minutes Chalmers scored a spectacular header from Johnstone's cross and shortly after Johnstone had too be retsrained by his own players after several rough tackles on him.
In 60 minutes Celtic were awarded a penalty after a 'judo' challenge from a Leixoes defender. The Portuguese players pushed and jostled the referee who was required to go to the touch line to inform the interpreter that he would abandon the game if Lexoies players did not stop their antics. It took nearly four minutes to take the spot kick and as it was Murdoch's penalty was poor and Rosas saved easily.
Chalmers scored a fine second after he had neaten defender Moreira and Murdoch scored a penalty after Chalmers had been fouled in teh area.
Three Lexoies players limped off at the end theatrically as Parkhead resounded to the sound of boos and jeers as they left the field.
After the match Leixoes players apologised to the referee.
Charlie Gallacher could not resume after the restart with an ankle injury and Celtic did well when reduced to ten men.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon; Young, Gemmell; Clark, Cushley, Kennedy; Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, Gallacher, Lennox.
Scorers: Chalmers 2 (14, 83), Murdoch (pen 88)
Leixoes:
Rosas; Geraldino, Raul; Pereira, Moreira, Marcal; Esteves, Wagner, Cambre, Ventura, Duarte.
Referee: E Crawford (England)
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
