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Trivia
- Third Lanark signed a future Celtic keeper, Evan Williams, from Vale of Leven. Third Lanark had been after a goalkeeper for some time failing to persuade Frank Haffey of Celtic and John McCormick of Brechin City to join them.
- Charlie Gallacher who injured an ankle against Leixoes was due for a fitness test before this game. In the end Celtic rested Jimmy Johnstone who was due to make his Scotland debut the following week, and brought John Hughes over to the right, and brought in the trialist and Eire international Joe Haverty in for his first team debut..
- Celtic were still awaiting a response from Barcelona to fix the dates of the Fairs Cup games.
In the election of the 15th October, a Labour goverment under Harold Wilson was elected to Downing Street with a majority of 9.
Review
A good win for Celtic. Divers gave them a great start with two headed goals in the first quarter of an hour, the first from a Chalmers cross and the second from a Murdoch cross cross. This was shortly followed with a third from John Hughes who latched onto an error by Clunie. St Mirren pulled one back from a young Archie gemmell playing only his third game for the Buddies. Bobby Murdoch added a fourth for Celtic in the second half.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon; Young, Gemmell; Clark, Cushley, Kennedy; Hughes, Murdoch, Chalmers, Divers, Haverty.
Scorers: Divers 2 (10, 12), Hughes (16), Murdoch (71)
St Mirren:
Liney; Murray, Wilson; Ross, Clunie, Gray; Robertson, Beck, McIntyre, Gemmell, Quinn.
Scorers: Gemmell (28)
Referee: W Syme (Glasgow)
Attendance: 23,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
