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Trivia
- Celtic’s last ever game v Third Lanark. Third Lanark in time were to go into administration.
- Celtic kept faith with the team that had won the semi-final replay against Motherwell on the Wednesday night. Jimmy Johnstone’s thigh injury had cleared but he failed to win his starting place back. For Third Lanark ex-Celts Duncan MacKay and Mike Jackson played and future Celt Evan Williams was in goal.
- Third Lanark were rock bottom of Division 1 and looking likely to be relegated.
Review
Celtic struggled at home to Third Lanark here and it didn’t take long for the whistles and jeering to start reeling out from the Celtic Park terraces, semi final win or no semi final win for this team selection. The punters soon made their displeasure known.
There appeared little sense of urgency about the game and Third Lanark were hardly challenging in front of goal. Shots peppered the Thirds goal but most were over or wide and those on target were dealt with by Evan Williams.
The second half saw more of the same with a greater sense of urgency from Celtic but just as poor in the on-target stakes. Nine minutes from time, good Chalmers lead up work saw him pass to John Hughes whose shot was deflected by Duncan MacKay past his keeper and into the goal.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon; Young, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Chalmers, Gallagher, Hughes, Lennox, Auld
Scorers: MacKay og(81)
Third Lanark:
Williams; D MacKay, May; Connell, Little, A MacKay; McGuire, Jackson, Murray, Fyfe, Kirk.
Scorers:
Referee: W Syme (Glasgow)
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
