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Trivia
- This game had been set up before the England-Scotland international in Wembley. The game was played at the Prater Stadium in Vienna.Substitutes were allowed.FC Austria's centre forward was an English trialist from Brighton ex-Tottenham Hotspur who was bidding for a contract from the Austrian club.
- A party of 14 Celts travelled along with the training and management staff and Bob Kelly
- John Hughes was suspended for the start of the next season for two weeks. He was away with the Scotland squad at the time of this game.
- Ian McColl, Scotland manager, resigned / was sacked in mid May; Jock Stein took over as temporary manager of Scotland splitting his time between the squad and Celtic.
- Motherwell put Joe McBride up on the market. 17/5 Celtic made a £20,000 bid for McBride. Motherwell turned down £22,000 on 20/5. McBride refused a move to Dunfermiline.
- John Divers offered a chance to move to Bury. Turned it down.
- Bobby Murdoch entered hospital for a hernia operation
Review
Celtic gave a reasonable account of themselves with a good number away either with the Scotland side on international duty or like Bobby Murdoch left at home for one reasson or another. Bertie Auld hit the post. Divers came on for Maxwell in the secpond half and gave Celtic a slight advantage. Cushley had Smith in his pocket all night – another reason to believe that Cushley was at centre half.
Teams
There is a little doubt as to the positioning of the Celtic team. It is likely that Cushley was at centre half, Gemmell at left back, with Clark and O'Neill as the wing halfs. Also the FC Austria team list comes from the 'obscure' match report from the Herald.
FC Austria:
Oscszan (Fraydl); Hirneschrodt, Binder; Frohlich, Vargo, Dirnbirgber; Parits (Jacare), Buzek, Smith, Gayer, Nemec.
Scorers: Buzek (29)
Celtic:
Fallon; Young, Cushley; Gemmell, Clark, O'Neill; Johnstone, Maxwell (Divers), Chalmers, Lennox, Auld.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 6,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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