1965-10-07: Celtic 1-0 Go Ahead, ECWC 1st Rd

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Trivia

• ECWC 1st round, second leg.
• First Leg Go Ahead 0-6 Celtic, Aggregate Celtic 7-0 Go Ahead.
• Note: D.V.V. Go Ahead were renamed as Go Ahead Eagles in 1971.
• Following the sapping League Cup semi Final against Hibernian, Jock Stein said he would most likely only make one change to the team. As it was Jim Craig came in to make his debut at right back and Steve Chalmers started at inside right in place of the injured Charlie Gallacher.
• Celtic fans boo the team at the end after mediocre performance.
• Go Ahead players sportingly come to the aid of Steve Chalmers after he was accidentally knocked unconscious.
• Jim Craig's European club match debut.
• To mark the 50th anniversary of the game, Go Ahead Eagle supporter Herman Starink has written a book on the occasion, see: Niet te Kraken Book

Review

A rather poor performance from Celtic, but given the travails in the League Cup and the size of the lead from the first leg, this was hardly unexpected.

Go Ahead played with 11 men behind the ball for nearly all of the 90 minutes and on this night there just was not the guile to break down the wall.

Joe McBride headed the solitary goal in the 12th minute and there was no further scoring.

Teams

Celtic:
Simpson; Craig, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, Chalmers, McBride, Lennox, Hughes.
Scorers: McBride (12)

Go Ahead Eagles:
Van Zoghel, Butter, Thiemann, Konselaar, Warnas, Somer, Wustefeldt, Niehaus, Grebing, Veenstra, Adelaar.
Scorers: –

Referee: H Sigurdsson (Iceland)
Attendance: 20,000

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Articles

Evening Times 8th October 1965