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Trivia
- Celtic took the playing eleven plus Fallon, Kennedy, Cuyshley, Chalmers and Auld to Denmark. The party were due to fly on Monday night from Prestwick but gales in Ireland kept their aircraft grounded in Dublin and it was not till Tuesday morning that the party left.
- Jock Stein, who was temporary Scotland manager, flew to Denmark from Rome after watching Italy beat Poland in a World Cup qualifier. He arrived just before the Celtic party in fact meeting up with them at the airport.
- An unchanged side for Celtic with only the inside forwards swapping sides. Of the Danish side, the key players were identified as right half and captain Amundsen, and inside right Bjerregard who was top scorer in Denmark.
- Future Celtic goalkeeper Bent Martin impressed in goals for Aarhus.
- The game was played in freezing conditions.
- Celtic players and officials were guests at a civic reception before the match in the new Aarhus town hall.
- At the post match dinner the Aarhus chairman treated the audience to some Burns' poetry.
- On the same night Hibernian were beaten 3-0 away to Valencia in the Fairs Cup and Dunfermiline put 5 pat another Danish side Boldklub again in the Fairs Cup.
Review
Confusion reigned after the Belgian referee, Henri Burgucht, appeared to book Jimmy Johnstone during the match after the Celtic man had questioned his decision to give a free kick. Burgucht called McNeill over as captain and the game moved on but after the game the referee had said to McNeill to calm the volatile Johnstone who was not booked.
The 11,500 crowd were silent and respectful and there was little atmosphere in the ground.
Celtic were disappointing but infinitely superior to their opponents. Celtic returned to the old form of creating and making chances but failing to put the ball away. The only goal came in 23 minutes when McBride rose superbly to head in a corner by John Hughes.
Only four Celtic players emerged with pass marks – Ronnie Simpson, Tommy Gemmell, Billy McNeill and Bobby Murdoch. They worked to the same Stein plan of guarding against Aarhus for twenty minutes and then cutting loose. The goal came on 23 minutes but the expected continuation failed to arrive though Celtic showed their undoubted superiority. Bent Martin appeared to take a ball when it was over the line and Celtic were denied a penalty when Lennox was sent sprawling.
Teams
Aarhus:
Martin; A Sorensen, Neilson; Amundsen, Wolmar, Petersen; Jensen, Bjerregard, Enokson, O Sorensen, Hermansen.
Scorers:
Celtic:
Simpson; Young, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, Lennox, McBride, Gallacher, Hughes.
Scorer: McBride 23
Referee: H Burgucht (Belgium)
Attendance: 11,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
