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Trivia
- The second leg of the European Cup Winners Cup was finally set for the 26th with flight plans all squared away.
- John Hughes had injured a knee in the defeat at Pittodrie but he recovered during the week and duly took his place. Bobby Lennox came in for Charlie Gallacher at inside right.
- A week of freezing conditions again in Scotland saw the pitch protected with its blanket ofg hay again. The team trained for much of the week at Seamills.
- The club paraded an Irish Wolfhound pup given to the club as a mascot by Aer Lingus, with whom Celtic hade made the charter to fly to Tbilisi. (It would be interesting to know the fate of this wolfhound).
- On the previous night Celtic drew 1-1 with Motherwell in a Reserve League match at Fir Park. The Celtic team was Martin, Halpin, McCarron, Henderson, McNeil, Brogan, Connelly, Sweeney, J. Quinn, Auld, Taylor. The Celtic scorer was Auld.
Review
The new mascot appeared to be lucky for Celtic with Joe McBride scoring the only goal of the game on the quarter hour. Before that Jimmy Johnstone had the ball in the net only to be ruled offside.
Celtic took the initiative from the start and after McBride's goal, which came after a Lennox shot was palmed out, Motherwell concentrated on the Celtic wingers through whom much of the play was passing. This meant they moved more into the middle causing the middle of the park to become congested and play bogged down. Motherwell appeared content to defend and rarely ventured forward leaving only McLaughlin up. Despite close calls by McBride and Lennox neither side could add to the single goal though Celtic's superiority was evident throughout the game.
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson; Craig, Gemmell; Murdoch, Cushley, Clark; Johnstone, Lennox, McBride, Chalmers, Hughes
Scorers: McBride (15)
Motherwell :
McCloy, Delaney, R. McCallum, W. McCallum, Martis, Murray, Hunter, Campbell, McLaughlin, L.Thomson, Weir
Scorers:
Referee: J.P. Barclay (Kirkcaldy)
Attendance: 27,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
