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Trivia
- Jimmy Johnstone had had to be subbed in the previous game with concussion after a collision on the field against St Mirren and he did not make this game. Back into the forward line came Bertie Auld who had been rested with a leg muscle strain in the previous match against St Mirren, and John Hughes. Charlie Gallacher dropped to the bench. Jimmy Johnstone though recovered from his concussion was out with a back injury. Willie O'Neill came back at left back with Gemmell switching to the right and Jim Craig missing out.
- The Scottish League met the Irish League at Hampden on the 7th September with Gemmell, Murdoch, Clark, Lennox and McBride in the team. The Scottish League won 6-0 Joe McBride scored a hatrick and Bobby Lennox scored two. Bobby Murdoch picked up an ankle injury during the game butr recovered to make this game.
- In a Combined Reserve League match at Barrowfield on the same day Celtic defeated Rangers 6-0. The Celtic scorers were Connelly 5 and Clarke. The Celtic team was Martin, Young, McCarron, Cattanach, Halpin, Brogan, Taggart, Connelly, Clarke, Hay, Taylor.
- Clyde played in a red-and-white strip which was numbered with each players squad number – Clyde were one of the first teams to take this approach. However it was said to have caused confusion and in the second half they came out with the standard positional numbers that everybody else used at the time.
- Robert Kelly announces that Santos have asked for £50,000 in guarantees for playing Celtic on October 12th at Parkhead. The Brazilians also wanted to play two English sides as part of a British tour.
Review
Played in steady drizzle. Celtic strode home with ease against Clyde at Shawfield scoring twice inside twenty minutes. Chalmers got the opener after a move that started with Bertie Auld; and McBride added the second on 18 minutes with a cracking shot from 16 yards. Hughes completed the scoring in the second half.
Jock Stein, "I was delighted with the team and the way they played. They were good but what pleased me most in view of the tough games coming up immediately was the way they controlled the game. That's what I want to see – it pleases me far more than individual brilliance."
Teams
Clyde
Wright, Glasgow, Mulheron, McHugh, Fraser, Staite, McFarlane, Anderson, Gilroy, Soutar, Hastings Sub: Reid
Celtic
Simpson; Gemmell, O'Neill; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Chalmers, Lennox, McBride, Auld, Hughes. Sub: Gallacher.
Scorers Chalmers (10), McBride (18), Hughes (75)
Referee: J.M. Kelly (Motherwell)
Attendance: 16,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
