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Trivia
- This was the first time the team that would win the European Cup (The Lisbon Lions) actually played together.
- Rumours started to be heard that Joe McBride's knee injury was more serious than had been reported. Jock Stein attempted to quell the rumours by stating that he was in consideration for this game.
- This was Tommy Germmell's 100th consecutive game for Celtic.
- Transferred keeper Bent Martin was starting to make a name for himself at Dunfermiline. He got a lucky break when first team regular keeper Eric Martin was ruled out with a broken rib injury, and having got himself into the first team Bent Martin came up with some brilliant performances.
- Third Lanark were the subject of a joint investigation by the SFA and the Football League to determine what was going on at the club following their loss of successive managers, trainers and groundstaff, the threat of a strike by the players and the non-provision of decent facilities as well as highly irregular financial arrangements at the club.
- Bertie Auld came back in from the subs bench and Charlie Gallacher found himself as the skelf collector for the day. At centre half for St Johnstone was ex-Celt Benny Rooney.
- The reserves played Hearts reserves with John Hughes getting a run out in an attempt to gain fitness.
Review
St Johnstone put up a strong fight in the first half and their keeper Donaldson was in excellent form. Despite that Celtic went to town in the second half with Jimmy Johnstone scoring a peach of a goal to put Celtic ahead weaving his way through the defence to then hit a great shot. Six minutes later he got a second with a volley. Clamers and Lennox added a further two goals before the end.
Teams
St Johnstone :
Donaldson, McCarry (Clark), Smith, Townsend, Rooney, McPhee, Coburn Whitelaw, Kilgannon, McDonald, Johnstone
Scorers:
Celtic :
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox. Substitute: Gallacher
Scorers: Johnstone 2 (63, 69), Chalmers (86), Lennox (90)
Referee: W. Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 19,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
