Match Pictures | Matches: 1966 – 1967 | 1966-1967 Pictures |
Trivia
- Celtic fielded enquiries on the availability of reserve centre half John Cushley.
- On the Wednesday night of the previous week Simpson, Gemmell, McNeill, Clark and Lennox represented Scotland at Hampden against Russia and were beaten 2-0
- This was a Monday night game and the last game of the League programme.
- Jock Stein fields an under strength team as Lisbon is only 10 days away. Billy McNeill unusually wears the number 8 jersey with John Cushley the number 5.
- Celtic wore the change strip of all green.
- All four domestic trophies along with the Reserve League Cup are paraded around the ground at half time on a motor car.
- Jock Stein is carried shoulder high by his players after the final whistle.
- After the game the players left for Seamills where they would train till the Saturday prior to their departure for Lisbon.
Review
With the League Championship already in the bag this game was purely about pride.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, Cushley, Clark, Johnstone, McNeill, Wallace, Auld, Lennox. Substitute: Hughes
Scorers: Lennox (25), Wallace (76)
Kilmarnock:
Ferguson King McFadzean Murray McGrory Beattie McLean McInally Bertelsen Queen C Watson Sub: M Watson
Scorers:
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 21,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)