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Trivia
- Neither Celtic nor Partick Thistle had a mid-week League Cup game so both sides took advantage of the fixture gap to play this Glasgow Cup tie. The winners would go on to meet Rangers in the semi final.
- Coventry City made a bid to lure Jock Stein south as manager with an offer of a salary of £10,000.
- This was a chance to give some of the new young lads and some of the back-up players a run out. Jock Stein made four changes bringing in newly signed Shevlane at right back and Pat McMahon at inside right, and give Willie O'Neill and Charlie Gallacher run outs.
- The Celtic Supporters club on the London Road was opened on 21st August with all the directors and players in attendance.
- First mention of Kenny Dalglish as a 16 year old playing for Cumbernauld Utd but already on the books at Celtic and training at Celtic Park twice a week uinder the eyes of Willie Fernie, part time youth team coach this season.
Review
The wealth of talent available was shown by the performance of the new young players in this game. In the second half Hugh McKellar, an inside right signed from Ardeer Recreation, came on for Jimmy Johnstone with Charlie Gallacher going to outside right and McMahon switching to the left. Pat McMahon in particular had a good game showing that he had been a decent acquisition from Kilsyth Rangers. He scored two and had two others ruled out for offside. Wallace was everywhere and a real thorn in the side of Partick.
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson, Shevlane, Gemmell, Clark, McNeill, O'Neill, Johnstone (McKellar, 45), McMahon, Wallace, Gallacher, Lennox
Scorers: Wallace 3 (10, 46, 77), McMahon 2 (25, 53)
Partick Thistle:
Taylor Gibb Muir Cunningham McParland Walters McLindon Rae Coulson Flanagan Duncan Sub: O'Neill
Scorers:
Referee: A Wilson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
