| Match Pictures | Matches: 1967 – 1968 | 1967-68 Pictures |
Trivia
- A Wednesday night 7:30pm kick off.
- Jimmy Johnstone had recovered from 'flu and played for fitness for the coming Rangers game. Out went Shevlane and Gemmell moved to right back and Willie O'Neill coming in on the left and John Hughes started his first game of the season having come on as a sub in the previous game against Clyde.
Review
This convincing win meant that some of the first team regulars could expect to be rested for the second leg of this League Cup quarter final. Bobby Lennox opened the scoring in the eleventh minute and added a second 11 minutes later before Jinky got his pair. Bobby Murdoch and Pat McMahon added further goals. Ayr had their best spell at the start of the second half when they pulled it back to 3-2 with the Celtic defence looked shaky. However Celtic stepped up a gear with Jinky, Bobby and Pat putting it beyond doubt.
Teams
Celtic
Simpson, Gemmell, O'Neill, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, McMahon, Wallace, Lennox , Hughes . Substitute: Cattanach
Scorers Lennox 2 (11, 22), Johnstone 2 (29, 68), Murdoch (77), McMahon (84)
Ayr United
Stewart, Malone, Murphy, Quinn, Moran, Walker, McMillan, Mitchell, Ingram, Hawkshaw, Black Sub: McAnespie
Scorer Black 2 (30, 67)
Referee: J W Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 26,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
