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Trivia
- Celtic received planning permission to start roofing the Rangers end of the ground.
- The Reserves played Falkirk Reserves at Brockville on the Wednesday night in the Reserve League Cup semi final. The oldest Celt in the team was 22 y.o. Pat McMahon.The team was Wraith, McGrain, Gorman, Dalglish, Connelly, Hay, Wilson, McMahon, Quinn, Davidson, Macari.
- It was touch and go whether Ronnie Simpson would be fit. During the week it looked like he would be out but by the weekend he was fit and ready
- Celtic signed Tommy Callaghan on the 22nd November from Dunfermline for £35,000 – the highest fee paid for a player so far by Celtic – and he went straight into the team to make his Celtic debut …..and scores. He would not be eligible for the Red Star Belgrade game.
- Along with Tommy Callaghan, Steve Chalmers was restored to centre forward with Willie Wallace dropping to the bench and Bertie Auld missing out.
- Partick Thistle had ex-Celt John Divers at centre forward and future Celt Jimmy Bone at inside left.
Review
Celtic were in great form for this win.
Tommy Callaghan slotted right into the side and made a quite devastating partnership on the left with John Hughes. Hughes was quite amazing in this game.
Hughes opened the scoring from close in after a quarter hour gone. Callaghan got the second when he collected the ball from Hughes and slammed home a 25 yard shot. In the second half Hughes picked up a second goal before Bobby Lennox finished it off with Celtic's fourth.
Teams
Partick:
Ritchie Campbell McAlindon McParland Gray Hansen Cunningham Flanagan Divers (Cumming) Bone Duncan
Scorers:
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Lennox, Chalmers (Wallace 70), Callaghan, Hughes.
Scorers: Hughes 2 (14, 68), Callaghan (22), Lennox (84)
Referee: A E Currie (Rutherglen)
Attendance: 29,300
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
