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Trivia
- Back in came Billy McNeill who had overcome his heavy cold which had kept him out of the Airdrie game on the preceding Saturday. Wallace, following his appearance in front of the SFA Referees Committee was dropped to the bench, Tommy Callaghan moved up front allowing Kenny Dalglish back in at right half. John Hughes came back in at outside left. Bobby Lennox was out having taken a lot of hard knocks in the Airdrie game.
- Celtic play in green shirts, white shorts and white socks. A miserable night for the game with the rain pouring down from tea time onwards.
- With the injury to Ronnie Simpson, Tommy Gemmell went in goal,
- Celtic qualify for sixth successive LCF since 1964.
- Evan Williams joined Celtic from Wolves for a modest fee. Williams who had been at Third Lanark, had been placed on the transfer list at Wolves and had been on extended trial at Aston Villa.
Review
It's a sad night for Celtic when Ronnie Simpson is carried off in 78 minutes after making a brave save from Ingram. Simpson dislocated his shoulder again and this time it was to be the end and this was the legendary Celtic goalkeeper's last appearance.
Ayr Utd matched Celtic for fitness and it was them that took the lead on 14 minutes when Ingram beat McNeill and shot home past Ronnie Simpson. Back came Celtic and a superb cross from Tommy Gemmell was headed home by Harry Hood for an excellent goal. In the second half it was Dalglish who stabbed the ball through which was missed by defender Quinn allowing Stevie Chalmers to pick up and dispatch home. Back came Ayr and with 12 minutes left Simpson went down to push a shot from Ingrams around the post. He stopped the goal but dislocated his shoulder in doing so.
Tommy Gemmell took over for the last 12 minutes and looked comfortable between the posts. Ayr pushed but were too rushed in that last period and Celtic won through to the final against St Johnstone.
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson (Wallace), Craig, Gemmell, Dalglish, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Chalmers, Callaghan, Hughes
Scorers Hood (22), Chalmers (54)
Ayr United:
Stewart, Malone, Murphy, Fleming, Quinn, Mitchell, Young, Ferguson, Ingram, McCulloch, Rough Sub Hood
Scorer Ingram (14)
Referee: J.R.P. Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance: 47,831
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
