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Trivia
- Following the great European game against Leeds Utd at Hampden, Billy McNeill was out. McNeill had played the Hampden game on one good leg having been rapidly patched up by Bob Rooney. Davie Hay was away playing for the Scotland. Johnstone and Auld were rested. In for his debut with the firsdt team came Vic Davidson. Also making a rare appearance after a debut in 1966 was David Cattanach.
- St Mirren applauded Celtic on to the park as champions.
- Bobby Murdoch captained Celtic in the absence of Billy McNeill
Review
The last League game of the season saw David Cattanach and Vic Davidson make appearances in the first team.
Despite the applause onto the field, St Mirren were not about to knuckle under and played well at the start of the game and went ahead on ten minutes when Blair beat Connelly and scored. A Tommy Gemmell corner onm 40 minutes went to hood who volleyed the ball home to see even the scores and a minute later debutant Davidson finished after a brilliant run by Bobby Lennox.
In the second half Callaghan scored soon after the restart with a header. Celtic piled on the pressure but failed to add to the three goals and Blair pulled a goal back for the Buddies just before the end.
Teams
St Mirren
McGann, C. Murray, Connell, E. Murray, McFadden, McLaughlin, Gilshan, Lister, Hamilton, Blair, Pinkerton
Scorer Blair 2 (10, 86)
Celtic
Williams, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch (Cattanach), Connelly, Brogan, Hood, Davidson, Hughes, Callaghan, Lennox
Scorers Hood (39), Davidson (41), Callaghan (46)
Referee: I.K. Bain (Aberdeen)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
