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Trivia
- Ronnie Simpson announced his retirement through injury on the day that Celtic met Feyenord in the European Cup Final. He had just been elected as an independent candidate in the municipal elections for Corstorphine in Edinburgh.
- The Celtic party of 30 returned to Glasgow from the lost European Cup Final in Milan a disheartened and dismayed team on the Friday morning. They left again for America on the Sunday 10th from Prestwick to Montreal with a local flight on to Toronto arriving at 7.00pm on the same evening after 20 hours travelling. They were greeted on arrival by 200 local Celtic supporters.
- Brogan, Hughes and Johnstone remained in Scotland due to injury.
- Jock Stein said, “This tour means a lot to us. We know after Wednesday we’ve got to give our fans something to talk about. They took our European Cup defeat well. But we don’t intend to make a habit of them taking defeat well. This is a prestige tour we are undertaking. The last few days were disastrous for us. But at the same time every club in Britain would welcome this kind of disaster – losing in the final of the European Cup.”
- Both Celtic and Manchester Utd tour parties stayed at the same hotel in Toronto. Manchester Utd had already been in Canada for a while and had already played Italian side Bari
- Gemmell suffers injury in second half.
- A tired Celtic who had not long touched down in Toronto and with a Milan hangover tried to attack and entertain but United disappoint the 24,000 crowd by playing on the break.
- Pat Crerand receives trophy – The Toronto Cup – for United.
- Game played in Toronto’s Varsity stadium.
- At home it was found that Jim Brogan had chipped a bone in his ankle.
Review
Celtic played a 4-3-3 formation with Macari, Lennox and Hood up front. In the 11th minute the ball hit McNeill’s knees to go into the net. Celtic despite the own goal held their own in the first half. In the second half Manchester Utd, despite missing Charlton and Stiles who were in Mexico for the World Cup with the England party, broke loose and scored again through Aston in the final ten minutes.
Teams
Manchester Utd:-
Goals:- McNeill OG 11, Aston 80.
Celtic:-
Williams, Craig, Gemmell, Connelly, McNeill, Hay, Dalglish (Murdoch 45), Hood, Lennox, Callaghan (Auld 45), Macari .
Referee:
Attendance:- 24,000.
Articles
- Match Report(see below)
