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Trivia
- Celtic's record score in European football.
- Celtic went into the game with little knowledge of the Finnish champions. The Kokkola party flew into Glasgow on the Tuesday night with a party of 22.
- The Stand was all ticket for this match.
- Celtic play in all yellow to avoid a clash as Kokkola played in a green and white strip.
- Fans chant 'we want 10 !' for last 20 minutes.
- Glasgow bookies took a battering after they offered 8/1 against Celtic scoring three in each half.
- Fans give Kokkola a great reception at the end.
- During this game the police made an announcement that a 7 year old boy was missing and for his parent to collect him. The child was a Maurice Johnston….yes that one.
Review
Jock Stein took the opportunity in the second half to give Euro debuts to two of his young stars Paul Wilson and Vic Davidson who both managed to score.
Johnstone was in tremendous form and the crowd loved his repertoire of tricks although the game was very one sided. Celtic looked very smart in their new all yellow strip as the Finns were wearing their green amd white jerseys with a huge 'K' badge.
With 20 minutes left Celtic fans thought the team were going to break the club record win of 11-0 and if they had wanted to they probably could have. It was only when Celtic went down the gears that Kokkola showed any attacking prowess and their only decent shot came from Lamberg in 86 minutes.
The media next day were full of praise for Paul Wilson who was outstanding when he came on in the second half. Jock Stein was said to be "quite pleased".
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, McGrain, Brogan, Murdoch, McNeill, Hay (Wilson 46), Johnstone, Connelly, Hood (Davidson 46), Lennox, Hughes . Substitute: Fallon, Callaghan .
Scorers: Hood 3 (45 secs, 23, 36 pen), Hughes (15), McNeill (22), Johnstone (38), Wilson 2 (54, 70), Davidson 60
Kokkola:
Isosaari, Korhonen, S Makela, Makinen, Hautula, Ponkanaen, Sorvisto, Raatikaine,n A Lamberg, Kallio, H Lamberg.
Scorers:
Referee: R Hjarterson (Iceland)
Attendance: 41,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Evening Times 16th September 1970
Evening Times 17th September
