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Trivia
- For once the treatment room was empty and the long term first team absentees available. Jock Stein named a 16 man squad which included Fallon, Cattanach and McGrain.
- The Limerick squad arrived in Glasgow on the Tuesday
- Game played in a non stop downpour which greatly affected the attendance.
- On this night Celtic entered a young team in the Daily Express 5 a side tournament at Wembley. Celtic lost to Man Utd in the first round. Dalglish gave Celts the lead but Best equalised in the last minute. Man Utd won 4-3 on penalties after Jimmy Quinn missed from the spot. United had Best, Law and Chartlton in their squad and beat Spurs 2-1 in the final.
- This was the second consecutive home game that Celtic had came from 0-2 down to win 3-2.
- Reserve player Tony McBride appeared before the Glasgow Magistrates on a common assault charge in what was his fourth conviction of the year and was told that the club should get rid of him.
Review
Holding a lead of 7-0 from the first leg Celtic started poorly after the home fans had given Waterford a splendid ovation.
Waterford scored when McNeill sliced a cross past his own keeper. Wallace hit the bar and then he and Lennox went close to equalising before Matthews made it 2-0 when he raced past Craig for a fine goal.
At half time Stein read the Celts the riot act and Hood replaced Lennox with Hughes now deployed through the centre. Hughes pulled a goal back after Johnstone gave him the chance and then the wee man scored twice, firstly from a header and the second a prod home after a scramble in the area.
Celtic fans gave Waterford a rousing reception at the final whistle.
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch (Brogan 65), McNeill, Hay, Johnstone, Lennox (Hood 46),Wallace, Connelly, Hughes .
Scorers: Hughes (45), Johnstone 2 (56, 77)
Waterford:
Thomas; Bryan, Brennan; Maguire, Morrisey, McGeough; Casey, Hale, Kirkby, O'Neill, Mattthews
Scorers: McNeill (OG 18), Matthews (30)
Referee: F. Biwersi (West Germany)
Attendance: 19,000
Articles
Evening Times 5th November 1970
Waterford had early shocks for Celtic
Celtic 3 Waterford 2
Aggregate: 10-2
Irish Times, 5/11/70
Waterford, playing with tremendous enthusiasm despite a 7-0 deficit from the first leg at Lansdowne Road two weeks ago, shocked Glasgow Celtic by taking a 2-0 lead in the first half of the return leg of the European Cup tie at Parkhead last night. But on a night of wind a rain , the effort proved too much for them and Celtic hit back for an odd goal in five success.
Continues on Irish Times Match Report
