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Trivia
- Jock Stein named a party of 16 for this Friendly game taken as a useful warm-up against Dutch opposition prior to the European Cup game against Ajax. Included in the squad were Reserve team keeper Tom Lally (John Fallon was still recovering from a mysterious virus infection), Kenny Dalglish, Vic Davidson, George Connelly and Bobby Lennox. Jim Brogan was out injured with a thigh knock. And John Hughes had stitches in a shin gash after the St Johnstone game.
- The clubs agreed to name five substitutes of which two could be used. The game was played at Hampden.
- Rinus Michels the Ajax coach watched the game from the stand.
- Feyenoord were newly crowned World Club Champions and had defeated Celtic in the European Cup Final the previous year.
- Dutch Player plays with glasses on against Celtic.
Review
Celtic faced their old foes from Rotterdam at Hampden Park, who had been their nemesis 9 months previously in the European Cup final defeat in Milan.
Again Gemmell opened the scoring, this time from a penalty which he struck so hard that goalkeeper Eddy Treytel was retrieving the ball before he could turn and see it hit the net.
Jock Stein deployed an experimental 1-3-3-3 formation with George Connelly as a sweeper and a back three of Craig, McNeill and Gemmell, but with no wingers which allowed channels for wide midfielders Hay, and the fast Callaghan, to get down the flanks.
Feyenoord equalised after Evan Williams punched a ball he should have held. Wim Jansen wore the Feyenoord number 7 shirt.
Celtic had requested this match to help them prepare for the European Cup quarter final ties with Ajax the following month and Feyenoord had by this time been crowned as World Champions after winning the World Club Cup against Estudiantes De La Plata from Argentina.
A respectable crowd of 51,172 attended this game.
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, Craig, Gemmell, Connelly, McNeill, Hay, Johnstone, Lennox, Hood, Callaghan, Auld Substitutes: Dalglish, Davidson, Wallace
Scorer: Gemmell (pen 20).
Feyenoord:
Treytel, Romelyn, Israel, Laesroms, Scneider, Hasil, Jansen, Kindvall, Posthumas (Van Daele), Van Hanegem, Wery. Substitutes: Moulijn, Mawiwald, Geilman, Boskamp
Scorer: Posthumas.
Referee: Finney (England)
Attendance:- 51,172.
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
