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Trivia
- Penarol flew in on the Tuesday night. They started training at Barrowfield on the Wednesday morning. This was their first game of an 11-game tour which would take them to Greece, Spain and Portugal. Penarol were South American champions.
- Admission price for ground entry for the season is now 40 pence.This was a Thursday night game with a 7:45 pm kick off. Both teams could call on 16 players.
- Jock Stein called in the old guard with Bobby Murdoch, Jimmy Johnstone and Dixie Deans all back in and Davie Hay back fit again. Steve Murray dropped to the bench and McLaughlin, Callaghan and Lynch all were rested.
- Dalglish said to be 'in form of his life'.Penarol's star was 6ft 4" Alfredo Lamas.
- Bill Shankly is Celtic's guest for the occasion and receives a presentation from the club (presented by Jock Stein and Desmond White) to commemorate Shanks' 15th anniversary as Liverpool manager. Also attending were Tommy Docherty (Penarol were due to play Manchester Utd), Bob Stokoe manager of Sunderland, Don Revie manager of Leeds Utd, Joe Mercer manager of Coventry City and Jackie Charlton who was now manager of Middlesbrough (who were on pre-season in Scotland and playing a number of Friendlies).
Review
Before the game Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, who was a guest of the club, was presented with a gift to commemorate his 15th anniversary as Liverpool manager. Shankly was overcome at this and as the Jungle chanted his name it took Jock Stein to come out and playfully usher him from the pitch so that the game could start.
The South Americans were clearly an elegant team but they were outplayed by Celtic on the night. Celtic played a tight game holding onto the ball. Lamas was effectively controlled by George Connelly, who had a great game. Hunter also did his part making three great saves in the early part of the game when Penarol were more in it. The whole Celtic defense played well.
Celtic's first came from the penalty spot Lennox putting away the spot kick after Dixie Deans had been impeded by the goalkeeper. Seven minutes into the second half Dalglish neatly chipped the keeper to make it 2-0. The third goal was made by Lennox who passed the ball back to Deans who slotted the ball home into an empty goal. Penarol pulled back a consolation goal back just before the end.
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Teams
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Dalglish, Deans, Hay (Murray), Lennox (Hood). Substitutes: McCluskey, Lynch, Callaghan.
Goals: Lennox (pen 30), Dalglish (52), Deans (59).
Penarol:
Corbo, Sandoval, Olivera, Gonzales, Acosta, Fernandez, Unanue, Lamas, Morena, Quevedo, Corbo Substitutes:- Virgili,
Goal: Morena (88)
Referee: A McKenzie (Larbert)
Attendance:- 35,000
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