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Trivia
- With the qualification from the group assured Sean Fallon could afford to relax a little bit with the team selection. Callaghan and Lennox started and George Connelly and young Andy Ritchie were on the bench. Glavin and Hood missed out, Hood with a cut foot and Glavin with a leg strain. Also in the pool for the game was Ally Hunter who had been offered to Dumbarton as part of a deal to bring Tom McAdam to Celtic Park.
- Aberdeen had just signed Jocky Scott from Dundee.
- Andy Ritchie's first goal for Celtic.
- Celtic qualify for the quarter finals where they will face Stenhousmuir.
Review
Bobby Lennox's opening goal took the tension out the game and there followed an open entertaining match.
Young sub Andy Ritchie's goal is the highlight of the game when he races clear from halfway to thrash the ball past Bobby Clark.
Teams
Aberdeen:
Clark, Hair, McLelland, Scott, Young, Miller, Smith (Rougvie), Robb, Pirie, McMaster, Graham
Sub: Thomson
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, P McCluskey (Connelly 87), MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Dalglish, Wilson (Ritchie 84), McNamara, Callaghan, Lennox
Goals : Lennox (5), Ritchie (87)
Referee: E H Pringle (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 13,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
