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Trivia
- Johnny Doyle became the third cartilage victim of the season, diagnosed after the Motherwell game. With Doyle out Ronnie Glavin went to the right and Joe Craig was restored to the starting line-up. Alfie Conn failed a fitness test the day before and Tommy Burns was not match fit.
- One of the most controversial Old Firm games in years
- Celtic denied stick on penalty when Joe Craig is fouled in the area. Celtic players surround the referee in protest. Rangers break up the park and score as Celtic players still remonstrate with referee Gordon.
- Celtic fans come on to the park behind the goal and Stein has to usher them backto the terraces
- Neilly Mochan prevents some Celtic players from walking of and enters the field of play to get the players to restart after the second goal..
- Celtic denied another penalty in the second half when Alex MacDonald handles on the line
Review
Celtic played remarkably well given their injury problems and poor current form. In the early stages they dominated and should have had a considerable lead. Only eccentric refereeing costs Celtic victory. Young Roy Aitken is the best Celt afield and did not deserve to be on the losing side. Celtic deserved better than this and were the more exciting of the teams on view. But bad refereeing and poor finishing conspired to deny them and to lead to a third successive defeat.
The game opened up a complete debate on the poor standard of refereeing in Scotland with Jack Mowat, the senior referee in the game comparing it to a teak which had lost it's stars and was making do. That debate on the standard of Scottish referees continues to this day.
Teams
Kennedy Jardine Greig Forsyth Jackson MacDonald McLean (Parlane) Russell Johnstone Smith Cooper (Miller)
Scorers: Smith 35 Greig 37 Parlane 87
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Munro, Glavin, Edvaldsson, Craig, McAdam, Wilson. Subs: G McCluskey, Dowie
Scorers: Edvaldsson 64
Referee: JRP Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance: 51,000
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- Match Report (see end of page below)
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