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Trivia
- Davie Provan makes an impressive debut for Celtic at Firhill after his record fee £125,000 move from Kilmarnock. In came Provan with Mike Conroy dropping to the bench. Also fit again was Roddy Macdonald restored to centre half after playing for the Reserves on the Thursday.
- Newspapers state that John Doyle may be departing Parkhead after the arrival of Provan. However it was Paul Wilson that was moved on, the club selling him to Motherwell on the 20th September for £50,000.
- The tranfer arrangement with Houston Hurricanes to allow Bobby Lennox to play was finally resolved and the Buzzbomb was on the bench.
- The Reserves had played on the Thursday winning 1-0 at Celtic Park. The team was Bonner, Sneddon, Billy Russell, McGrain, MacDonald (Coyne), Dowie, Mackie, Weir, Jim O’Donnell, Casey, Lennox. Subs: Godzik. The scorer was O’Donnell
Review
Celtic narrowly won a thoroughly entertaining game. Latchford made the save of the season at the death from Melrose to earn the points. Celtic fans rave about Provan’s fine debut on the wing.
Celtic got the lead with a blistering shot from Roy Aitken. But Thistle went in at the interval ahead after two goals. The first scored by Melrose from a great cross. Somner scored from the spot after Edvaldsson handled. There was still time for both keepers to have to make excellent saves before half time.
Conroy came on for George McCluskey at the start of the second half. The penalty score was evened up when Whittaker handles and Lynch scored from the spot. Soon after an error by the Jags defense let in Roddie MacDonald to score with a shot. Both sides pushed for futher goals in what was an exciting and enthralling game.
Teams
Partick Thistle:
Rough, McKinnon, Campbell, Marr, Whittaker, Park, Gibson, Love (O’Hara), Houston, Melrose, Somner Sub: McAdam
Scorers: Melrose (35), Somner (pen 39)
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Lynch, Aitken, Burns, Provan, Conn, McAdam, G McCluskey (Conroy). Subs: Lennox
Scorers: Aitken (7), Lynch (pen 48), MacDonald (50)
Referee:T Kellock (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 22,000
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