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Trivia
- With Glavin and Conn both back available, McNeill moved Tommy Burns to left back and brought in both Glavin and Conn dropping Sneddon and George McCluskey. Andy Lynch was still out with a leg muscle strain.
- McNeill called for the same attitude from the players shown in the first leg when despite numerous chances they had failed to score and also to give something back to the fans
- Celtic win 4-2 on aggregate and will play Montrose in the quarter finals.
- Two nights before the Reserves had played Rangers in a Reserve League Cup tie and lost 3-1. The team was Baines, McGrain, Russell, Weir, Casey, Dowie, Mackie, Lumsden, O'Donnell, McPhee and Doyle with Subs Godzik and Reid. The scorer was McPhee.
Review
Celtic were already 1-0 down from the first leg but within 32 minutes two brilliant McAdam goals had them in front. The first a flashing header from a splendid Provan cross and the second a crashing volley after the referee had played an excellent adavantage for a foul on Alfie Conn. Peter Marinello missed a penalty in 65 minutes but the same player equalised on aggregate in 76 minutes which meant the Celtic team had to push the boat out.
Celtic fought to the end and the experienced Bobby Lennox came on to add more purpose to the attack and it was he who put Celtic in front before a great solo run and finish by big Roy Aitken finally put them through to the semi finals.
Teams
Motherwell:
Latchford, Carr (MacLeod), Wark, McLaren, McVie, Stevens, Marinello, Pettigrew, Larnach (Kennedy), Clinging, Lindsay.
Goal: Marinello (76).
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, Burns, Aitken, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Provan, Conroy, McAdam, Glavin, Conn (Lennox). Sub: G McCluskey
Goals:- McAdam 2 (13, 32), Lennox (83), Aitken (87).
Referee: B McGinlay
Attendance: 17,911.
