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Trivia
- Billy McNeill flies to Switzerland to watch Piet Hamberg of Servette Geneva but no offer is forthcoming.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated St Mirren 3-0 at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Bonner, Duffy, Lynch, Weir, Young, Casey, Davidson, Burns, Nicholas, Reid, Halpin Subs Feeney and McStay. The Celtic scorers were Nicholas, Lynch and Reid.
Review
Celtic fight back comes too late. Celtic only put pressure on Saints when Roddy MacDonald comes on as a sub but despite fierce pressure in the last 20 minutes another goal could not be found.
Teams
St Mirren:
Thomson, Young, Munro, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Bone, Stark, Somner, McDougall, Weir. Subs: Logan, Abercrombie
Goals: Somner (2), McDougall (55)
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, Conroy (MacDonald), Provan, Sullivan, Edvaldsson (Lennox), MacLeod, McCluskey
Goals: MacDonald (78)
Referee: G Smith (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 20,500
Articles
- Match Report