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Trivia
- McGrain and Aitken played for Scotland against Belgium in a European Championship game at Hampden with Davie Provan on the bench.They lost 3-1.
- Top of the table clash and a vital game.
- Celtic play in change strip of green shirts, white shorts and green socks.
- Johnny Doyle was fit again having overcome his leg muscle injury and was on the bench. With Sullivan, Edvaldsson and Conroy all overcoming minor niggles it was an unchanged team that took the park.
- On the 21st December Joe Filippi left for Clyde where despite going to part-time football he would be guaranteed a first team place.
- Celtic players play in training shoes on the icy pitch.
- Morton's Jim Holmes is ordered off for swearing at the referee.
- On the previous night at Cappielow Celtic drew 1-1 with Morton in the Reserve League. The Celtic team was Junior, W McStay, Lynch (Greenfield), Duffy, Young, Casey, Doyle, Weir, Nicholas, Reid, Halpin Sub Feeney. The Celtic scorer was Nicholas.
Review
This game was fortunate to have gone ahead because of the sub zero temperatures and icy pitch.
With the game poised at 1-1 Celtic scored when Sullivan ran over the bye line but came back on and scored in an offside position. The goal was given by referee Cuthill and the Morton players protested bitterly.
Morton's consolation was that they scored the goal of the game through young Tolmie.
Teams
Celtic
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, Sullivan, McCluskey (Doyle), MacLeod, Lennox. Sub: Edvaldsson
Goals: McAdam (44), Sullivan (70), Doyle (89)
Morton
Baines, Miller, Holmes, Anderson, McLaughlin, Orr, McLaren, Hutchison, Scott, Tolmie, Ritchie. Subs: Craig, Brown
Goals: Tolmie (46)
Referee: Mr R. Cuthill (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 27,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
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