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Trivia
- Mike Conroy was away seeing a specialist after being struck in the eye with a ball during training.
- George McCluskey comes into the team from the start following a good game in the first tie when he came on as a sub.
- Celtic win after 30 minutes extra time.
- 27,166 pack into Love Street.
- Celtic fans roar when McAdam is sent off – ‘We only need 10 men, we only need 10 men…!’
- Ground dangerously overcrowded and fans are involved in crushing.
- Thousands locked out and miss the game.
- SFA and St Mirren criticised for not making game all ticket.
Review
Celtic win again with 10 men after extra time with John Doyle having his greatest game in a Celtic jersey.
When Bone opened the scoring for Saints in 10 minutes there were still thousands of fans queueing to get in. Doyle equalised when he finished cheekily when McCluskey sent him through on goal.
McAdam was contoversially sent off for an off the ball incident with McDougall which brought a hail of beer cans flying from the Celtic end of the enclosure. Shortly afterwards McDougall was carried off with a broken leg after a tackle by McGrain.
Somner scored a rebound after Latchford saved his penalty before Lennox equalised from another penalty after Weir downed Doyle in the area.
Doyle clinched the tie in extra time when he ran from halfway and evaded Saints’ offside trap. He rounded Thomson and turned from a tight angle and blasted in the winner.
The roar from the Celtic fans rocked Love Street to it’s foundations and Celtic’s 10 men held on for a deserved victory.
The supporters raced home afterwards to watch the highlights on the BBC.
Teams
St Mirren:
Thomson, Young, Munro, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Bone, Stark, Somner, McDougall (Docherty), Weir .Sub: Beckett
Scorers: Bone (11), Somner (pen 59)
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, McCluskey, Lennox, MacLeod, Doyle . Subs: Sullivan, Casey
Scorers: Doyle 2 (30, 91), Lennox (pen 72)
Referee: I Foote (Glasgow)
Attendance: 27,166
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