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Trivia
- Billy McNeill and Pat Crerand were selected for the Scotland U23 side to face England U23s on March 1. Frank Haffey was relegated to the bench with Ogston of Aberdeen coming in as goalkeeper. Jim Divers and John Hughes were also selected as reserves. Hughes in fact played when Ian St John was withdrawn by Motherwell to play in a Cup replay against Rangers, and John Divers withdrew with a knee injury.
- There was pretty much a riot at Easter Road where Hibernian met Barcelona in the second leg of the Inter-City Fairs Cup quarter final. Hibs were awarded a penalty very close to the end, from which they scored to win 7-6 on aggregate.
- Back in came Billy McNeill having recovered from 'flu. Out still was Jim Divers with strained knee ligaments and Bertie Auld was…… out in the cold with the Reserves.
Review
Raith had two early escapes and looked to be on the ropes from the kick off. Chalmers got the first goal with a low shot into the corner of the net from a Hughes pass. A mix up between Mcneill and MacKay let Wallace in for Raith and he beat Haffey from 12 yards out. A minute later Leigh contrived to put the ball past his own keeper. fernie made it 3-1 with a great shot from 20 yards. Celtic had further chances but they went in at haldf time with the score 3-1 to Celtic.
Celtic were content to hold their lead in the second half and Raith presented little challenge to Haffey. Just before the final whistle Hughes headed a fourth.
Teams
Raith Rovers:
Thorburn; McDonald, McNaught; Leigh, Polland, Duffy; Peebles, Esson, Wallace, Malcolm, Matthew.
Scorers: Wallace (13)
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, Peacock; Gallacher, Fernie, Hughes, Chalmers, Byrne.
Scorers: Chalmers (7), Leigh og (14), Fernie (26), Hughes (90)
Referee: A Crossman (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 19,359
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
