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Trivia
- Celtic returned from Denmark with no reported injuries from the European Cup Winners Cup game. Celtic again fielded the same side for this game
- On the same day Celtic Reserves beat Partick Thistle Reserves 4-0. The Celtic scorers were Divers with a hatrick and Connelly.
- The only home League match Celtic failed to win this season.
- Partick Thistle were not doing well this season and had only just won their first game. At outside right for the Jags was ex-Celt Jim Conway and he scored the equaliser for them.
Review
A hard game for Celtic with Thistle showing lots of fight from the start – to the extent that they had two players booked in the game. Ronnie Simpson made a glorious save in the early minutes when McNeill was posted missing and Roxburgh picked up a long ball to go one on one with Ronnie. The debate continued when two minutes later when McParland came burdsting through. For once the defense looked shaky. Celtic had their chances up the nother end with Hughes, Lennox and Murdoch going close. On 39 minutes Celtic went ahead in a good passing move starting with Young and ending with McBride sweeping the ball into the roof of the net.
In the second half Celtic pushed for another goal with Gemmell and McBride both going close. Thistle equalised when Bobby Murdoch failed to clear decisively and the ball was pushed through to Jim Conway and his grubber found the corner of the net.
Teams
Celtic
Simpson; Young, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, Gallacher, McBride, Lennox, Hughes.
Scorers McBride 39
Partick Thistle
Gray, Campbell, Muir, Cunningham, Harvey, Gibb, Conway, Hainey, Roxburgh, McParland, Gallagher
Scorers Conway 54
Referee: J.W. Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance:26,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
