| Match Pictures | Matches: 1965 – 1966 | 1965-66 Pictures |
Trivia
- Having played them once at Love Street back they came to Celtic Park for more punishment four days later.
- Murdoch and Lennox were rested for this game with David Cattanach coming in for his first team debut and Charlie Gallacher for Lennox.
- On the same day Celtic drew 1-1 with St Mirren in a Reserve League match at Love Street. The Celtic team was Fallon, McCarron, O'Neill, Henderson, Cushley, Brogan, H. Quinn, Connelly, Craig, Sweeney, Taylor. The Celtic goal was a Young o.g.
Review
This game saw Celtic break the hundred goals in a season mark. St Mirren put up a great fight in the first half to keep it goalless at half time. But in the second half Celtic cut loose. Gallacher opened the scoring with a shot from the edge of the box after good work from Auld and McBride. That opened the door and Auld got the second with a header from a Gemmell cross. Chalmers was not to be denied and he scored the third from a Gallacher pass. And it was Bertie Auld that scored the 100th goal of the season when he headed home a Jimmy Johnstone header that came off the underside of the crossbar. Chalmers added a fifth before the end.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 101 | 29 | 50 |
| Rangers | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 76 | 26 | 45 |
| Kilmarnock | 31 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 46 | 40 |
| Dundee Utd | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 46 | 39 |
| Dunfermiline | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 46 | 38 |
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson; Young, Gemmell; Cattanach McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, McBride, Chalmers, Gallacher, Auld
Scorers Gallagher (54), Auld 2 (63, 83), Chalmers 2 (74, 87)
St Mirren:
Thorburn, Murray, Riddell, Clark, Clunie, Kiernan, Adamson, McLaughlin, Hamilton, Pinkerton, Robertson
Referee: D. Weir (Glasgow)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
