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Trivia
- The rumours were flying that Celtic were on the way to signing another player. Jock Stein made a bid to sign Jim Smith from Aberdeen during the week but was rebuffed (he did eventually come in 1975 as a loanee from Newcastle Utd). There was also a strong rumour that he was trying to entice Yugoslavian goalkeeper Zlato Skoric from Dinamo Zagreb who Stein had seen two years ago in a Friendly.
- The team was unchanged from the Airdrie game.
- The start of the game was delayed to allow the queues of spectators to get in. A 'durty' day for football with cold howling wind and rain for much of the game.
- Six minutes from half time the wind, which was strong all game, blew a 20 yard stretch of guttering off the enclosure stand down onto the spectators below. One girl was taken to hospital and a number of people treated by First Aid attendants.
Review
Falkirk were tough opponents – more than the 3-0 score line gives the rub for. They fought hard through the first half so that Celtic just had the penalty scored by Gemmell after a handball decision which looked more a case of ball-to-hand, to show for their efforts even with the wind in their favour. This was a game in which Celtic's superior fitness really showed. against the rigours of weather and a heavy pitch they were able to maintain their physique against a Falkirk side that w
In the second half however the forwards clicked and Wallace added a second with Lennox adding a third shortly afterwards.
Teams
Falkirk:
Devlin, Lambie, Hunter, Markie, Baillie, Gibson, McManus, Scott, Graham, McLaughlin, Watson Sub: Kerray
Scorers:
Celtic:
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Lennox, Wallace, Gallacher , Hughes. Substitute: Chalmers
Scorers: Gemmell (pen 20), Wallace (49), Lennox (52)
Referee: W. Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 14,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
