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Trivia
- John Hughes wasready to make his comeback from the ankle injury that had kept him out for three weeks, but only if the going was soft – conditions which Hughes revelled in.
- A Monday night game played in a terrific gale.
- Celtic win the league title! Two down one to go on the way to the treble! A last minute goal by Tommy Gemmell makes it 4 League titles in a row.
- Celtic fans steal Kilmarnock's 1965 league flag for the second time in three years. It was handed back again.
- Celtic fans celebrate long into the night on the trip back to Glasgow.
- Bobby Murdoch is named as Scotland's footballer of the year.
Review
Kilmarnock won the toss and played with the wind in the first half. Morrison headed home a Tommy McLean cross on 8 minutes and Queen added a second on the half hour.
Celtic were two goals down at half time and were looking as though they would need a point at least in the last two games of the season to be assured of the Championship. That spurred the Bhoys on. They threw attack after attack at the Killie goal in the second half. Bobby Murdoch lodged a high ball into the goal area and it bounced off of Beattie's napper and into the goal. Onward they pushed but as the minutes dragged away it looked as though it would have to wait. In extra time when Gemmell following up saw the gap that gave Celtic a well earned draw and the Championship. Morton and Dundee would have to win by enormous scores to deny them the title.
Teams
Kilmarnock:
McLaughlin King Dickson Evans McGrory Beattie T McLean Queen Morrispn J McLean McIlroy
Scorers: Morrison 8 Queen 30
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Callaghan (Lennox), Wallace, Chalmers , Hood.
Scorers: Beattie( OG 63), Gemmell (90)
Referee:
Attendance: 18,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
