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Trivia
- Jock Stein had been desperately trying to arrange a friendly fixture to assess the fitness of Bobby Murdoch. A match against Queen's Park at Lesser Hampden had to be called off because of an unfit pitch and a bounce match at Celtic Park was given up with the pitch too heavy for the returning players to show.
- This game against Stirling Albion was arranged at the last minute to give the returnnees a chance to show.The game at Annfield went ahead despite overnight snow with a kick off at 7:30pm.
- Also in the squad for the game were John Fallon, Billy Mitchell and Tommy O'Hara. Billy Mitchell who had been signed from Raith Rovers at the start of the season had suffered a leg break in early December.
Review
See Match Report below.
Teams
Stirling Albion:
Young, Christie, Hancock, Henderson, McCarry, Stevenson, McPhee, Steele, McMillan, Carr, Lawson. Substitute: Little
Scorers: McPhee (4)
Young, Christie, Hancock, Henderson, McCarry, Stevenson, McPhee, Steele, McMillan, Carr, Lawson. Substitute: Little
Scorers: McPhee (4)
Celtic:
Marshall, McGrain, Quinn, Murdoch, Craig, McCluskey, McLaughlin, V Davidson, Deans, Ward White, Wilson. Substitute J Davidson
Scorers: V Davidson (44)
Referee: J. Moffat (Kilsyth).
Attendance:2,000
Stirling Albion 1, Celtic 1
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
ArticlesThe Glasgow Herald, 26th January 1972
Marshall in top form for Celtic
Stirling Albion 1, Celtic 1
Stirling Albion gave Celtic a hard match in their friendly last night at Annfield before a crowd of 2000.
The visitors were down a goal in four minutes when McPhee scrambled the ball home in a goalmouth mix up. Only two minutes earlier McGrain had put the ball into his own goal, but the referee ruled that the defender had been jostled.
Celtic began to take control, but found McCarry and his co-defenders giving little ground. In 29 minutes Albion should have gone further ahead, but McMillan shot widely past after he had side-stepped Marshall.
After a fine drive by Quinn had hit the crossbar, Celtic equalised in 44 minutes when Davidson piloted home a delightful pass from Wilson.
Marshall had a splendid match in Celtic’s goal and in the closing minutes had brilliant saves from Lawson and McMillan.
After a fine drive by Quinn had hit the crossbar, Celtic equalised in 44 minutes when Davidson piloted home a delightful pass from Wilson.
Marshall had a splendid match in Celtic’s goal and in the closing minutes had brilliant saves from Lawson and McMillan.