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Trivia
- It was announced that all the shops in the Mount Florida area would close as an anti-football hooligan exercise on the day of the League Cup final at Hampden when Celtic were due to face Rangers and there would be a 1:00pm kick off.
- Jimmy Bonthrone tendered his resignation as manager of Aberdeen shortly after the 2-1 defeat by Celtic in Aberdeen.
- Match abandoned on 85mins – fo. Fogg had plagued the Glasgow area for the last two days.
- Pitch invasion from the Jungle followed and referee could not see fans on the field.
- Hibs outraged at referee's decision and complain to the SFL.
- Game replayed on December 10th and finished in a 1-1 draw.
Review
With Hibs deservedly leading through two fine goals thick fog descended on Parkhead. With only five minutes left referee Davidson abandoned the game much to the disgust of Hibs' manager Eddie Turnbull who fumed 'There is no way Celtic would have won that game'.
SFA referees' supervisor Jack Mowat backed Davidson by saying that he had acted correctly by stopping the game.
Sadly the game was marred by an invasion of fans from the Jungle who took advantage of the fog to run on the field.
The Celtic fans in the 33,000 cheered loudly as the game was abandoned but Hibs were left nursing a sense of injustice.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, P McCluskey, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Dalglish (McNamara), Hood, Deans (Lennox), Callaghan, Wilson.
Hibs:
McDonald Brownlie Schaedler Stanton Barry Blackley MacLeod Bremner Harper Munro Duncan Subs: Smith Spalding
Goals: Bremner 26 Harper 76
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
