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Trivia
- Celtic's first ever competetive European game at home.
- Valencia win through 6-4 on aggregate.
- John Clark missed a penalty.
- Bobby Craig, the former Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Third Lanark inside forward, made his debut after signing on the day for £15,000.
- He played after only arriving in Glasgow by train at 4.30 in the afternoon.
- Celtic were missing international pair Billy McNeill and Jim Kennedy with injury.
- Valencia went on to win the trophy by beating Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 on aggregate in the final. They beat Dunfermline and Hibs also on the way to winning it.
Review
A crowd of 45,000 turned out in curiousity to see Celtic's first ever European game in this Fairs Cup tie.
In 17 minutes Clark missed a penalty, after Mestre had fouled Divers, when he sent his spot kick high over. Ficha scored right on half time but the referee from Holland, Roomer, had marginally blown for half time.
The game livened up in the second half and in 48 minutes Celtic scored when the unfortunate Verdu sliced Byrne's cross into his own net.
Valencia upped their game and Guillot equalised in 63 and then in 80 minutes the highly rated Waldo scored with a powerful shot which was unfortunate for McNamee who had marked him superbly throughout.
In 85 minutes Pat Crerand, Celtic's best player, equalised with a rising left foot shot.
At the end of the game the Celtic players sportingly applauded their opponents off the field but the fans jeered as they were not impressed by Valencia's heavy tackling and time wasting tactics.
Valencia were highly rated but disappointing on the night and the feeling was Celtic had missed a good opportunity to go through.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, O'Neill; Crerand, McNamee, Clark; Chalmers, Craig, Divers, Gallacher, Byrne.
Scorers: Verdu og (48), Crerand (85)
Valencia:
Zamora; Verdu, Mestre; Chicao, Piquer, Recaman; Ribeiles, Roberto, Waldo, Guillot, Ficha.
Scorers: Guillot 63 Waldo 80
Referee: P Roomer (Holland)
Attendance: 45,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Evening Times 25th October 1962
