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Trivia
- A replay of the first round game played in mid-October at Ibrox which had finished 2-2. This was a Wednesday afternoon game with a 2:30pm kick off.
- Scotland had been hit by snow with many roads impossible but this game at Celtic Park went on despite the ground being hard with freezing conditions with a 2:30pm kick off. Back in came Stevie Chalmers. Bobby Craig was dropped – or rather was ill when he arrived at Celtic Park – he was still commuting back and forth to Blackburn – and back in came Bobby Jeffrey on the left wing.
- Celtic would meet Partick Thistle in the semi-final
Review
Cold, foggy, hard and slippery underfoot.
A very decent game given the conditions with fog throughout so that you could not see one end from the other. Crerand got the first goal direct from a free kick. Divers made both Murdoch’s goals, the second coming three minutes from the end of extra time.
This win along with the goalless draw against Dundee, was hailed as a validation of the Celtic youth policy and as such the praises of Murdoch, Young and Jeffrey were shouted on high with big things expected of them in the future.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; Young, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, O’Neill; Chalmers, Murdoch, Divers, Gallacher, Jeffrey.
Scorers:Crerand (26), Murdoch 2 (53, 116)
Rangers:
Ritchie; Shearer, Caldow; McKinnon, Baillie, Baxter; Henderson, Greig, Millar, Brand, Wilson.
Scorers: Henderson (42), Brand (77)
Referee: T Wharton (Clarkston)
Attendance: 24,000
Articles
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Articles
Glasgow Herald 22nd November 1962
