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1967-08-07: Celtic 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur, Friendly
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Trivia
- This game was played at Hampden to commemorate the centenary of Queens Park football club and was played at Hampden in their honour.
- Celtic's first game in Scotland as European Champions.
- Before the game the two captains, Billy McNeill and Dave Mackay, exchanged rugs instead of the customary pennants. Both men then paraded the respective rugs to the spectators.
Review
European champions Celtic took on FA Cup winners Spurs in a high-scoring pre-season friendly which delighted the 91,000 plus crowd.
This is a game that was fondly remembered for years to come and was often shown at functions by the Celtic film club.
Despite it being a friendly this was a showpiece game by two top sides. The amount of talent on show was amazing, Johnstone, Murdoch and Auld against Mackay, Greaves and Gilzean.
Bertie Auld scored one of his finest goals after playing two 1-2's and beating Pat Jennings.
Late on Celtic went for broke with Chalmers hitting the post and Johnstone striking the bar with a lobbed shot.
At the end of the game the huge Hampden crowd gave both signs a rousing reception on a warm sunny day.
This is a game that was fondly remembered for years to come and was often shown at functions by the Celtic film club.
Despite it being a friendly this was a showpiece game by two top sides. The amount of talent on show was amazing, Johnstone, Murdoch and Auld against Mackay, Greaves and Gilzean.
Bertie Auld scored one of his finest goals after playing two 1-2's and beating Pat Jennings.
Late on Celtic went for broke with Chalmers hitting the post and Johnstone striking the bar with a lobbed shot.
At the end of the game the huge Hampden crowd gave both signs a rousing reception on a warm sunny day.
Teams
Celtic: Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, McNeill, Murdoch, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox Subs: Fallon O'Neil Highes GallagherScorers: Auld 7, 25 Chalmers 60
Tottenham Hotspur: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Mackay, Robertson, Greaves, Gilzean, Venables, Saul Subs: Brown Beal Clayton Jones
Scorers: Greaves 1, 49 Gilzean 36
Scorers: Greaves 1, 49 Gilzean 36
Referee: W. M. Syme (Glasgow)
Attendance: 91, 708
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
Match report from The (London) Times, 7th August 1967
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