1968-08-17: Celtic 4-0 Partick Thistle, League Cup

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Trivia

  • Jim Brogan who had been subbed against Morton with a gashed eyebrow, had stitches in the cut and was fit to play.
  • The team was announced on the Friday and was unchanged apart from Bertie Auld taking the subs bench.
  • On the same day at Firhill, Celtic Reserves beat Partick Thistle Reserves 4-0 in the Reserve League Cup. The Celtic scorers were Chalmers 2, McBride and Cattanach. The Celtic team was Fallon, Craig, Gorman, Cattanach, Hay, Clark, Murdoch, Chalmers, McBride, McMahon, Macari Sub Quinn

Review

Willie Wallace scored all four goals. This was a dominant Celtic performance against which the Maryhill Magyars had few answers. They came close immediately after Wallace's first goal but could not find the net.

Rangers 2-0 Morton

Team P W D L F A Pts
Celtic 3 3 0 0 10 1 6
Rangers 3 2 0 1 7 3 4
Partick Thistle 3 1 0 2 4 10 2
Morton 3 0 0 3 2 9 0

Teams

Celtic
Simpson Gemmell, O'Neill, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Connelly (Auld 78), Wallace, Lennox, Hughes.
Scorer Wallace 4 (6, 28, 43, 75)

Partick Thistle
Ritchie, Cumming, Brown, Cunningham, McKinnon, O'Neill, McLindon, Bone, Coulston (Gallagher 74), Flanagan, Duncan.
Scorers:

Referee: T. Marshall (Glasgow)
Attendance: 46,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Celtic v Partick Thistle, League Cup, 17/8/68