1968-12-28: Airdrieonians 0-0 Celtic, League Division 1

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  • Last game of the year and the cold weather continued. all the squad were reported fit and ready.
  • Back in came Wallace with Hughes starting at centre forward and Bobby Lennox reinstated. Tommy Callaghan got the bench spot.
  • This was an all-ticket match.
  • Celtic's third league draw in succession.
  • The game was played on bone hard frosty pitch.

Review

The third draw in a row on slippery fields and people started asking questions about whether the team had lost it's touch.
It was tough going at Broomfield on an icy pitch with McKenzie in form in the Airdrie goal. Accurate passing was difficult with the ball taking hooks off of the icy divots and the bounce took the ball all over the place.

Teams

Airdrie:
McKenzie, Jonquin, Keenan, Goodwin, Black, Whiteford, Wilson, Fyfe, Marshall, McPheat, Jarvie, Sub: Caldwell
Scorers:

Celtic:

Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Wallace, Hughes, Chalmers, Lennox. Substitute: Callaghan
Scorers:

Referee: A Crawley (Glasgow)
Attendance: 22,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

Airdrie v Celtic, League, 28/12/68