1969-11-15: Motherwell 1-2 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • An unchanged side for Celtic, from the one that had seen off Benfica during the week.
  • The ground was super-crowded for the game.
  • The game was held up for three minutes in the second half when bottles and beer cans were thrown onto the pitch following an offside decision against Celtic on 70 minutes..

1969-11-15: Motherwell 1-2 Celtic, League Division 1 - The Celtic Wiki

Review

Harry Hood scored an early goal for Celtic which was cancelled out by future Celtic player, Dixie Deans strike on 38 minutes. This was against the run of play and Celtic had had many chances to be further ahead in the first half but had failed to take any of them.
With all to play for both teams went after it in the second half. Then followed the bottle throwing. But four minutes after this Bertie Auld sent over a cross that John Hughes headed home.
There was more disturbance at the end of the game on the terracing.

Teams

Motherwell
McCloy, Campbell, Wark, Forsyth, McCallum, Goldthorpe, Murphy, McInally, Deans, Wilson, Muir Sub Donnelly
Scorer Deans (38)

Celtic
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Hood, Wallace, Auld (Hay), Hughes
Scorers Hood (6), Hughes (74)

Referee: A.F.J. Webster (Falkirk)
Attendance: 23,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Motherwell v Celtic, League, 15/11/69