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Trivia

• Stein returns from watching Innsbruck in time for this game.
  
• Celtic take 2-1 lead back to Parkhead for the second leg.
  
• Start of game delayed for ten minutes to allow crowd into the small ground.
  
• A young Roy Aitken captained Celtic for the first time.
  

Review

Celtic win a typical cup tie on a small park.

Doyle gave Celts the lead when he dribbled round the keeper when Glavin put him clear. Stirling equalised through a powerful Clark shot but young skipper Aitken scored a memorable winner with a 25 yard rocket shot which didn't rise more than three feet off the ground.

Celtic fans sang throughout for their injured players Danny McGrain and Alfie Conn.

Teams

Stirling Albion:
Young; Nicol, Steadman; Browning (Gray), Kennedy, Moffat; McPhee, Duffin, Steele, Clark, Thomson (Burns)
Scorers: Clark (54)

Celtic:
Latchford, Kay, Casey, Aitken, MacDonald, Burns, Doyle, Edvaldsson, Glavin, Craig (Dowie), Lennox (G. McCluskey)
Scorers: Doyle (30), Aitken (60)

Referee: R. B. Valentine (Dundee)

Attendance: 8600

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