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Trivia

• MacDonald and McGarvey controversially sent off by an inept Greek referee.
• John Clark has heated arguement with referee after the match and is banned by UEFA as a result.
• Loud music played throughout the game contrary to UEFA rules.
• Latchford blatantly fouled at goal but referee allows it.
• Referee is accused of assaulting Frank McGarvey in the post match reception.
• Celtic are fined £6000 for their experience, Clark gets a 2 year touchline ban and MacDonald and McGarvey are banned for two games (after appeal) and one game respectively.
  

Review

Celtic were in control until they lost a goal in 81 minutes when Latchford was blatantly fouled. They were unable to redeem themselves in the last 9 minutes and went out in the warm late summer Rumanian sun.

Teams

Politechnica Timisoara:-
Moise, Nadu, Paltinisan, Sunda (Cotec 70), Manea, Serbaniov, Anghel, Dembrovski (Nicolae 65), Visan, Dumitru, Nedelcu.
Subs:-
Goal:- Paltinisan 81.
Sent Off:- Manea 17.

Celtic :-
Latchford, Sneddon, McAdam, MacDonald, McGrain, Sullivan, Aitken, MacLeod, McGarvey, Nicholas, Provan.
Subs:- Bonner, Conroy, Doyle, Duffy, McCluskey
Sent Off:- MacDonald 17, McGarvey 83.

Referee:- Nikolaos Lagoyannis (Greece)
Att:- 50,000

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