1951-05-30: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 Celtic, Friendly

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Trivia

  • North American Tour, played in New York
  • Celtic – Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 (1-1)
  • Friendlies – Away

Review

“Wave after wave of attacks from the Germans broke down on the rock that was Jimmy Mallan.”

Bobby Collins remembers the game as one of the toughest he had ever played in in his Evening Times column of 26th November, 1955.

Teams

Celtic:
Hunter; Fallon, Rollo; Evans, Mallan, Baillie; Weir, Collins, McPhail, Peacock, Tully.
Goals:
’24 1-1 Collins (pen)
’50 2-1 McPhail
’75 3-1 McPhail

Eintracht Frankfurt
‘1 0-1 Wloka

Referee: Stevenson
Attendance: 20000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Articles

Bobby Collins remembers the Eintracht game of the USA Tour 1951, Evening Times  26/11/55

1951-05-30: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 Celtic, Friendly