1953-08-29: Celtic 2-0 Airdrieonians, League Cup

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Trivia

  • The team selection looked like random madness and clutching at straws but the places were up for grabs with a misfiring forward line and a defense that had shipped 5 goals against Aberdeen; . Jock Stein was out and in his place came the 6ft 2" McIlroy with McPhail moved from left half to centre forward to replace the Mochan, who was dropped; a re-signed and fit Joe Baillie came back as left half; Jimmy Walsh also came back in.

Review

The first half saw Celtic dominant without fully testing the Airdrie keeper. Walsh scored a first goal when he crossed to McMillan and then took the return to fire home the first goal. McPhail's goal came from a move between Collins and Walsh and Walsh crossing in and the Airdrie goalkeeper failing to hold the ball allowing McPhail in.

Team P W D L F A Pts
East Fife 6 4 1 1 14 9 9
Aberdeen 6 3 0 3 14 12 6
Airdrie 6 3 0 3 11 14 6
Celtic 6 1 1 4 6 10 3

Teams

Celtic:
Bonnar, Haughney, Meechan; Evans, McIlroy, Baillie; Collins, Walsh, McPhail, Peacock, McMillan.
Scorers: Walsh (13), McPhail (27)

Airdrie:

Fraser; Henderson, Cross; Cairns, Rodger, Docherty; Quigley, McMillan, Baird, Quinn, McCulloch.

Referee:
Attendance: 18,000 :

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

Celtic v Airdrie, League Cup, August 1953, Evening Times