| Match Pictures | Matches: 1956 – 1957 | 1956-57 pictures |
Trivia
- A Wednesday night 7:15pm kick off floodlit game taking advantage of the Firhill lights,.
- Willie Fernie and Bobby Collins played for Scotland against England at Wembley on 6/4/57 in a 2-1 defeat
- Sean Fallon was again fit and stepped back in at left back with Frank Meechan dropping out. bertie Peacock was away on international duty playing for Ireland so Neil Mochan dropped back to left half; a rejig of the forward line saw Higgins at centre forward (where he had played in the Friendly against Watford), Collins and Fernie moved over to the right side where they had played for Scotland, Tully brought back at outside left with Byrne inside of him.
- Celtic gave a run out with the reserves to John Divers, a young inside left from Renfrew Juniors, who had been signed on provisional forms in 1956
Review
Not a lot to play for in this game with neither club in fear of relegation or the chance of the title. Despite Higgins success at centre forward against English Third Division opposition, he had very little success here. For Celtic it was a tale yet again of poor shooting and not taking the crafted chances in front of goal. They were two goals down within the opening five minutes and it was not until just before half time that they pulled one back. Byrne picked the ball up twenty yards from goal and after making space for himself let loose a ripper of a shot that Ledgerwood had no chance against. Tully lacked pace and looked unfit. Byrne finished the game limping on the left wing having picked up a leg injury.
Teams
Partick Thistle:
Ledgerwood; Collins, Baird; Harvey Davidson, Kerr; McKenzie, Smith, Hogan, McIntosh, Ewing.
Scorers: Smith (2), Ewing (39), Hogan (80)
Celtic:
Beattie; Haughney, Fallon; Evans, Jack, Mochan; Collins, Fernie, Higgins, Byrne, Tully.
Scorers: Byrne (43)
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 18,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
