1960-04-06: Rangers 4-1 Celtic, Scottish Cup SF Replay

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Trivia

  • The replay of the semi final at Hampden Park on the Wednesday with a 4:30pm kick off following the 1-1 draw on Saturday
  • Celtic had Alec Byrne out from the original game team. He had been nursing a groin strain since the St Mirren Cup replay. In came Mike Jackson for a return to the first team after making a good run at the start of the season. Meanwhile for Rangers goalkeeper Niven was out with a back strain.
  • Rangers had never defeated Celtic in a Scottish Cup replay.
  • The SFA gave Celtic permission to play a Friendly against Sparta Rotterdam on the 14th May as the culmination of Dutch Week in Glasgow. Sparta wanted to play the other half of Glasgow after being beaten by Rangers after a replay in the European Cup quarter finals.

Review

A day really for Jimmy Millar, the Rangers centre forward, who gave Bobby Evans a torrid time all game. The first half though was pretty even and a first goal by Wilson was equalised by Mochan on 33 minutes with the Celtic forwards then looking quite dominant with Ritchie having to make good saves from Colrain and McNeill. After the interval however, Rangers found their man in Millar. Four minutes into the second half he put Rangers ahead. Celtic's defense fell apart in the second half and a further two goals followed. For the last 14 minutes Rangers were down to 10 men when Davis was stretchered off, Baird going to right half.

Teams

Rangers:
Ritchie; Caldow, Little; Davis, Paterson, Stevenson; Scott, McMillan, Millar, Baird, Wilson.
Scorers: Wilson 2 (27, 71), Millar 2 (49, 79)

Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; McNeill, Evans, Peacock; Chalmers, Colrain, Mochan, Jackson, Divers.
Scorers:, Mochan (33)

Referee: J A Mowat (Burnside)
Attendance: 70,977

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

Match Report, Rangers v Celtic, Cup Semi replay, 6/4/60