1963-10-12: Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen, League Division 1

Match Pictures | Matches: 19631964 | Pictures: 1963-64 Pictures

Trivia

  • Turner (knee) and McNamee (groin) were still out injured and Frank Brogan (leg) was doubtful. Billy McNeill was away on international duty.
  • Tommy Morrison for Aberdeen at inside right, was a new player promoted from the reserves having scored 15 goals in the reserves. He was the son of ex-Celt John Morrison.

Review

Celtic opened the scoring with a penalty after Bennett had impeded Chalmers. On 39 minutes Celtic won another penalty for another tackle on Chalmers. This time MacKay blazed wide. In the second half Chalmers picked up 2 goals – the first a 20 yard shot and the second a shot from a Hughes cross.

Teams

Celtic:
Haffey; Young, Gemmell; MacKay, Cushley, Kennedy; Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, Divers, Hughes.
Scorers: MacKay (pen 18), Chalmers 2 (63, 65)

Aberdeen:
Ogston; Bennett, Hogg; Kinnell, Coutts, Smith; Cummings, Morrison, Little, Wilson, Thom.
Scorers:

Referee:
Attendance: 15,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Celtic v Aberdeen, League, 12/10/63