1963-11-09: Celtic 5-3 Partick Thistle, League Division 1

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

Trivia

  • Billy McNeill was doing his best to recover from a badly bruised thigh muscle picked up in the last game against East Stiling. By Thursday he was back in training again however he then injured his knee and was ruled out for this game. Jimmy Johnstone had recovered from 'flu. Paddy Turner was now fully fit and training again. Bobby Lennox had 'flu. McNamee was still out recovering from the groin strain which had seen him sidelined for a month. With McNeill out the team was again captained by Jim Kennedy.
  • Partick Thistle were unchanged for this game.

Review

Early Celtic pressure paid off when Celtic picked the ball up thru Divers who sped it forward to Chalmers who scored. Johnstone soon got a second when he was on hand to flick in a deflection off the bar from a Murdoch shot. On half an hour Thistle pulled one back when Haffey was deceived by a cross-come-shot. They followed this up with a further two quick goals to go into the lead at half time.
Thistle attacked hard at the start of the second half but Celtic weathered that storm and hit back after 20 odd minutes Chalmers scored a great individual goal. Hughes added another before Chalmers completed his second hatrick in two weeks just before the full time whistle.

Teams

Celtic:
Haffey; Young, Gemmell; Clark, Cushley, Kennedy; Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, Divers, Hughes.
Scorers: Chalmers 3 (18, 67, 88), Johnstone (21), Hughes (73)

Partick Thistle:

Niven; Hogan, Tinney; Close, Harvey, Cunningham; Cowan, Yard, Hainey, Duffy, McParland.
Scorers: Cowan 2 (30, 35), Hainey (33)

Referee: D W Speirs (Uphall Station)
Attendance: 28,000

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  • Match Report (see end of page below)

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Celtic v Partick Thistle, League, 9/11/63