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Trivia
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Celtic are proclaimed league champions at Ibrox Park.
- This game was a postponed fixture from 3rd January.
- Chalmers and Auld who had missed the last match, the defeat by Dundee Utd, were both fit and played.
- Celtic freed three players during the week. These were the young goalkeeper Jack Kennedy, centre half Frank McCarron and another young centre half John Halpin.
- Celtic seal the domestic treble!The draw and the single point were enough to give them the title at Ibrox.
- Helenio Herrera, the Inter Milan coach had hurriedly flown to Glasgow to watch the game and spy on Celtic before the European Cup Final.Jock Stein accompanied him on the return journey in order to watch Inter Milan play Juventus on the Sunday.
- James Bond (Sean Connery) watches from the stand.
- Celtic fans stand soaked on the uncovered Ibrox terraces and roar their approval for Jock Stein and his players.
- Heavy rain makes pitch a glue pot and cuts attendance to 78,000. 90,000 had been expected.
- The game was held up for two minutes after Johnstone scored his second goal as angry Rangers fans threw bottles and caused a pitch invasion.
- A special boat sailed into Lancefield Quay from Belfast with 150 Rangers and Celtic fans on board.
- Heavy rain caused electrical failure in the city for fans travelling to the game. The underground broke down and all traffic lights in the city were out of commission for several hours.
- Rangers are now in the final of the ECWC after beating Slavia Sofia at Ibrox three days previously. Glasgow now boasts the marvellous record of having two sides in the finals Europe’s top two competitions, and Scotland three sides in the latter stages of the European competitions with Kilmarnock in the semi final of the Fairs Cup.
- The Reserves played Aberdeen in the first leg of the Reserve League Cup Final with a team of Fallon, Young, Brogan, Cattanach, Cushley, McCarron, Connelly, Henderson, Quinn, Hay, Macari. They led 2-0 at half time and eventually won 3-1.
Review
Jimmy Johnstone scored the greatest goal of his career with a blasting shot from 30 yards – with his left foot.
Rangers save face with a late equaliser but Celts get the one point they need to clinch the title.
Celtic’s fans celebrate noisily in the rain at the home of their old rivals.
Two in a row !….and all thoughts now turn to Lisbon and Inter Milan.
Teams
Rangers
Martin Johannsen Provan Jardine McKinnon Greig Henderson A Smith Hynd D Smith Johnston Sub: Wilson
Scorers: Jardine (41), Hynd (81)
Celtic
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox. Substitute: O’Neill
Scorer: Johnstone 2 (42, 74)
Referee: WM Syme, Glasgow
Attendance: 78,000
Articles
- Match Report(See below)
Pictures
Articles
Glasgow Herald 8th May 1967
Evening Times 8th May 1967
