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Trivia
- The same team started the game as the one played against Dunfermiline in the Scottish Cup replay in midweek. Macari was on the subs bench rather than Auld.Jim Craig and John Hughes were fit again and back in training but not selected for this squad.
- Rare occurence as Gemmell misses penalty.
- Aberdeen are held 0-0 by Rangers at Pittodrie and Celtic will now go top if they win their game in hand.
- On the same day Celtic drew 2-2 with Airdrie in a Reserve League match at Broomfield. The Celtic team was Lally, McCluskey, Watt, Dalglish, Craig, Clark, Wilson, Davidson, Quinn, Auld, Hughes Sub White. The Celtic scorers were Hughes and Quinn.
- Outside of football, the UK had changed to decimal currency on the 15th February.
Review
Celtic made heavy weather of this after Wallace gave them the lead after only two minutes. It wasn’t till the second half that Celtic found their stride and had this one wrapped up.
Johnstone was Celtic’s best player with a number of mazy runs and the Airdrie players could not cope with him. After Johnstone clicked then the goals came.
Jim Brogan was impressive and there is talk of him winning a Scotland cap soon.
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, Hay, Gemmell, Connelly (Macari), McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Wallace, Callaghan, Lennox.
Scorers: Wallace 2 (2, 53), Hood (71), Macari (85)
Airdrie:
Gourlay, Jonquin, McKay, Menzies, Delaney, Whiteford, Wilson, McKinlay, Busby, Jarvie, Cowan. Sub: Caldwell
Scorer: Jarvie (79)
Referee: E H Pringle (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 27,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
