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Trivia
- Only the third time all season that an unchanged team from the previous game had been fielded.
- George McCluskey was still out with a knee injury and Munro had 'flu.
- Tommy Burns was sent off alongside Thistle's Bobby Houston and Colin McAdam.
- Ronnie Glavin missed a penalty.
- Referee Ian Foote was under pressure to abandon the game in the last ten minutes but he opted to see the game out to the end.
Review
This game was fortunate to finish after heavy rain lashed Firhill all night. Tommy Burns had an interesting evening. By 29 minutes he had scored two cracking goals but in 31 minutes he was sent off after trading blows with Thistle's Colin McAdam.
Ronnie Glavin made both the opening goals for Burns with well taken free kicks which the bold Tommy lashed home. Burns and McAdam then had their tussle on the sideline which ended up with Tommy getting a straight red and when McDonald had recovered he too was red carded. They were shortly followed by Booby Houston when he received a second yellow for a foul on Andy Lynch.And that was with only 36 minutes gone!
In the second half on a field which looked like a WW1 no mans land, Ronnie Glavin missed a penalty when the ball partly stuck in the mud and Alan Rough easily saved, Roddy MacDonald sneaked in a goal when Rough mishandled and Tom McAdam added a fourth near the end.
Teams
Partick:
Rough, Mackie (Campbell), Whittaker, Marr, McAdam, Anderson, Houston, Gibson, O'Hara, Somner, McQuade. Subs: Love
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Dowie, Glavin, Edvaldsson, McAdam, Burns, Doyle (Wilson) Sub: Craig
Scorers: Burns 2 (26, 29), MacDonald (55), McAdam (85)
Referee:I M Foote (Glasgow)
Attendance: 12,000
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- Match Report (see below)
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