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Trivia
- League Cup Section 4 match.
- Provan through injury, Aitken through suspension, and Paul McStay were all notable exceptions from the Celtic side.
- Sparse crowd let the players know at the end that they are not happy.
- Notts Forest announce they will give Celtic 11,000 tickets for forthcoming Euro tie.
Review
This League Cup match held little attraction for the spectators as only 5,000 people were at Celtic Park. There were no players who seemed to be playing particularly badly, yet things didn’t click for Celtic.
Teams
Celtic:-
Bonner, McGrain, Brian Whittaker, W McStay, McAdam, MacLeod, McClair, Dobbin, McGarvey, Burns, Melrose (Halpin 45).
Sub not used:- Sinclair.
Airdrieonians:-
Martin, Black, Rodger, McLauchlan, March, Gordon, McKeown (McCafferty), N Anderson, Flood, Walker, McGuire
Sub:- McCabe
Ref:-
Att:- 5,358.
Articles
- Match Report (See Below)
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Match Report
The unattractive fixtures thrown up by the League Cup are reflected in the attendances of these matches. Seven days after playing against Sporting Lisbon in front of around 40,000 spectators, Celtic ran out in the same stadium to face Airdrie in front of around 5,000 fans.
It seemed, too, that the players found it hard to raise their game and at the end of a dull match in which Celtic never looked in danger or dangerous, there were no goals to show.
Celtic went forward all the time but seldom threatened goal. The Airdrie ‘keeper really only being tested once in the first half when he cut out a cross from McGrain in the tenth minute.
The second half saw only one near thing when McAdam came to Celtic’s rescue and cleared off the line. John Halpin came on as substitute for Melrose at the beginning of the second half.
