1st October 1966 The papers were still going on about the European tie in midweek and particularly the rough stuff dished out by the Swiss champions. One headline and comment rather summed the whole situation up for many fans ;- Shameful Swiss ‘Now Celtic will be up against it in Zurich’
Pre-Match At lunchtime on the day of the game, Zurich experienced temperatures of around 85 degrees but this dropped to around 81 degrees nearer the kick-off. The game was watched in the stands by the President of FIFA, Sir Stanley Rous.
3rd October Five players were called to Celtic Park for a special training session today before setting off for Zurich – Hughes, Murdoch, O’Neill, McBride and Clark. They were not injured, as manager Jock Stein told the press at the airport :
6th October The Celtic party returned from Switzerland with only Bertie and Chopper carrying injuries, although they seemed to be slight ones. The press were keen to carry on with the story about Jock Stein’s 43rd birthday present, with one paper describing it as – Stein’s Super Present While those who had travelled for the …
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Morning of the Match Celtic Park was a busy place that morning. The first-team with the manager, coach and physio were all getting ready to leave for Edinburgh and they would have a bite for lunch somewhere on the outskirts of the capital, like the Norton Hotel just along from the airport. Their bus …
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10th October This match was played only two days after Celtic had thrashed Hibs in the league at Easter Road, a feat recognised in the headlines and acknowledged in the reports ;- Celtic Take Clear Lead in League Celtic’s Superb Display You Have to Hand it to Stein ‘This was magnificent Celtic – …
Read more “10th October 1966: Celtic v Queen’s Park Glasgow Cup SF – Part One”
There were 17,000 at Celtic Park on a Monday night for this semi-final of the Glasgow Cup. The Boss had asked all the first-team pool to report for the match – we did not get fed on such a night- but in the end, he made very few changes to the side which had beaten …
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Pre-match This was a difficult match for the Airdrie manager to assess, particularly in his choice of tactics. On the previous Saturday, when the teams had met in a league match at Parkhead, Archie Wright had set up his team to play a defensive set-up, trying to frustrate Celtic and hoping to catch them out …
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11th October As the first team prepared for the first of two games in quick succession against Airdrie, first in the league at Celtic Park and then in the semi-final of the League Cup, reflections in the press were about how comfortable the win over Queen’s Park in the Glasgow Cup semi-final had been, with two-goal Joe …
Read more “15th October 1966: Celtic v Airdrie League – Part One”
The Opposition Airdrie were doing well this particular season. They were sitting second in the league and would be up against Celtic twice in a few days, on this Saturday –in the league – and again on the Monday evening in the League Cup semi-final. Manager Archie Wright had put together a good squad …
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