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27th January 1969 The draw for the next round of the Scottish Cup came out as – Motherwell/Clyde v Celtic/Partick Thistle Rangers v Hearts Dundee United v Ayr United Stranraer v Morton East Stirling v St Johnstone Airdrie v St Mirren Aberdeen v Dunfermline Montrose v Kilmarnock
30th January 1969 We were all in for training that morning but the session was a very limited one, really designed to take the stiffness out of our legs rather than anything else. Naturally, after an 8-1 victory the previous evening, everyone was in a good mood but when I bought a copy of one …
3rd February 1969 Nine of the squad – including myself – were in the Scotland pool of players who had undergone a day of light training down at the Centre on the Clyde coast on Sunday 2nd February. The session was based mainly on organisation – both in defence and in attack – and some …
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13th February 1969 After a 0-0 draw against Clyde in the Scottish Cup, all of us might have thought that we would receive a bit of criticism in the press but, in actual fact, the opposite was the case. We were actually praised for our play on what was admittedly a very frosty and rutted …
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20th February 1969 It was a pretty satisfied Celtic party that made the trip back to Glasgow the day after the match against A.C. Milan – apart from me! I had taken a heavy blow to my right knee in the second half and although I was able to finish the match, it stiffened up …
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25th February 1969 The reports in the press informed us that Jinky had volunteered to play against Clyde in last night’s Scottish Cup replay at Parkhead although he was suffering from an ear infection.
3rd March 1969 There was an eye-catching headline in one of the morning dailies – Stein Fixed Cup Saints Before Match
6th March 1969 We were back in for training on the day following the victory over Arbroath, a result which received a special headline in the morning press – Celtic Power Sinks Arbroath It was very noticeable on that Thursday morning that the Boss was missing, so Sean Fallon and Neilly Mochan took the training. …
10th March 1969 While we were arriving at Parkhead and then enjoying the coach trip to Seamill, the Celtic fans buying the morning and evening papers would have noticed that the victory over Raith Rovers at the weekend was almost over-looked. Most of the coverage was about the forthcoming European Cup tie with the Italian …
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13th March 1969 There was an almost deathly atmosphere at Celtic Park when we arrived for training the morning after the loss to A.C. Milan. In fact, a funeral parlour might have had a more pleasant air about it. Nobody really wanted to talk about the previous night’s match yet we all were aware that …
Read more “15th March 1969: Celtic v Partick Thistle – League”