21st Sep 1954 Celtic 4 Partick Thistle 5 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final 2nd replay)

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Match Information

			Jimmy McGrory		Davie Meiklejohn			53y, 9m, 9d
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Jimmy Walsh (0-1, 18 mins); John Higgins (0-2, 28 mins); Mike Haughney (4-3, pen 81 mins); Willie Fernie (4-4, 84 mins)					George Smith (1-2, 30 mins); Bobby Bell (2-2, 40 mins); Alex Wright (3-2, 70 mins); George Smith (4-2, 78 mins); Davie McParland (5-4, 88 mins)
			John Bonnar		Tommy Ledgerwood			31y, 6m, 29d
			Mike Haughney		Jimmy McGowan			38y, 3m, 11d
			Sean Fallon		Bobby Gibb			32y, 7m, 16d
			Bobby Evans		John Harvey			21y, 8m, 0d
			Alex Boden		Jimmy Davidson			28y, 10m, 13d
			Joe Baillie		Andy Kerr			23y, 2m, 23d
			John Higgins		Johnny MacKenzie			29y, 0m, 17d
			Willie Fernie		Bobby Bell			19y, 6m, 1d
			Jimmy Walsh		George Smith			19y, 3m, 20d
			Bertie Peacock		Alex Wright			23y, 9m, 10d
			Neil Mochan		Davie McParland			19y, 4m, 16d
								26y, 1m, 10d

Match Report

TTA report

Celtic scored 18 and 28 (2 yards off-side) but a clearance rebounded off Smith into the net (30) then Bell pounced on a poor clearance (40). Wright (keeper fumble, 70) then Smith (from a McParland lob, 78) made it 4-2. Celtic hit back (Ledgerwood faulty, pen, 81 and 84) before McParland's right-foot shot (88).

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Glasgow Herald, 22nd September, 1954

Dundee Courier, 22nd September, 1954

Evening Times, 22nd September, 1954

Evening Times, 22nd September, 1954

Stats Watch

● Bobby Bell scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Tommy Ledgerwood, 14th Aug 1954 to date. (Longest run since: Bobby Gibb - 17 games, 31st Mar 1954 to 9th Sep 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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