05-08-69: Celtic (a) 1-1 (HT 0-0) Crowd (65,000)

Match Action

Celtic Keeper John Fallon saves smartly from Allan Clarke as John Clark looks on

Charlton wins a challenge as Sprake and Bremner look on

Sprake looks at his defence after Lennox had equalised for Celtic

Steve Chalmer beats the Leeds defence

Match Report

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Mick Bates scored the Leeds goal in the fifty-seventh minute after replacing Right Back Paul Reaney. For Celtic Willie Wallace replaced Harry Hood at Inside Right and Bertie Auld came on for Centre Forward Steve Chalmers. A crowd of 65,000 was on hand to see the clash of the Champions of England and Scotland in this prestigeous friendly, with W. Anderson of East Kilbride as referee. Celtic, who played in all green stockings to avoid a colour clash, as Leeds boasted their new £165,000 British record signing Allan Clarke making his Leeds debut. It was an even and hard fought game and goal-less at Half-Time. It was only just under ten minutes after substitute Mick Bates had given Leeds the lead that Bobby Lennox scored the equaliser in the sixty-fifth minute and a draw was a fair result. Bertie Auld brought all his old skill and experience to Celtic's rescue, and inspired their tremendous fight-back against Leeds at Parkhead.He made his entry just as Mick Bates headed Leeds into the lead and he took control of a sagging Celtic team to give them a well-deserved half share of the unofficial British Championship. Bobby Lennox was the man on the spot to flick a hard-hit Harry Hood cross from the by-line and into the net. However it was Auld's cheeky confidence and his willingness to take on the Leeds defence that got Celtic back into the game so quickly.The Celtic central defence of Billy McNeill and John Clark kept a tight rein on the Leeds dangerman Allan Clarke, while David Hay stuck manfully to the task of trying to subdue the threat posed by left-winger Eddie Gray.