50 YEARS AGO

Goals from Bobby Lennox and Billy Mcneill gave Celtic a 2-1 win over St Johnstone and kept them a point clear at the top of Division One.

Second-placed St Mirren beat Morton 2-1, with Jim Blair and Bobby Pinkerton on target.

New Dundee striker Joe Gilroy scored the winner in a 2-1 success at Arbroath.

Ex-motherwell man Willie Hunter returned to Scotland after spending a year with Detroit Cougars.

Geoff Hurst (above) scored six times as West Ham thrashed Sunderland 8-0.