[2] Rangers defended for the remainder of the first half,[3] however in the 44th minute Neil Mochan scored a solo goal after a run down the left wing.

[3][5] As the game drew to a close violence flared in among the fans,[6] but in the final minute McPhail was fouled in the Rangers' penalty area.

He declined the opportunity to score a fourth goal, a feat never achieved by a player in an Old Firm match, instead Willie Fernie took the kick.

[2] Much of the blame for the poor defensive display by Rangers was attributed to centre back John Valentine, who had signed from Queen's Park earlier that season.

The phrase itself has become synonymous with the match, and has since been used in other songs and poems,[10][11] and is the title of a book about the 1957 final and the iconic status it achieved among the Celtic support.