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Trivia
- George Connelly was out after having three stitches in a cut from the Clyde game 3 days before. Harry Hood was preferred to Jinky; back in came Steve Murray who had missed the last game against Clyde.
- Celtic play well and yet lose 3-0.
- Wilson is Celtic's best player but other forwards miss chances he creates.
- Heavy conditions suit Rangers style.
- Ex players George Young and Billy McPhail are paraded at half time in an effort to keep trouble on the teracings to a minimum.
- Sean Fallon and Willie Thornton are allowed to lead the teams out at the start.
- Johnstone and Connelly are left out the starting eleven leading to rumours of misbehaviour.
- Rangers went to the top of the table with the same number of points but a better goal difference by two. Having taken the top they maintained it from this game until end of season.
- The Reserves played on the Friday afternoon – Barclay, Newman (possibly Iain Gourlay, Tommy Berwick or Delaney), McAleer, McNamara, MacDonald, Welsh, Ritchie, Davidson, Bone, Lennox, Lynch. Subs Casey, Burns.
Review
Rangers early goal did not disturb Celtic too much and they should have been ahead by half time but Dalglish and Hood missed great chances after Wilson had created them. Even after the second goal Celtic looked dangerous but the third goal was hard on them.
And all this after starting brightly.
Rangers first goal came from a good move and saw Jim Brogan beaten before a pass came in which Johnstone finished. Hood missed a great chance to level it completely miskicking and Paul Wilson was running riot on the left side. Dalglish missed another from a Wilson run and cross. But Rangers pulled back and finished the half strongly having had the ball in the net but chalked off for a prior foul.
After just five minutes of the restart MacDonald played a good pass for McLean to shoot home for Rangers second. And then to rub it in Parlane headed a third with a quarter of an hour to run.
Celtic were bogged down in midfield where Greig was cutting out the supply of balls to Dalglish, and the forwards badly misfired in front of goal.
Stein complained afterwards of poor finishing and bad defending at cross balls.
Teams
Rangers:
Kennedy, Jardine, Greig, Forsyth, Jackson (Miller), Johnstone, McLean, McDougall, Parlane, MacDonald, Scott (Young).
Scorers: Johnstone (6), McLean (50), Parlane (74)
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, McCluskey, Hood (Johnstone), Glavin, Dalglish, Callaghan, Wilson. Sub: MacDonald
Scorers:
Referee: J W Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 70,000
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