| Match Pictures | Matches: 1958 – 1959 | 1958-59 Pictures |
Trivia
- The tickets for the Ibrox Ne'erday game went on sale on 26th December at The Sportsman's Emporium, St Vincent Street. The prices were Stand 10s and 7s 6d, Enclosure 3s 6d and ground 2s 6d. The queue for tickets started to assemble at dawn and by opening time was 100 yds long.
- Bertie Auld was restored to the left wing with Matt McVittie moving back to the right wing and John Higgins dropping out.
Review
Honours were even at the start but in the seventh minute Celtic went behind and then immediately levelled. Coyle put Clyde ahead and from the restart Colrain strode through the middle and hit a shot which deflected off the upright with McVittie picking up the rebound and scoring. Both sides continued to play good football with both keepers in action. Celtic through Auld and Colrain were getting the better of the chances. At half time it remained 1-1.
Divers and McVittie had chances in the second before Colrain scored in the 53rd minute, his shot deflected past McCulloch. With their heads in front Celtic went out for the third and again it was Colrain who provided the finishing touch after a McVittie shot had been parried.
A better month for Celtic rising from ninth to sixth. Rangers had taken over at the top displacing Hearts who, with a crisis of confidence, had dropped to third. Motherwell had been sitting in second but also had dropped points and were fourth. The surprise second runners were Airdrie.
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
| Rangers | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 29 | 27 |
| Airdrie | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 28 | 26 |
| Hearts | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 31 | 25 |
| Motherwell | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 25 | 24 |
| Dundee | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 23 |
| Celtic | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 31 | 18 |
| Hibernian | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 41 | 18 |
Teams
Celtic:
Beattie; MacKay, Mochan; Smith, Evans, Peacock; McVittie, Jackson, Colrain, Divers, Auld.
Scorers: McVittie (8), Colrain 2 (54, 72)
Clyde:
McCulloch; Murphy, Haddock; Walters, Finlay, Clinton; Herd, Currie, Coyle, Robertson, Ring.
Scorers: Coyle (7)
Referee: A McClintock (Bishopbriggs)
Attendance: 20,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
