| Match Pictures | Matches: 1960 – 1961 | 1960-1961 Pictures |
Trivia
- The first real game of the season. Celtic were drawn in Section 2 along with Third Lanark (here), Partick Thistle and Rangers.
- In came John Hughes for his debut game. The only other real change from the team that had played the trial at Celtic Park was Johnny Kelly dropping out and John Divers coming in. Mochan moved in one to inside left.
- The 'A' Reserves played Third Lanark Reserves in the Reserve League Cup also winning 0-2. The team was Fallon, Donnelly, Upton, McNamee, Kurila, Clark, Carmichael, Colrain, Conway, Kelly, Byrne.
- The other reserves played Queen of the South A in a Combined Reserve League fixture with a 1-0 to QotS at half time. The team was Connor, Curran, O'Neill, Reilly, Cushley, Lynch, Murdoch, Gallacher, O'Hara, Paton, Mackle.
Review
This was John Hughes first team debut game and he scored not long after the interval. He also set up Neil Mochan's goal and looked to be some prospect at 17 years old.
The game started with Celtic pushing for an early goal and Hughes missed a sitter after just half a minute and the miss seemed to unsettle the forwards. Celtic had the dominant part of play but failed to score and the teams were level at 0-0 at half time.
Hughes scored with a header from a Peacock cross after the restart. celtic csarried on in dominant mode against a shot-shy Third Lanark. A second goal came from Mochan on 74 minutes from a neat pass from Hughes.
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
| Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Third Lanark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Partick Thistle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNeill, Peacock; Carroll, Chalmers, Hughes, Mochan, Divers.
Scorers: Hughes (50), Mochan (74)
Third Lanark:
Robertson; McGillivray, Caldow; Reilly, Robb, Cunningham; Hilley, Brims, Harley, Gray, Goodfellow.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
