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Trivia
- The Celtic public trial took place in heavy rain on the evening of the 9th August. All signed players and staff except Jimmy Johnstone played but those involved in the Charity game the next day (see below) played only the first 20 minutes). Bobby Murdoch limped off in this game. With the injuryto Murdoch the announcement came the next day that these trials would be scrapped for the future having outlived their purpose.
- Gemmell, Clark, Chalmers, Auld and Lennox took part in the Glasgow Charity game with McBride as sub against Leeds Utd as part of a 'Glasgow' team. This was the annual game which had replaced the Charity Cup tournament which used to take place at the end of the season. Murdoch was also due to play but was injured in the public trial.
- In this, the first full game of the new season the new substitute rule came into play for the first time. Teams could now name a substitute who could replace an injured player on the field. Once on, the players could not be switched again.
- Incessant heavy rain keeps the crowd down to 25,000.
- Celtic hit out after fans cause damage on the Glasgow to Edinburgh trains.
- In the Reserve League Cup on the same day Celtic played at home to Hearts and drew 1-1. The team was Fallon, Young, Halpin, Cattanach, Craig, Hay, Taggart, Connelly, Quinn, Macari, Hughes. The Celtic scorer was Quinn.
Review
Celtic played some fine football against a robust tackling Hearts side who played their three retained but unsigned men – Wallace, captain Anderson and Higgins. Billy McNeill set the ball rolling with a defense-splitting pass for Lennox who was felled in the area. McBride scored from the spot. McBride clinched the victory two minutes from time.
Clyde 1-0 St Mirren
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Clyde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Teams
Hearts
Cruickshank, Polland, Holt, Barry, Anderson, Higgins, Hamilton, Gordon, Wallace, Kerrigan, Traynor. Sub: Turnbull
Celtic
Simpson; Gemmell, O'Neill; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, McBride, Chalmers, Lennox, Auld. Substitute. Gallacher
Scorer McBride 2 (18 pen), (88)
Referee: J W Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
