| Match Pictures | Matches: 1967 – 1968 | 1967-68 Pictures |
Trivia
- The first game of the season.
- Admission to the terracing for the new season is now 5 shillings (25 pence). The main change in the rules for the season was that goalkeepers now had to get rid of the ball within four steps.
- Joe McBride was still trying to make his comeback. He had been stopped from training too much in pre-season. He did not appear in the pre-season Friendly at Hampden against Tottenham and made a comeback in a reserve friendly against Cowdenbeath drawing 1-1 with a team of Fallon, Shevlane, O’Neill, Murdoch, Connelly, Cattanach, Gallacher, Chalmers (Quinn), Wallace (McBride), McMahon, Hughes.
- There had been 3 full practice matches before 9/8/67, behind closed doors, not at Parkhead or Barrowfield, players won’t know when or where until they report for training (Press & Journal, 2/8/67). This included a 2-1 win for Albion Rovers(!) v Celtic on 3 August 1967.
- In the Reserve League Cup on the same day Celtic lost 4-2 to Dundee United at Tannadice. The Celtic scorers were McMahon and Macari.
- Celtic announce that they will donate £1000 to the charity Oxfam in view of winning the European Cup and will make further donations to local charities.
- Celtic play in change strip of all green.
- The European Cup was paraded round the ground at half time to huge acclaim.
- Jock Stein played the Lisbon Lions team. Dundee Utd were the only team to beat Celtic twice the previous season
Review
A very tight game for Celtic. Celtic did everything but put the ball in the net for 89 minutes. Shots rained in on the Dundee Utd goal from all angles and directions but somehow they were kept out. The last gasp winner came from Jimmy Johnstone and was made by some neat play and thought from Bertie Auld.
In a tight League Cup group the other game went to a 1-1 draw.
Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dundee Utd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Teams
Celtic
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox Substitute: Hughes
Scorer Johnstone (90)
Dundee United
Mackay, T. Millar, Briggs, J. Millar, Smith, Wood, Berg, Gillespie, Hainey, Graham, Wilson Sub: Mitchell
Referee: A.F.J. Webster (Falkirk)
Attendance: 54,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
