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Trivia
- Celtic had returned from Kiev late on the Thursday afternoon. Bertie Auld nursed a foot swathed in an elastic bandage from an injury picked up in the European Cup game.
- Hibs had started the season well and were above Celtic in the table level on points with leaders Rangers.
- Bertie Auld recovered from his foot injury. The team was not named till just before the kick off and Jock Stein sent out the same eleven as had played in Kiev.
- A strong westerly wind blowing. Celtic won the toss and played with the wind first half.
- The Reserves won 2-1 at Easter Rd. with a team of Fallon, Shevlane, O'Neill, Hay, Connolly, Brogan, Gallacher, McBride, Quinn, McMahon, Connelly, Macari.
- This win put Celtic up to second in the table – 2 points behind Rangers
South of the border, ex-Celt Tommy Docherty, now manager for Chelsea, was suspended by the English FA for 28 days and promptly resigned as Chelsea manager. The punishment came from incidents during the club's pre-season tour of Bermuda.
Review
Driving force behind this win was Bobby Murdoch who scored two great goals with shots from outside the penalty area and generally drove the forwards on. His first goal sparked an all-out assault on the Hibs goal.
Only 1-0 up at half time from Murdoch's goal, the Bhoys came out for the second half looking for more and it took just three minutes before Wallace added a second. Johnstone then got a third before Murdoch added the fourth direct from a free kick.
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Lennox, Wallace, Auld, Hughes. Substitute: Chalmers
Scorers: Murdoch 2 (26, 65), Wallace (48), Johnstone (59). (The record books generally show this as Murdoch, Johnsone, Lennox)
Hibernian:
Allan, Duncan, Davis, Stanton, Madsen, McGraw, Scott, Quinn, Stein, Cormack, Stevenson Sub: O'Rourke
Scorers:
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 40,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
