| Match Pictures | Matches: 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures |
Trivia
- Johnstone, Callaghan and Wallace were restored to the front line with Murdoch dropping back to right half, Connelly dropping out and Chalmers on the bench
- Celtic, 2-1 down after 74 minutes, sensationally bang in four goals in the last 16 minutes.
- Ex-Celt Joe McBride played for Hibs after his recent move from Celtic – and scored.
- The Reserves played Hibs Reserves with a team of Wraith, McGrain, Gorman, Dalglish, Connelly, J Clark, Macari, McMahon, Quinn, Hay, Auld. They won 1-0 with Davie Hay getting the goal.
Review
When Joe Davis put Hibs 2-1 ahead with a penalty in the 74th minute no one in Easter Road could have imagined the outcome.
Gemmell had given the Bhoys the lead with a penalty which was cancelled out by McBride with a header and it was all square at half time.
When Davis put away the penalty Celtic went up two gears with a devastating spell of four goals in only five minutes.Hibs buckled under the Celtic pressure and this was a capable team with Stanton, O'Rourke and Cormack in it.
Press reports now describe Celtic as one the best sides of all time.
At the end of the month the League table looked like this:
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 22 |
| Dundee Utd | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 20 |
| St Mirren | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| Dunfermiline | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 18 |
| Kilmarnock | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 17 |
| Rangers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 |
Teams
Hibernian:
Wilson Shevlane Davis Cousin Stanton O'Rourke Scott Quinn McBride Cormack Stevenson
Scorers: McBride (23) Davis (pen 74).
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Callaghan, Wallace (Chalmers), Lennox, Hughes
Scorers: Gemmell (pen 8), McNeill (79), Hughes 2 (80, 84), Lennox (82)
Referee: R C Greenlees (Lochgelly)
Attendance: 34,988
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
