Match Pictures | Matches: 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures |
Trivia
- Bobby Lennox still had not recovered from his ankle injury. Murdock moved back to right half, Bertie Auld started and John Clark missed out.
- On the same day Celtic Reserves played away to Partick Thistle Reserves and lost 3-1. The Celtic scorer was Callaghan. The team was Wraith, McGrain, O'Neill, Dalglish, Connelly, Clark, Wilson, Gallacher, Callaghan, Macari, J Clarke.
- Harry Hood was signed the next day from Clyde for £40,000
Review
Celtic won with the only goal of the game scored by John Hughes just before half time.
Celtic were somewhat subdued but Thistle were even slower to the ball producing a game in which Celtic were dominant but toothless with crosses and corners failing to be taken advantage of.
Teams
Celtic
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Chalmers, Wallace, Auld, Hughes. Substitute: Hay
Scorer: Hughes (42)
Partick Thistle
Ritchie, Gray, McLindon, McParland, McKinnon, O'Neill, Coulston, Hansen, Flanagan, Bone, Duncan Sub Cunningham
Scorers:
Referee: S. Anderson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 29,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)