| Match Pictures | Matches: 1969 – 1970 | 1969-70 Pictures |
Trivia
- Bobby Murdoch was out with a hip injury picked up at Ibrox against Rangers in the previous game. Luckily Jim Brogan was ready to go and came right in. Jim Craig was fit again and Davie Hay dropped out. Still no Jimmy Johnstone who was cooling his heels in the Reserves.
- At Starks Park in the Reserve League Cup Celtic defeated Raith Rovers 5-0. The Celtic scorers were Quinn 2, Johnstone, Dalglish and Macari from a team of Simpson, McGrain, Gorman, Dalglish, Cattanach, Callaghan, Johnstone, Macari, Quinn, Davidson, Wilson with Billy Murdoch as sub.
Outside of football, British troops were deployed to Northern Ireland after sectarian violence and tension in the province.
Review
Celtic picked up five goals against Raith Rovers and the sdtage was set for the game against Rangers at Celtic Park.
The game was pretty much in the bag after 17 minutes with goals from Willie Wallace with an opportunistic goalmouth melee, Harry Hood with a great shot and Billy McNeill with a shot from a Harry Hood rebound. Raith were never in it after that opening spree and the Bhoys coasted through the second half adding two further goals from Wallace and Hughes.
Airdrie 0-3 Rangers
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Rangers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Celtic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Airdrie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Raith Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Teams
Celtic
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Brogan, McNeill, Clark, Connelly, Hood (Chalmers), Wallace, Lennox, Hughes.
Scorers: Wallace 2 (9, 63), Hood (15), McNeill (16), Hughes (80)
Raith Rovers
Reid, Hislop, Gray, D. Millar, Polland, Davidson, Wilson, A.Millar, Wallace, Sinclair, Sneddon Sub Watt
Scorers:
Referee: R.D. Henderson (Dundee)
Attendance: 37,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
