1970-03-28: Heart of Midlothian 0-0 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Celtic clinch their 5th consecutive title under Stein.
  • Fans celebrate but not in usual manner as they anticipate the European Cup semi final against Leeds United.
  • First leg game on Wednesday looms on the horizon.
  • Murdoch captain in place of injured McNeill. Johnstone, Hughes and Auld all rested for the forthcoming Leeds EC semi final ties.
  • Jim Cruickshank made outstanding penalty save from Gemmell in 50th minute.
  • Jim Townsend ordered off.
  • On the previous night Celtic defeated Motherwell 6-1 at Celtic Park in the Reserve League. The Celtic team was Fallon, McGrain, Gorman, Dalglish, Davidson (J), Cattanach, Sloan, Callaghan, Quinn, Macari, Wilson. The Celtic scorers were Macari 3, Callaghan 2 and Dalglish.

Review

Hearts battle hard for a point with 10 men but Celtic get the point they need for 5 in a row.

Teams

Hearts:
Cruikshank, Clunie, Oliver, Veitch, Anderson, Thomson, Traynor, Winchester, Irvine, Townsend, Moller (Ford).

Celtic:
Williams, Hay, Gemmell, Murdoch, Connelly, Brogan, Callaghan, Wallace, Quinn (Hood 62), Macari, Lennox .

Referee
: Webster
Attendance: 26,000.

Articles

  • Match Report(see below)

Pictures

Articles

1970 Hearts 0-0 Celtic report

Celtic champions 1970