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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)
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