Match Pictures | Matches: 1970 – 1971 | 1970-1971 Pictures |
Trivia
- This is the opening day of the Scottish season.
- Fans complain to the BBC over the poor quality footage of this game on the Sportreel programme on Saturday night.
- The Reserves played Hearts Reserves in the Reserve League Cup with a team of Williams, McCluskey, Gorman, Dalglish, McGrain, Cattanach, Wilson, Davidson, Chalmers, Macari, Callaghan and Ward White as sub.
Review
Hearts make Celtic fight all the way at sunny Tynecastle. Both Hearts full backs were booked in the first half.
Referee Paterson was treated by both trainers in the second half for a leg injury
Johnstone grabs the winner in 78 minutes but Celtic escape when Hegarty hits the bar with a header in the last minute.
Clyde 1-1 Dundee Utd
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Clyde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee Utd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Teams
Hearts –
Cruickshank, Sneddon, Oliver, Veitch, Anderson, Wood, Ford, Clunie, Winchester (Hegarty), Fleming, Lynch.
Scorers: Hegarty (72)
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Connelly, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Lennox, Hood, Hay, Hughes . Substitute:Wallace
Scorers: Hughes (36), Johnstone (76)
Referee: Mr J.M. Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 36,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)