| Match Pictures | Matches: 1970 – 1971 | 1970-1971 Pictures |
Trivia
- Jimmy Johnstone was back fit and reinstated at outside right. Also back in came John Hughes at outside left, with Wallace and Callaghan missing out. Lou Macari was again on the bench.
- Stein concerned with Celtic's indifferent form. At times they were marvellous and at times careless.
- Payment at the gate for the new season for the terracing is 6 shillings (30p).
- On the previous day in the Reserve League Cup Celtic drew 1-1 with Hearts at Tynecastle. The Celtic scorer was Hall.
Review
Hearts kicked off and Celtic scored within 30 seconds with a magnificent goal when Hay, Hood, Johnstone and Murdoch all combined with precision passing and movement to send Hughes clear and big Yogi scored with a fine shot.
Hearts fought back well with wingers Jensen and Lynch so influential that Stein was forced to switch Hay and Gemmell to cope with them.
Celtic fought back as Hearts drew level with another Hegarty goal and Connelly scored with a powerful right foot shot.
At 3-2 Hearts were still in it but Macari's fine late header made the game safe. Macari who came on as a sub always looked dangerous.
Dundee Utd 1 – 1 Clyde
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| Dundee Utd | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Clyde | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | `0 | 4 |
| Hearts | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Teams
Celtic
Williams, Hay, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Connelly, Lennox (Macari 72), Hughes.
Scorers Hughes 2 (30 secs, 67), Connelly (83), Macari (86)
Hearts
Cruickshank, Sneddon, Oliver, Veitch (Winchester), Thompson, Brown, Jensen, Clunie, Ford, Hegarty, Lynch
Scorer Hegarty 2 (16, 80)
Referee: A.F. Webster (Falkirk)
Attendance: 40,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
