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Trivia
- Given the run outs the returning first team players were given in the Reserve match speculation was that Gemmell and Hughes would return.
- Harry Hood scores a hat trick.
- On the previous night at Celtic Park Celtic Reserves beat Motherwell Reserves 5-3. This was a chance to get Celtic’s returning first team players back in action again. The Celtic scorers were Brogan, Dalglish, Hughes, Davidson and Chalmers. The Celtic team was Lally, Gemmell, Brogan, Dalglish, McGrain, Clark, Wilson, Davidson, Chalmers, Auld, Hughes Sub White
Review
This game was played in monsoon conditions with a ‘lake’ down the main stand touch line.
The conditions were not a leveller and Celtic mastered the elements and their opponents.
In form Hood cracked in an impressive hat trick and with Murdoch and Johnstone on form it proved that talent will come out on top in any conditions. Hood completed his hatrick with a penalty after Jimmy Johnstone was brought down in the area.
Johnstone’s dribbling talents were especially impressive on the sodden turf.
At the end of the month Celtic stood at the top of the table 2 points clear from nearest rivals Aberdeen
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 18 |
| Aberdeen | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 16 |
| Rangers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 13 |
| St Johnstone | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 |
| Motherwell | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 |
| Airdrie | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 10 |
| Morton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Teams
Motherwell
McRae, Whiteford, Wark, Forsyth, McCallum, Donnelly, McInally, Watson (W Campbell), Deans, Muir, Herron
Scorers:
Celtic
Williams, Craig, Hay, Murdoch, McNeill, Cattanach, Johnstone, Hood (Macari 53), Wallace, Connelly, Lennox.
Scorers: Hood 2 (18, 37 pen, 52), Connelly (47), Johnstone (86)
Referee: W. Mullen (Dalkeith)
Attendance: 13,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
