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Trivia
- Bobby Murdoch and Jim Brogan both picked up injuries in the previous Rangers game. Davie Hay moved forward to cover for Bobby and Danny McGrain and Tommy Gemmell took over as full backs.
- Future Celts Joe Filippi and Johnny Doyle play for Ayr.
- Celtic brought their final game of the League Cup Group Stage forward because of the Friendly against Nacional. Celtic qualify from the group and will meet Clydebank in the quarter finals.
- Low crowd of 16,500 is blamed on the prospect of world club champions Nacional coming to Parkhead 48 hours later.
- Celtic were seeking offeres from other clubs for David Cattanach and Jimmy Quinn. Also Hearts had been sniffing around with a view to taking Willie Wallace back to Tynecastle.
- Celtic reserves beat Rangers 2-0 at Ibrox. Davidson and Wallace were the scorers. : Celtic team – Marshall McCluskey Watt Wallace Craig Cattanach Hancock Davidson Chalmers Mitchell White. Sub: Wilson.
Review
Johnstone was on top form and had one of those games which had the fans in rapture with his dribbling and running.
Connelly impressed also with his calm play and superb range of passing.
Ayr's John Doyle scored the goal of the game after beating four men in a great run and scoring from close range.
Played on the Wednesday Morton 0 – 1 Rangers
Final Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| Morton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Ayr Utd | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, McGrain, Gemmell, Hay, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Lennox, Dalglish (Hood), Callaghan, Macari
Scorers: Lennox (4),Macari (43), Dalglish (53), Hay (85)
Ayr:
Stewart, Fillippi, Murphy, Quin, McAleer, Mitchell, McGovern, McGregor, Ingram (Rough), Campbell, Doyle
Scorer: Doyle 44
Referee:
Attendance: 16,500
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