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Trivia
- A crucial game for Celtic after a series of rather poor showings. No team was announced till just before kick off. Brogan and Dalglish were still definetly out both carrying injuries.
- When the team was announced the only change was Bobby Murdoch coming back in at wing half and Jim Craig dropping to the bench.
- Bertie Auld impresses against his old club in front of a great crowd of 41,000.
Review
The kick off was delayed for seven minutes to allow the crowd at the tunstiles to get in. There was also fighting on the terraces before kick off and this continued at the half time break.
This was a tight and tense game as one might imagine from two teams at the top of the division. Hibs were tight but lacked a forward capable to doing the business despite the efforts of Bertie Auld to force on the younger forwards.
Macari won the game for Celtic with a great opportunist goal after a mistake by Blackley allowed him a sight of goal.
McNeill, Hay and Connelly were solid when Hibs' attacked.
Teams
Hibernian:
Herriot, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Duncan, Hamilton, Hazel, Auld, Cropley. Sub: O'Rourke
Goals:
Celtic:
Williams, Hay, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Lennox, Hood, Macari, Callaghan. Substitute: Craig
Goal: Macari (71)
Referee:A F MacDonald (Livingstone)
Attendance: 41,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
