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Trivia
- On the Tuesday night Jimmy Johnstone and Tommy Gemmell travelled south to play in Geoff Hurst's Testimonial as part of a World XI.
- Bobby Murdoch had been due to make a comeback but his toe injury flared up after training and he did not even make the Reserve game the night before. Dixie Deans did play in the Reserve game however along with Brogan, Tommy Gemmell and Bobby Lennox .
- Dixie Deans makes his debut and scores. Back in too was a recovered George Connelly. Out went Bobby Lennox and Jim Craig.
- Harry Hood scores directly from a corner.
- Celtic take their revenge for the recent LCF defeat to Thistle.
- On the same day Celtic Reserves lost 3-0 to Dumbarton in a Challenge match at Boghead. The Celtic team was Williams, McCluskey, Watt, McLaughlin, J. Davidson, McGrain, Hancock, Wilson, Franchetti, V. Davidson, White Subs Fallon and O'Hara.
Review
Celtic demolish Thistle with a ruthless performance at a packed Firhill taking revenge for the League Cup Final defeat.
Thistle Chairman Tom Reid praises the Celtic fans in the programme for staying behind at Hampden after the LCF and sportingly applaud the Thistle side receiving the cup.
Aberdeen lost at home to Hearts this weekend taking Celtic to the top of the League
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 23 |
| Aberdeen | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 22 |
| Hearts | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 18 |
| Rangers | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 16 |
| Dundee | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 16 |
| Hibernian | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 16 |
Teams
Partick:
Rough, Hansen, Forsyth, Glavin, Campbell, Strachan, McQuade, Coulston, Bone, Rae, Lawrie (Gibson).
Scorer: Bone (42)
Celtic:
Connaghan, Hay, Quinn, Callaghan, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Dalglish, Deans, Macari, Hood. Substitute: Brogan
Scorers: Hood (12), Johnstone (19), Dalglish (23), Strachan (OG 83), Deans (86)
Referee:
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
