| Match Pictures | Matches: 1973 – 1974 |
Trivia
- Celtic came out wearing a brand new jersey which they never ever wore again, see below pic shirt with the collar.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that Rangers have dropped their appeal to have a) all of the disaster fund amounting to £358,000, or b) the £50,000 (approx. 14% of the total) they had paid into The Lord Provost’s Ibrox Disaster Fund, used as part of any potential damages awarded against them. LINK
- The papers continued to be alive with speculation on the transfer of Davie Hay with one saying that he had been transferred for £250,000. Despite being on the transfer list Jock Stein continued to have faith in the Quiet Assassin and played him as a regular.
- An unchanged side for Celtic from the one that had faced Dunfermiline on the opening League game of the season.
- The 8th successive League flag is unfurled by Mrs Stein at Celtic Park in front of a rapturous crowd.
- The Scottish League allows every Celtic player to wear the number 8 shorts in recognition of the feat.
- Young Brian McLaughlin suffers a horrendous injury after a bad tackle from Clyde’s Willie McVie.
- Actor John Cairney’s cousin, Phil, is in goals for Clyde.
- Jimmy Johnstone makes an appearance as sub the first since his sending off the previous month against Rangers.
- The reserves had played on the Wednesday night with a team of Williams, McCluskey, Quinn, Murdoch, MacDonald, Callaghan, Johnstone, Vic Davidson, Deans, Lynch, Wilson. Vic Davidson was making a start having been out for all season so far following a training ground injury.
- Two Peruvians were due to come to Celtic Park as trialists for a month. They were Willie Quisandria and Eladio Reyes and played for Municipal Lima. They had been on tour in Europe and had been seen in Switzerland.
Review
Celtic fans turn out in force to cheer the new league flag and Celtic don’t disappoint. Clyde sportingly applauded Celtic on to the field and they had no answer to the running and sharpness of Bobby Lennox. Danny McGrain got in the act with a fine goal after substitute Jimmy Johnstone had created it with a run and cut back. The only down side was the bad injury received by young McLaughlin after a horrendous tackle by McVie.
The Celtic fans sang ‘eight in a row, eight in a row, hello ! hello !’ throughout the game.
Teams
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Murray, McNeill, Connelly, McLaughlin (Johnstone), Hood (Wilson), Dalglish, Hay, Lennox.
Scorers: Lennox 3 (3 pen) 40, 84, Dalglish (8), McGrain (78)
Clyde:
Cairney, McHugh, Swan, Beattie, McVie, Aherne, Sullivan, Burns, Gillespie, McGrain, Miller. Subs: Boyle, McGoldrick
Goals:
Referee: I D F Foote (Glasgow)
Attendance: 25,000
Articles
- Match Report (See below)
