| Match Pictures | Matches: 1973 – 1974 | 1973-74 Pictures |
Trivia
- McNeill was named in the squad for the game but in the end Roddy MacDonald makes his league debut.Brogan who was a mysterious absentee from the last game against Vejle returned. Callaghan dropped to the bench and Hood was dropped. Bobby Lennox was out with an ankle injury.
- Hearts had two ex-Celts in their line up – both had been signed and never played for Celtic first team – Kenny Aird and Bobby Prentice. They were the early runners in the League and sttod at the top.
- This win takes Celtic level with Hearts.
Review
A large crowd turned out on a fine autumnal day to watch two in form teams.
19 years old MacDonald replaced the injured McNeill at centre half and had an excellent game marking Drew Busby out of the game.
Celtic's three goals were superb. Connelly opened the scoring in 7 minutes when he scored with a glorious 30 yard shot. Dalglish raced through the Hearts' defence to score with aplomb for the second and he added the third with a twisting header just before half time.
Celtic played out the second half comfortably.
At the end of the month the table looked like this.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 13 |
| Hearts | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 13 |
| Ayr Utd | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 12 |
| Aberdeen | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 |
| Dundee Utd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -+2 | 10 |
| Hibernian | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 10 |
Teams
Hearts:
Garland, Sneddon, Clunie, Cant, Anderson, Jefferies, Aird, Busby, Ford, Stevenson, Prentice. Subs: Park, Brown
Scorer: Ford (56)
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, McCluskey, MacDonald, Connelly, Johnstone, Murray, Deans, Hay, Dalglish. Subs: Wilson, Callaghan
Scorers: Connelly (7), Dalglish 2 (29, 44)
Referee:
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (See below)
