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Trivia
- The Scotland U-23 squad was announced. Surprisingly there were no Celts in it because of the meeting with Basle clashing with the U-23 game. But there was an ex-Celt in Bobby Prentice released on a free at the beginning of the season and picked up by Hearts.
- Bobby Lennox and Billy McNeill both underwent intensive treatment to overcome injuries after the Stirling Albion game the previous weekend.
- Manchester Utd announced that they were no longer interested in signing Davie Hay.
- Celtic signed Jimmy Bone from Sheffield Utd for £25,000 on 18th February. The ex-Partick Thistle striker had been south of the border for 2 years with Norwich and Utd.
- An incredible crowd of 48,554 turn out at Easter Road to watch a classic encounter.The match was not all-ticket and pay-at-the-turnstile first come first served basis.
- Hibs has Scottish record signing £120,000 Joe Harper on the bench and Celtic had new £25,000 striker Jimmy Bone on the bench also.
- In the Reserves game at Celtic Park the team of Connaghan, Quinn, McAleer, McNamara, MacDonald, Welsh, Johnstone, Ritchie, Davidson, Callaghan, Lynch, subs O'Hara, McCool drew 1-1 with Hibs Reserves.
Review
With the game delicately poised at 2-2 it was Paul Wilson who was Celtic's hero with an opportunist second half goal.
Hibs had put a great deal into the game but ran out of steam after Wilson's goal.
Deans, as always the hammer of the Hibs, scored in the first minute and the last minute.
Dalglish was the best man on the park with his touch and movement. Celtic fans sing in his honour – 'Kenny…Kenny Dalglish…everyone knows his name !' to the tune of the popular kids show Rupert the Bear !
The media comment that 9 in a row is a formality. Best Celts on the day were the forward threesome of Dalglish, Deans and Wilson.
At the end of the month the table looked like this.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 36 |
| Hibernian | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 31 |
| Rangers | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 28 |
| Ayr Utd | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 28 |
| Aberdeen | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 25 |
| Hearts | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 25 |
| Dundee | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 24 |
Teams
Hibernian:
McArthur, Spalding, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Edwards, O'Rourke, Gordon, Cropley, Duncan. Subs: Harper, Bremner.
Scorers: Duncan (23), O'Rourke (53)
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Connelly, McNeill, Hay, Hood, Murray, Deans, Dalglish, Wilson. Substitutes: McCluskey, Bone
Scorers: Deans 2 (1, 89), Dalglish (37), Wilson (62)
Referee: A McKenzie (Larbert)
Attendance: 48,554
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- Match Report (see end of page below)
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