| Match Pictures | Matches: 1974 – 1975 | 1974-1975 Pictures |
Trivia
- Celtic play in an all green change strip.
- Dalglish is Celtic captain for the first time.
- Brian McLaughlin returned to team for his first appearance of the season with the first team when he came on for Wilson. The previous season saw him sustain a serious knee injury and since returning he had mainly turned out for the Reserves and in Friendlies.
- Also in was Roddie MacDonald and Billy McNeill left out with a view to the following season; and Dixie Deans returned to the front line.
- On the Thursday prior to this game Celtic defeated Dundee Utd 4-2 in the Reserve League. The Celtic team was Barclay, Brogan, Lynch, McLaughlin, MacDonald, Connelly, Ritchie, Johnstone, Deans, Casey, Burns Subs Murphy and Hannah. The Celtic scorers were McLaughlin 2, Deans and Kopel o.g. Jimmy Johnstone and Jim Brogan were both injured in this game.
- L'Escargot won the Grand National on this day.
- The other Scottish Cup semi final at Hampden had to go to a replay after Airdrie and Motherwell drew one apiece.
Review
Dull end of season game sees Danny McGrain having the misfortune to score an own goal.
Paul Wilson scored after five minutes as Celtic started brightly. Then controversy as Baines took a high ball from Connelly with his feet over the line. Deans shoulder charged him and nipped the ball in when he dropped it. Result: foul on the keeper. As Wilson faded and the Morton defense began to cope better and Celtic failed to string passes together the game lost it's edge.
The rest of the game following Danny McGrain's own goal failed to light up and the draw was played out.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, McCluskey, Glavin, MacDonald, Connelly, Hood, Dalglish, Deans (Callaghan 62), Lennox, Wilson (McLaughlin 79)
Scorer: Wilson (6)
Morton:
Baines, Hayes, McNeill, Thomson, Anderson, Townsend, Reid, Lumsden, Osborne, Harley, Taylor (Flaherty). Sub: Skovdam
Scorer: McGrain OG 50
Referee: R Marshall (Clydebank)
Attendance: 13,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
