| Match Pictures | Matches: 1975 – 1976 | 1975-76 Pictures |
Trivia
- Johnny Doyle's injury sustained in the game against Dundee proved to be ligament damage and he would be out for at least 10 days. Also out with knee ligament injury was Jim Casey.
- Jimmy Smith, the loanee from Newcastle Utd, returned to Newcastle with a knee injury having played one game against Dundee Reserves.
- Dixie Deans and Bobby Lennox both returned from injury
- On the same day Celtic defeated Motherwell 1-0 in a Reserve League match at Fir Park. The Celtic team was Hunter, Gourlay, Baillie, McGrane, Newman, Innes, Ritchie, O'Donnell, McCluskey, Hannah, Burns. Subs McLean and Little. The Celtic scorer was Hannah.
Review
Celtic blitzed Motherwell with four first half goals. They elected to play into a strong wind and used the elements to their adavantage.
Dalglish set them on their way after a lung bursting run and his second goal was sublime when he beat Miller and McLaren on the bye line to shoot home from a tight angle.
Roddy MacDonald was played up front again in an emergency.
Still nip and tuck at the top of the Premier Division.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 42 |
| Rangers | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 41 |
| Hibernian | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 34 |
| Motherwell | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 33 |
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Aitken, Edvaldsson, Lynch, McNamara, P McCluskey, Dalglish, Deans, MacDonald (Wilson), Lennox. Sub: Callaghan
Scorers: Dalglish 2 (15, 34), Deans (25), Lennox (39)
Motherwell:
Rennie, W Watson, McLaren, Stevens, Wark, Millar (Gardner), R watson, Davidson, Pettigrew, Graham, Marinello (McAdam)
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 29,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
