| Match Pictures | Matches: 1975 – 1976 | 1975-1976 Pictures |
Trivia
- This was Sean Fallon's last game as caretaker manager in Jock Stein's absence.
- The last competitive game of the season. And injuries. Andy Lynch had a thigh muscle strain, Johnny Doyle had a recurrence of his knee trouble, and McGrain and Dalglish were away with Scotland.
- Pat McCluskey captained the team in the absence of Dalglish
- Despite the low crowd trouble broke out in the covered enclosure.
- Jock Stein had a medical in Manchester which cleared him to take up the reins of power again.
Review
Kenny Dalglish and Danny McGrain were withdrawn to go to he Scotland training camp for the home internationals. Fallon fielded another inexperienced team and lost narrowly.
Tommy Callaghan diverted a Jimmy Brown shot past Latchford. Deans limped off early in the second half to be replaced by Paul Wilson.
There was no segregation in the covered enclosure and serious crowd trouble broke out even although the attendance was a lowly 9000.
Hearts fans stayed at the end to acclaim their players who had lost to Rangers at Hampden the previous Saturday in the Scottish cup final.
Teams
| Hearts: Cruikshank, Brown, Burrell, Jeffries, Gallacher, Kay, Aird, Busby, Shaw, Callachan, Prentice Subs: Park Fraser |
| Scorer: Brown (52) |
| Celtic: Latchford, P McCluskey, Callaghan, McNamara, Aitken, MacDonald, Lennox, Ritchie, Deans (Wilson), Edvaldsson (Hannah), Burns |
Referee: J Paterson (Bothwell)
Attendance: 9,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)