| Match Pictures | Matches: 1976 – 1977 | 1976-77 Pictures |
Trivia
- The second leg. Celtic held a 1-0 draw from the first leg at Cliftonhill.
- A revamped side saw Connaghan in goal with Edvaldsson and Callaghan in the midfield and Wilson and Lennox up front. Stanton and Craig were ineligible. George McCluskey was due to play but picked up an injury in a Reserve match which ruled him out.
- Celtic win 6-0 on aggregate. They will now play Hearts in the semi final, their 13th consecutive League Cup semi final appearance.
- On the Saturday after this game, which was a League-free Saturday due to the World Cup qualifier against Czechoslovakia, Celtic lost 4-1 to Partick Thistle in a Reserve League game at Firhill. The Celtic team was Barclay, Gourlay, Hannah, Edvaldsson, McGrane, P. McCluskey, McLaughlin, Ritchie, Henderson, Innes, J. McCluskey. Subs Casey and Mackie. The Celtic scorer was Henderson.
- Celtic had five players away with the Scotland squads; McGrain, Dalglish and Stanton with the senior squad and Aitken and Burns with the U21s
Review
Only 7000 turn out on a horrible night of wind and rain. Dalglish and Doyle do the damage with all the goals.
It took Celtic a while to get going and in the opening period Albion Rovers had a good few chances.
In the second half Rovers ran out of puff and were pinned back by Celtic.
Teams
| Celtic: Connaghan, McGrain (Aitken), Lynch, Edvaldsson, MacDonald, Callaghan, Doyle ,Glavin, Wilson (Henderson), Dalglish, Lennox |
| Celtic scorers: Dalglish 3 (36, 44, pen 66) Doyle 2 (87, 89) |
| Albion Rovers: Thomson, McConville, McCue, Franchetti, Shields, I Doherty, Sermani, McGuigan, Brogan, Main, MuldoonSubs: Docherty, Coughlin |
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 7,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
