| Match Pictures | Matches: 1976-77 Pictures | 1976 – 1977 |
Trivia
- Back in came Lynch (fit again after 'flu) and MacDonald (finally recovered from thigh muscle tear) with Burns and Edvaldsson dropping to the bench. Also back from international duty was Roy Aitken.
- Donald Park ordered off in 77 minutes.
- Hearts are now destined for relegation for the first time in their history.
- Highlights were shown on Sportscene that night.
- Red Rum wins the Grand National at Aintree.
- On the 1st April ex-Celt Billy McNeill was appointed manager of Clyde. From the high days of the early 60's the fortunes at Clyde had fallen so that they now found themselves mid table in the third tier of the Scottish game.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated St Mirren 6-0 at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Latchford, Gourlay, Innes, McLaughlin, McGrane, P. McCluskey, Gibson, Henderson, Wilson, Hannah, Lennox Subs Temperley and Barclay. The Celtic scorers were Henderson 3, McLaughlin, Lennox and Hannah.
Review
Hearts are now a fraction from their first ever relegation. Celtic attacked constantly and could have scored more.
Aitken opened the scoring when a corner failed to be punched clear enough and Aitken shot home. Hearts huffed and puffed but came to nothing and on the half hour Joe Craig put Celtic further ahead. Glavin's goal in the second half rounded it off after a fine move by Dalglish and Doyle.
Celtic need only four points from their next seven games to lift the title.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 45 |
| Dundee Utd | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 37 |
| Rangers | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 36 |
| Aberdeen | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 35 |
| Hibernian | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 29 |
Teams
Hearts:
Cruickshank, Kay, Burrell, Fraser, Gallacher, Clunie, Park, Bannon (Aird), Shaw, Busby, Robertson (Prentice).
Celtic:
Baines, McGrain, Lynch, Stanton, MacDonald, Aitken,Doyle (Burns 80), Glavin, Craig (Edvaldsson 80), Dalglish, Conn.
Scorers: Aitken (10), Craig (28), Glavin (46)
Referee: R B Valentine (dundee)
Attendance: 17,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
