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Trivia
- Jock Stein Celtic Testimonial
- Testimonial held for the greatest manager the game will ever see.
- All ticket game.
- Played at Celtic Park 14th August 1978 after the beginning of the 1978/79 season, KO 19:30 attendance 62,500
- Opposition included old prodigy Kenny Dalglish.
- Liverpool proudly parade the European Cup
- Dalglish given constant abuse by many Celtic fans throughout the 90 minutes.
- Danny McGrain’s signed shirt from the match was sold at Christies in 1998 for £276. [Chrisites]
Review
A huge crowd turned out in tribute to Jock Stein. Billy McNeill was still looking to judge his players and said this would be an ideal test. Danny McGrain was named as substitute after a year out with injury and tossed the coin with Dalglish, who was Liverpool captain for the night, before taking his seat on the bench.
Celtic started well and Tommy Burns scored with a flying header in 3 minutes but Tom McAdam was adjudged to have fouled Ray Clemence and the goal was disallowed.
Celtic took the lead in 22 minutes when Burns beat three men and was hauled down by Souness at the edge of the area. From the free kick Ronnie Glavin send a trade mark thunder bolt shot into the Liverpool net.
The Reds equalised when their new £300,000 left back Alan Kennedy ventured forward to take a Souness pass and score from a tight angle after rounding Latchford. Seven minutes later they took the lead when Conn lost possession to Ray Kennedy who sent Heighway clear down the left. Latchford saved his shot but Dalglish followed up to head in a simple goal.
Celtic equalised with a superb goal. Alan Sneddon crossed from the right wing and Andy Lynch’s dummy fooled the Liverpool defence and allowed Tom McAdam to fire home a thundering volley past Clemence.
Dalglish had the last say in proceedings in 56 minutes when he took a pass from McDermott, changed feet and sent a shot flashing past the diving Latchford.
Celtic pressed to the end but found the Liverpool offside trap most frustrating to beat. With 10 minutes remaining McGrain came on for Glavin and played out the game in an unusual midfield role.
‘The thunder of applause which greeted the big man (Stein) swelled to almost hysterical adulation as he was joined on the field by the Lisbon Lions, the eleven men who first brought the European Cup to Britain in 1967’
Glasgow Herald 15 August 1978.
‘I was most impressed with Celtic we know thay had a bad season last year but I was most impressed with them tonight’
Liverpool captain Emlyn Hughes.
‘We were delighted to see such a huge crowd for the occasion. It was wonderful for Liverpool to come here and pay tribute to our former manager’ Celtic chairman Desmond White.
‘It was a marvellous night and great to see a crowd like that back at the ground. It’s along time since we have had that kind of attendance. We played well but Liverpool are a fine side. The fact that they came to play here is a real tribute to us’
Jock Stein
Teams
CELTIC:
Latchford, Sneddon, Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Conn, Glavin (McGrain), McAdam, Burns, Wilson (Doyle)
Substitutes: Filippi, Baines, Casey.
CELTIC SCORERS: Glavin (21), McAdam (44)
LIVERPOOL:
Clemence, Neal, A. Kennedy, Thompson, R. Kennedy, Hughes, Dalglish, Case, Heighway, McDermott, Souness
Substitutes: Fairclough, Hansen, Jones
LIVERPOOL SCORERS: Kennedy (32), Dalglish 2 (40, 55)
REFEREE: Brian McGinlay
KO: 19:30
Att: 62,000
Articles
- Match Report(see below)
Pictures
Links
KDS
Articles
Evening Times 14th August 1978
Evening Times 15th August 1978
Daily Record 15th August 1978
