| Match Pictures | Matches: 1978-79 Pictures | 1978 – 1979 |
Trivia
- Back in comes Murdo MacLeod after the League Cup tie. Geortge McCluskey is preferred to Lennox and Filippi is back with McGrain given more time to fitness. Alfie Conn was expected to be back fit after recovering from a chest infection but failed to make it. Tommy Burns was out injured.
- Davie Provan and Murdo MacLeod score their first goals for Celtic.
- Hibs field their two Scandinavian loan players Sven Mathieson and Isaak Refvik.
- The Reserves finally came up with a win at Celtic Park overcoming Hibs 2-1 with Mackie and Conn scoring. The full team was Latchford, Sneddon, Russell, McGrain, Young, Dowie, Conn, Mackie, Newman, Ward, Halpin. David Young who had been the centre half triaslist for several previous Reserve games was signed.
- On the Sunday after this the Groundstaff boys won the International 5-a-side tournament in Fort William. The players were Charlie Nicholas, Hugh Ferry, Danny Crainie, Gerry Crawley, Willie McStay along with Packy Bonner.
Review
New Celts Davie Provan and Murdo MacLeod score two spectacular goals but the old failings in defence cost Celtic again in a wonderfully entertaining game.
Hutchinson scored first for Hibs when Edvaldsson and Baines got in a mix up over the ball and the Hibbee stole in.
Provan equalised with another powerful drive after wonderful control from McCluskey set him clear on the right.
MacLeod's goal came when Duncan handled in the area but Celtic were only awarded a corner. From the corner the ball was cleared but MacLeod battered in a shot from the edge of the area.
But Ralph Callachan equalised late on with another thunderbolt shot.
Filippi was injured and subbed by Jim Casey.
Roy Aitken's performance drew comparisons with Bobby Evans and if the young players like Provan, McCluskey, MacLeod and Aitken can improve together then the feeling is this Celtic side will be some team in the future.
Teams
Hibs:
McDonald, Duncan, Smith, Bremner, Fleming, McNamara, Mathieson, MacLeod, Refvik, Callachan, Hutchison. Subs: Higgins, Rae
Scorers: Hutchison (31), Callachan (83)
Celtic:
Baines, Filippi (Casey), Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Provan, MacLeod, McAdam, G McCluskey (Lennox), Doyle
Scorers: Provan (39), MacLeod (81)
Referee: T Muirhead (Stenhousemuir)
Attendance: 22,000
Articles
- Match Report(see below)
