1979-05-16: Rangers 3-1 Celtic, Glasgow Cup Final

• The Reserve sides turn out on the Wednesday night for the final of this rapidly diminished competition. Rangers senior team were contesting the Scottish Cup replay at Hampden on the same night to another replay against Hibernian.
• This game was played at Ibrox which was in the process of being rebuilt.
• Ronnie Glavin pulls on the hoops for the last time at centre forward.
• Joe Filippi's last game for Celtic.

Celtic blew it with a poor start but made a fight of it against much more experienced opposition.They allowed Forsyth to centre, Morris to head on and MacDonald to head past Pat Bonner. A minute later David Young pulled down Strickland in the box and Forsyth scored from the spot. Celtic pulled themselves back together after this early setback and Jim Casey scored a decent goal with a fine shot from 20 yards. After 61 minutes Strickland clinched it beyond doubt for the auld foe.

Kennedy, McLaren, A Forsyth, Denny (Dalziel), Richardson, Watson, McKay, Strickland, Morris, Armour, J MacDonald. Subs: C Robertson
Goals: J MacDonald (3), A Forsyth (pen 4), Strickland (61)

Celtic
Bonner, Filippi, Sneddon, Lumsden (Reid), Young, Duffy, Mackie, Weir (Halpin), Glavin, Casey, Lennox.
Goals: Casey (26)

Referee: K J Hope (Glasgow)
Att: 2,000

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