| Date | Competition | Home Team | Score | Score | Away Team | Report | Pictures | Notes |
| JAN | Weather played havoc with the Scottish fixture list at the start of 1979 |
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| 16th |
Friendly |
Estoril |
0 |
4 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
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| 23rd |
Friendly |
Clyde |
0 |
3 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
|
| 24th |
Friendly |
Queen of the South |
0 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
|
| 31st |
Scottish Cup 3rd Rd | Montrose |
2 |
4 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| FEB | ||||||||
| 26th |
Scottish Cup 4th Rd |
Celtic |
3 |
0 |
Berwick Rangers |
Report | Pictures | |
| 28th |
Friendly |
Stirling Albion |
1 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
McAdam scored for Celtic; Kerr for Stirling Albion. |
| MAR | ||||||||
| 3rd |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
1 |
0 |
Aberdeen |
Report | Pictures | |
| 10th |
Scottish Cup 5th Rd |
Aberdeen |
1 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | Roy Baines transferred to Morton |
| 14th |
Scottish Cup 5th Rd Replay |
Celtic |
1 |
2 |
Aberdeen |
Report | Pictures | |
| 17th |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
2 |
1 |
Motherwell |
Report | Pictures | Debut for Pat Bonner |
| 28th |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
3 |
0 |
Morton |
Report | Pictures | |
| 31st |
Premier Division |
Hibernian |
2 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | Vic Davidson brought back from Blackpool for £30,000 |
| APR | ||||||||
| 4th |
Premier Division |
Motherwell |
3 |
4 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 7th |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
2 |
0 |
Partick Thistle |
Report | Pictures | |
| 11th | Premier Division | Dundee United |
2 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 14th |
Premier Division |
St Mirren |
0 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 18th |
Premier Division |
Heart of Midlothian | 0 |
3 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 21st |
Premier Division | Aberdeen | 1 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 25th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
2 |
1 |
St Mirren |
Report | Pictures | |
| 28th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
2 |
1 |
Dundee United |
Report | Pictures | Alfie Conn and Ronnie Glavin on the transfer list |
| MAY | John McCluskey retired |
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| 2nd |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
3 |
1 |
Hibernian |
Report | Pictures | |
| 5th |
Premier Division |
Rangers |
1 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 7th |
Premier Division |
Partick Thistle |
1 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 8th |
Glasgow Cup SF |
Celtic |
3 |
2 |
Clyde |
Report |
Pictures |
|
| 11th |
Premier Division |
St Mirren |
0 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 14th |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
1 |
0 |
Heart of Midlothian | Report | Pictures | |
| 16th |
Glasgow Cup Final |
Rangers |
3 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
Played at Ibrox |
| 21st |
Premier Division |
Celtic |
4 |
2 |
Rangers |
Report | Pictures | League Champions – Ten Men Won The League |
| Bobby Lennox, the last Lisbon Lion retired from playing |
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| Brian Coyne, John Dowie, Bernie Godzik, Billy Russell and Robert Ward all released |
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| Season Review | ||||||||
| Statistics 1978-79 | ||||||||
| League Table 1978-79 | ||||||||
| Scottish Cup 1978-79 | ||||||||
| League Cup 1978-79 | ||||||||
| Celtic Team Line-Up 1979-80 | ||||||||
| Ronnie Glavin goes to Barnsley for £50,000; Alfie Conn joins Derby County |
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| JUL |
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| 30 |
Drybrough Cup | Celtic |
5 |
0 |
Clydebank |
Report |
Pictures |
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| AUG | ||||||||
| 1st |
Drybrough Cup SF |
Celtic |
3 |
2 |
Dundee United |
Report |
Pictures |
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| 4th |
Drybrough Cup Final |
Celtic |
1 |
3 |
Rangers |
Report |
Pictures |
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| 8th |
Friendly |
Celtic |
6 |
1 |
China |
Report | Pictures | |
| 11th | Premier Division | Celtic | 3 |
2 |
Morton | Report | Pictures | |
| 14th |
Glasgow Cup |
Queens Park |
1 |
3 |
Celtic |
Report |
Pictures |
Charlie Nicholas makes his debut |
| 18th |
Premier Division | Rangers |
2 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 22nd |
Glasgow Cup |
Celtic |
3 |
0 |
Clyde |
Report |
Pictures |
Jim Duffy, Danny Crainie make their first appearances |
| 25th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
5 |
0 |
Kilmarnock |
Report | Pictures | |
| 29th |
League Cup | Falkirk | 1 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| SEP | ||||||||
| 1st |
League Cup | Celtic |
4 |
1 |
Falkirk |
Report | Pictures | |
| 8th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
2 |
2 |
Dundee United |
Report | Pictures | |
| 15th |
Premier Division | Hibernian |
1 |
3 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 19th |
European Cup 1st Rd |
Partizan Tirana | 1 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | 1st Leg |
| 22nd |
Premier Division | Aberdeen |
1 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 26th |
League Cup | Stirling Albion | 1 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 29th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
3 |
1 |
St Mirren |
Report | Pictures | |
| OCT | ||||||||
| 3rd |
European Cup 1st Rd | Celtic |
4 |
1 |
Partizan Tirana |
Report | Pictures | 2nd Leg |
| 6th |
Premier Division | Partick Thistle | 0 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 10th |
League Cup | Celtic |
2 |
0 |
Stirling Albion | Report | Pictures | |
| 13th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
3 |
0 |
Dundee |
Report | Pictures | |
| 20th |
Premier Division | Morton |
1 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 24th |
European Cup 2nd Rd |
Celtic |
3 |
2 |
Dundalk |
Report | Pictures | 1st Leg |
| 27th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
1 |
0 |
Rangers |
Report | Pictures | Dom Sullivan signed and debuts |
| 31st |
League Cup | Aberdeen |
3 |
2 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| NOV | ||||||||
| 3rd |
Premier Division | Kilmarnock |
2 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 7th |
European Cup 2nd Rd | Dundalk |
0 |
0 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | 2nd Leg |
| 10th |
Premier Division | Dundee United |
0 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 17th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
3 |
0 |
Hibernian |
Report | Pictures | |
| 24th |
League Cup | Celtic |
0 |
1 |
Aberdeen |
Report | Pictures | Peter Mackie sold to Dundee for £30,000 |
| DEC | ||||||||
| 1st |
Premier Division | St Mirren |
2 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |
| 15th |
Premier Division | Celtic |
5 |
1 |
Partick Thistle |
Report | Pictures | |
| 22nd |
Premier Division | Celtic |
3 |
1 |
Morton |
Report | Pictures | Joe Filippi departs to Clyde. |
| 29th |
Premier Division |
Rangers |
1 |
1 |
Celtic |
Report | Pictures | |