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Trivia
- The centenary of the meeting in St Mary's Calton on 6th November 1887 passes unremarked at Celtic Park, with Chairman Jack McGinninsisting that Celtic's centenary is the date of the club's first match, on 28th May 1988
- UEFA orders Nantes to pay a fee of £373,600 for Maurice Johnston, with his agent Bill McMurdo claiming Celtic still owe Johnston £4,950 of his contract, which was the reason for Nantes delaying the payment.
- Jack McGinn reported in the Evening Times saying that plans are "well in advance" for a 5-6,000 seat stand to be built above the Jungle
- Mick McCarthy is sent off.
- Game is a 29,000 sell out and was sold out weeks in advance.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated Hearts 3-1 at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was McKnight, Balmer, Elliot, Traynor, Baillie, Shepherd, McCarrison, Murray, Britton, Fulton, Archdeacon. Subs Mathie and McGuire. Dugald McCarrison scored Celtic's three goals.
Review
10 man Celtic retrieved a point with a brilliant goal by Mark McGhee as he spectacularly headed an Aitken cross into the net.
Celtic had the better of the first half, Walker hitting the post and Smith making a great save from a McGhee shot before John Colquhoun's long-range effort opened the scoring.
Things looked bleak for Celtic when Mick McCarthy was sent off early in the second half but Roy Aitken then grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck and drove Celtic on in search of an equaliser. It came after Aitken slammed a freekick into the Hearts wall then picked up the rebound and made for the byline, where a bit of fancy footwork made enough space to hang a cross for McGhee to head in. Cue scenes of bedlam on the terraces behind the Hearts goal.
Teams
Celtic:
Bonner, Morris, Whyte, Aitken, McCarthy, Grant (Rogan), Stark, McStay, McAvennie (Burns), Walker, McGhee
Scorer: McGhee (76)
Hearts:
Smith, Burns, Whittaker, Levein, Berry, McPherson, Foster, Black, Colquhoun (Clark), Mackay, Robertson
Sub: Kidd
Scorer: Colquhoun (39)
Referee: Jim McCluskey
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
