| Match Pictures | Matches: 1969 – 1970 | 1969-70 Pictures |
Trivia
- Gemmell, Hughes and Johnstone all came out of the bruising encounter with Kilmarnock before Christmas with knocks. Hughes recovered from a heel injury as did Jimmy Johnstone from a leg injury but Tommy Gemmell's ankle knock kept him out of theis game with Jim Craig coming in. Bertie Auld was a preferred starter to Bobby Lennox who was on the bench.
- Willie Wallace was given the penalty rather with Tommy Gemmell out and the goal marked his 100th goal for Celtic since his signing in December 1966.
- Partick Thistle were having a torrid season and were bottom of the league.
- The game was played in thickening fog.
- The last game of the 60's
Review
Evan Williams made his second league appearance and again had an untroubled game – his biggest effort being picking the ball out the net in the 38th minute.
This was all a game about Wispy's 100. he went close early on but it was John Hughes that got the ball rolling after neat interplay with Wallace. After that it was a procession of Celtic goals broken by Smith's 64th minute consolation goal for the Jags.
At the end of the year Celtic stood at the top of the table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 31 |
| Rangers | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 29 |
| Hibernian | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 26 |
| Dundee Utd | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Dunfermiline | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
| Dundee | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 20 |
Teams
Celtic
Williams, Craig, Hay, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood (Lennox), Wallace, Auld, Hughes.
Scorers Hughes 3 (17, 60, 80), Auld (26), McNeill (44), Wallace 2 (51, 77 pen), Campbell (OG 85)
Partick Thistle
Ritchie, Campbell, Holt, Johnstone, McKinnon, Hansen, Rae, Smith, Flanagan, Bone, Duncan Sub Gray
Scorer Smith (64)
Referee: R K Wilson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
