1975-10-04: Celtic 3-1 Heart of Midlothian, Premier Division

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Trivia

  • An unchanged team for Celtic. Andy Lynch had overcome a slight knock from the Valur game but was fit. McNamara was out with a knee injury.
  • Celtic were drawn against Boavista in the next round of the Cup Winners Cup, thus avoiding a rematch with Atletico Madrid.
  • Harry Hood scored his last goal for Celtic.
  • In the Reserve League Celtic drew 0 – 0 with Hearts at Tynecastle. The Celtic team was Hunter, Gourlay, Baillie, Glavin, Aitken, Innes, McLaughlin, Hannah, Ritchie, Burns and McLean Subs Little and McGrane.

Review

Celtic used the wet conditions to move the ball about faster and scored three first half goals. Their goals all came from getting players to the bye line and Hearts were blown away by half time.

Teams

Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, P McCluskey, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Hood, Dalglish, Deans, Callaghan, Wilson (Lennox). Sub: Casey
Scorers: Deans (12), Hood (17), Wilson (21)

Hearts:
Cruikshank, Clunie, Anderson, Murray, Kay, Brown (Park), Callachan, Jeffries, Aird, Busby, Prentice (Gibson)
Scorer: Busby (71)

Referee: J R P Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance: 21,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles
1975 Celtic 3-1 Hearts report