| Match Pictures | Matches: 1976 – 1977 | 1976-77 Pictures |
Trivia
- Start of the new season with two games in the highlands as part of the pre-season warm up. The players had reported back for duty on the 14th July.
- In the closed season Dixie Deans had left for Luton Town in a £20,000 deal. Harry Hood had gone to play in the USA over the summer and Bertie Auld was hoping to sign him to Partick Thistle on his return.
- Sean Fallon had moved from Assistant Manager to Chief Scout and Youth Development. Davie McParland had arrived as Assistant Manager to Jock Stein.
- Stevie Murray had seen another specialist about his tough injury and was reconsidering his position. George Connelly had gone out on a year long loan to Falkirk to attempt to resurrect his career.
- Atholl Henderson had been signed on a free when released by St Johnstone.
- The 16 man squad had headed north on the Thursday for the two games and trained in Inverness.
- Falkirk, having taken George Connelly on loan for the season were looking to buy Andy Ritchie.
- Latchford saved penalty in 32 minutes but referee ordered retake and Black scored from the retake.
- Bobby Lennox was injured during the game and subbed.
Review
Young George McCluskey pleases Jock Stein with a hat trick and Johnny Doyle scores his first Celtic goals. Doyle and George McCluskey play as the front line strikers. Celtic went 2-0 up in the first half but Thistle pulled one back from the spot after an Edvaldsson infringement.
The part-time Highlanders tired in the second half and Celtic ran in another 4 goals
Stein is now well and back at the helm and was happy Doyle did not react after heavy tackling from the Thistle players during the game.
Teams
Inverness Thistle:
Shivewright, Fraser, Cumming, Miller, ? , D'Arcy, Brown, Duncan, ? , ? , ? . Subs:
Goals: Black 2 (pen 32, 87).
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Glavin, Aitken (MacDonald), Edvaldsson, Dalglish (Ritchie), Doyle, G McCluskey, Burns, Lennox (Wilson).
Goals: Doyle 2 (17, 86), G McCluskey 3 (27, 61, pen 63), MacDonald (67).
Referee: W Reid (Aberdeen)
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