Match Pictures | Matches: 1977 – 1978 | 1977-1978 Pictures
Trivia
- Ex-Celt Vic Davidson returns to haunt Celtic with a spectacular winning goal. Davidson had just handed in a transfer request at Motherwell.
- Davidson then riles the Celtic support by turning cartwheels of delight on the pitch.
- Celtic fans chant ‘Davidson’s a reject!’
- Celtic fans criticised for singing ‘party songs’ relating to political situation in Northern Ireland.
- Referee Alexander has to instruct Willie McVie to leave the field after he refuses to come off after being substituted.
- Celtic rumoured to be after Newcastle’s Tommy Craig and St Mirren’s Tony Fitzpatrick.
- Highlights were shown on Scotsport next day.
- On the same day Celtic drew 1-1 with Motherwell in a Reserve League match at Fir Park. The Celtic team was Baines, Newman, McGrane, Mackie, McWilliams, Ward, Gibson, Godzik, G. McCluskey, McLaughlin, Temperley Subs Clifford and Coyne. The Celtic scorer was McLaughlin.
- During the week Celtic signed teenage defender Alan Sneddon from Larkhall Thistle. However he would remain with the Larkhall side till the end of the season.
On this day film director Peter Broughan brought his friend, Dutch film director, Wim Wenders,to Celtic Park for this game. See pics below.
Review
On a sunny day the big Celtic support cannot believe that Celts lost this game. Celtic hit the woodwork 3 times (Burns, Glavin, Casey) and missed numerous chance and ex Celt Vic Davidson rubs salt in the wounds by scoring a spectacular late winner from 25 yards.
With a draw and two losses from the first three games of the season, and more importantly, since the departure of Dalglish, there was now the direct sense that something was not right. Stein said he would not be rushed into buying and that identifying the target was more important. The ‘target’ should have been all too clear – another Dalglish!
The fact that there were other important players out only confounded the matter. This game developed into a midfield struggle and when Celtic did break Motherwell down they couldn’t hit the barn door for the frame around it.
The fans on the terraces were also ‘not amused’.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Kay, Casey, MacDonald, Aitken, Glavin, Edvaldsson, Craig, Burns, Doyle. Subs: Lennox, Wilson
Scorer:
Motherwell:
Muir, W Watson, Wark, McLaren, McVie (P Millar), Stevens, Marinello, McAdam, J Miller, Davidson, Purdie. Sub: O’Neill
Scorer: Davidson 80
Referee: H Alexander (Kilmarnock)
Attendance: 29,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
