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Trivia
- Alfie Conn was back fit and came in. Johnny Doyle dropped to the bench.
- Ex Celt Willie Temperley scores Hibs' winner. Temperley had been released on a free at the end of the previous season. He had been close to a first team start but never made a first team appearance.
- Hibs play a defensive back five formation.
- On the same day, at Easter Road, Celtic Reserves lost 2 – 1 to Hibs Reserves. The Celtic team was Bonner, McGrain, Russell, Mackie, Casey, Dowie, Lennox, Lumsden, Craig, McPhee, Godzik Subs Ward and Reid. The Celtic scorer was Godzik.
Review
Turnbull's tornadoes are a thing of the past as Hibs defend in depth for 90 minutes and show absolutely no adventure. When Glavin's penalty hit a post Celtic fans knew it wasn't their day.
Alfie Conn took terrible abuse from the Hibs defenders and was badly fouled five times in the first 15 minutes.
Celtic fans jeer Hibs players at the end, not because they won but because of their defensive, spoiling tactics. The tremendous sight of the battle of the greens earlier in the decade is now a thing of the past.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, Glavin (Doyle), Conn, Conroy, McAdam, Burns, G McCluskey Subs: Sneddon
Hibernian:
McDonald, Duncan, Smith, Fleming, Stewart, McNamara, Temperley, McLeod, Rae, Callachan, Higgins. Subs: Campbell, O'Brien
Goals: Temperley (25)
Referee: Mr H. Alexander (Kilmarnock)
Attendance: 27,00
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- Match Report (see below)
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