| Season Review | Matches: 1973 – 1974 | 1973-1974 Pictures |
Appearances (Goals in brackets)'
+' sign indicates the number of substitute appearances by that player
* – left Celtic during season 1973/74
† – left Celtic at the end of season 1973/74
| League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | European Cup | Total | |
| Hunter | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 45 |
| Connaghan | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Williams † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| McGrain | 29+1 (1) | 13 | 3 | 5 | 50+1 (1) |
| Brogan | 30 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 56 |
| Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hay † | 25 (2) | 9 (1) | 6 | 7 | 47 (3) |
| Murdoch * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| McNamara | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1+2 |
| McNeill | 30 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 53 |
| MacDonald | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Welsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Connelly | 14 (1) | 10+1 | 3 | 6 (1) | 33+1 (2) |
| McCluskey | 23+2 (1) | 5+1 (1) | 5+1 | 5+1 | 38+5 (2) |
| Hood | 28+3 (7) | 8+4 (5) | 6 (5) | 6 (1) | 48+7 (18) |
| Johnstone | 13+2 (3) | 7+2 (1) | 2 (1) | 6 (3) | 28+4 (8) |
| McLaughlin | 2+1 (1) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 (1) |
| Murray | 32 (3) | 12 (2) | 5 (3) | 8 (1) | 57 (9) |
| Dalglish | 31+2 (18) | 10 (3) | 6 (1) | 7 (2) | 54+2 (24) |
| Deans | 24+2 (24) | 5+1 (1) | 6 (5) | 6 (3) | 41+3 (33) |
| Bone | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 |
| Lennox | 17+2 (12) | 8 (7) | 1 (2) | 3 (1) | 29+2 (22) |
| Callaghan | 16+6 (2) | 6+4 | 2+2 | 4+1 (3) | 28+13 (5) |
| Ritchie | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| Lynch | 1+2 | 1+1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 2+3 (1) |
| Wilson | 10+9 (5) | 3+3 (1) | 2+1 (1) | 3+2 (1) | 18+15 (8) |
| Davidson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 (1) | 1+1 | 4+3 (1) |
| Own Goals | (2) | (2) |
Most Appearances – Steve Murray with 57 appearances
Top Scorer – Dixie Deans with 33 goals
New Arrivals, Debuts and Departures.
Season 1973-74 saw one major departure and one major arrival.
After playing one game in the League Cup group stages in August, Bobby Murdoch left to join Middlesbrough on the 17th September 1973 with a free transfer. At the age of 29 Bobby still had good playing years left and he had been an excellent player for Celtic since his debut in 1962. His value to the club and the depth of service he had provided were reflected in the fact that the club did not seek a fee for his transfer. He joined up with Celtic-friendly manager Jack Charlton at Middlesbrough and would go on to be a major player for that club too.
At the end of the season Evan Williams and Steve Hancock were released on a free.
In the closed season David Hay was sold to Chelsea.
From the Reserve squad Ray Frachetti had left to join Airdrie, Bobby Prentice had left for Hearts and Donald Watt had left for Dumbarton.
The only major arrival – as in 'player already playing for a professional club' – was Jimmy Bone – who was signed from Sheffield Wednesday in February 1974. Most people saw him as a replacement for Dixie Deans – they were similar in style and size, the Bone had trouble displacing Dixie, who was on a scoring spree, and he appeared less-than-impressive in the small number of appearances he made this season.
In the Youths, Reserves, Groundstaff and S-Formers category, Celtic had subtly changed their stance over the last few seasons and most recruits to the club at a tender age now came from the Celtic Boys Club rather thyan straight from the Juniors, and were then farmed out to a Junior side before being called up to the Reserve squad. At the end of this season Tommy Burns, who had been farmed out to Maryhill Juniors was called up to the Reserves, as too was Jim Casey. Bobby Hannah, Peter Mackie, John and George McCluskey were signed on an S-Forms