Inverness Thistle— Reilly; R. Fraser and D’Arcy; Cumming, Bremner and Lazenby; Cowie and Stephen; Macdonald; Duncan and Black. Substitutes—T. Fraser and Corbett.

Celtic— Fallon; McGrain and Quinn; Callaghan, Connelly and McCluskey; White and Lennox; Deans; Davidson and Wilson. Substitutes—Hay, O’Hara, Franchetti, McLaughlin.

Inverness Thistle 0, Celtic 5

Celtic turned on the style from the start in their challenge match against Inverness Thistle last night to hansel, the new floodlighting system at Kingsmills. Park. The home defence were rarely out of trouble but the 7000 crowd showed their appreciation of the Parkhead men's skill.

Dixie Deans, Celtic's centre forward, was not among the scorers and he was taken off midway in the second half and replaced by McLaughlin.

Vic Davidson opened the scoring after 13 minutes and further first-half goals came from Lennox and Callaghan. Davidson had another after the interval and Bremner the home side’s centre half, ended a nightmare game by putting through his own goal.

Bobby Lennox had a quiet game and John Fallon, making his comeback after a 14 -month lie-off because of illness, was rarely tested.