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Trivia
- Celtic's first competitive game of 1979.The game had been due to take place on the Saturday 27th but was called off due to a blizzard. The snow melted and the pitch flooded but through hard work the game went ahead on the Wednesday.
- George McCluskey's hat trick settles the nerves after Montrose lead 1-0 at half time.
- Crowd of only 3,060 turn up in sub zero temperatures.
- Many Celtic buses in west of Scotland prevented from travelling by weather warnings.
- Celtic were linked with a deal to bring Motherwell defender Gregor Stevens to Celtic Park. Billy McNeill denied any involvement.
- The Reserves also managed a game the day before at Celtic Park beating Partrick Thistle Reserves 2-0 with golas from Lumsden and Junior. The full team was Bonner, Newman, Russell, Lumsden, Young, Duffy, Mackie, Casey, Junior, Weir, Halpin. Subs: Reid, Ward.
Review
Montrose put up a brave fight in dreadful conditions before a late burst gives Celtic the win.
1-0 down at half time Celtic turned it up in the second half and could have won by more. McCluskey scored a great hat trick but McGrain and MacLeod were the driving force of the team.
Teams
Montrose:
Gorman, D D'Arcy, Ford, B D'Arcy ,Hair, McIntosh, Robb ,Livingston (Murray), Lowe, Miller, Subs: Joss
Scorers: Miller (13), Murray (85)
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Filippi, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Provan, MacLeod, G McCluskey, Lennox, Doyle. Subs: Conroy, McAdam
Scorers: McCluskey 3 (46, 55, 84), Lynch (pen 88)
Referee: G R Smith (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 3,060
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- Match Report (see below)
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