1958-03-14: Heart of Midlothian 5-3 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • This game was a floodlit game played on a Friday night. Charlie Tully made way for a fit-again Billy McPhail with Alec Byrne moving to the outside left position.

Review

Hearts finally broke Celtic's unbeaten away record. Despite fighting back hard from 4-1 down to 4-3, they could not overcome giving away two goals in the opening ten minutes and this despite injusy to Hearts right half Mackay.

Teams

Hearts:
Marshall; Kirk, Thomson; Mackay, Milne, Bowman; Blackwood, Murray, Young, Wardhaugh, Crawford.
Scorers: Crawford 2 (4, 46), Blackwood (7), Murray 2 (52, 77)

Celtic:
Beattie; Donnelly, Fallon; Fernie, Evans, Peacock; Collins, Smith, McPhail, Wilson, Byrne.
Scorers: Byrne (31), Collins (pen 56), Smith (75)

Referee:
Attendance: 30,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

Hearts v Celtic, League 1958; Glasgow Herald 15/3/58