| Match Pictures | Matches: 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures |
Trivia
- Celtic's third game in 4 days.
- Jimmy Johnstone surprisingly named as sub.
- AC Milan manager Nereo Rocco and assistant manager Cesare Maldini watched from the main stand on a spying mission.
- Celtic play in change strip of green shirts, white shorts, green socks.
- The Reserves played Dunfermiline Reserves away with a team of Simpson, Cattanach, O'Neill, Dalglish, Connelly, Hay, Wilson, McMahon, Quinn, Davidson, Clark. They won 4-0.
- Sir Robert Kelly is given a standing ovation by the fans after the award of his knighthood.
Review
Willy Wallace, after his somewhat lacklustre performance at Ibrox, got Celtic off to a flyer with a goal on 1 minute and followed it up with a second after a further eight minutes as sleet began to fall. Dunfermiline refused to give up though and pulled on back through Edwards. They had a further goal disallowed for a foul on Fallon.
In the second half Bobby Lennox added the third goal which secured the points, but this was a good game with Dunfermiline up to the challenge throughout the match. Jimmy Johnstone came on for Lennox for the last ten minutes of the game.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Hughes, Wallace, Chalmers, Callaghan, Lennox (Johnstone).
Scorers: Wallace 2 (1, 9), Lennox (64)
Dunfermline:
Duff, Callaghan, Lunn, Fraser, Barry, Renton, Robertson, Paton, Edwards, Gardner, Mitchell (Cowan)
Scorers: Edwards (20)
Referee: W J Mullen (Dalkeith)
Attendance: 43,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
