| Match Pictures | Matches: 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures |
Trivia
- John Hughes was missing through the ankle injury he picked up in the game against St Johnstone despite three sessions a day with the physio Bob Rooney.Jim Brogan also needed treatment for a leg injury but made the game.
- Both Joe McBride for Hibs and Harry Hood were missing ineligible for the game, both having played for other teams in earlier rounds – Mcbride for Celtic and Hood for Clyde.
- This game was postponed from 26 October 1968 after a fire in the Hampden stand.
- Huge roar around Hampden at full time when news comes through of Rangers' defeat at Tannadice against Dundee United.This virtually guaranteed Celtic the title and papers say they won both trophies on the same day.
- Celtic's fourth successive League Cup triumph under Jock Stein.
- First League Cup winners medal for Fallon and Brogan.
Review
This was Celtic at their brilliant best and they gave a devastating display of attacking football. It was a day when every player was on form and the team did not have one weakness.
Bertie Auld was at his virtuoso best and Bobby Lennox gave a wonderful display of clinical finishing. Celtic did not have a failure in their entire side. Jimmy Johnstone totally overshadowed Hibs young winger Peter Marinello and this set the tone for Celtic's victory.
Even Jim Craig got in on the act with a rare but deserved goal. This was one of Celtic's greatest performances under Jock Stein and a fine Hibs side were torn apart in the process. Hibs' two goals came late on with Celtic six up and made the result appear closer than it was although the Easter Road men, led by a gallant Pat Stanton, deserve credit for fighting until the end.
Celtic were now overwhelming favourites to lift the treble.
Teams
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell (Clark), Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox.
Scorers: Wallace (23), Auld (30), Lennox 3 (45, 58, 73), Craig (75)
Hibernian:
Allan, Shevlane, Davis, Stanton, Madsen, Blackley, Marinello, Quinn, Cormack, O'Rourke, Stevenson. Sub: Hunter
Scorers: O'Rourke (82), Stevenson (87)
Referee: W Syme (Glasgow)
Attendance: 74,240
Articles
- Match Report(see below)
