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Trivia
- Vic Davidson picked up an ankle injury against Hearts and was out. In came Tommy Callaghan restored to the first team after getting his fitness back with the Reserves.
- Brian McLaughlin and Andy Ritchie played for the Scotland youth team against France.
- Match played in 'monsoon conditions.'
- Red Rum wins the Grand National at Aintree for the first time.
- In the Reserve League on the previous night Celtic defeated Falkirk 4-1 at Brockville. The Celtic team was Connaghan, J. Davidson, Quinn, McNamara, McDonald, McCluskey, White, Ritchie, Wilson, O'Hara, Prentice Sub Lapinski. The Celtic scorers were Ritchie 2 and Wilson 2
Review
Celtic run out easy winners on a a day of foul weather.
The table at the end of the month looked like this.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Rangers | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 49 |
| Celtic | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 47 |
| Hibernian | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 43 |
| Aberdeen | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 37 |
| Dundee | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 37 |
| Dundee Utd | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 36 |
| Ayr Utd | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 34 |
Teams
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Hood (McLaughlin 66), Lennox, Deans, Hay, Callaghan.
Goals: Deans (28), Lennox 2 (pen 36, 56), Hood (61).
Falkirk:-
Donaldson, S Kennedy, Young, Markie, McMillan, Wheatley, Scott, Hoggan, Harley, Cattanach, Jack Sub: MacLeod
Goals:
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 19,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
