| Match Pictures | Matches: 1975 – 1976 | 1975-1976 Pictures |
Trivia
- Sachsenring manager Karl Heinz Kluge watches from the Parkhead stand. Celtic had the information on Sachsenring from an English referee David Mitchell who had reffed their previous European game against Panathinaikos. Sean Fallon announced he would not go to East Germany to watch Sachsenring in advance of the game.
- Dalglish was fit having overcome a leg injury sustained in the game against Aberdeen.
- On the Friday it was reported that Celtic would take on Anglo-Scot Jimmy Smith on loan from Newcastle Utd for at least a month and that he would arrive on the following Tuesday prior to thew European game. Smith had undergone 3 cartilage operations and there were questions as to his fitness. By the Monday Smith was having second thoughts about reporting to Celtic Park.
- Both Ritchie and Casey were out with 'flu. The strain of 'flu doing the rounds was catching out a number of teams with Partick Thistle close to postponing their Saturday game.
- Deans scores his 20th goal against Hibs in a Celtic jersey. This one was his last against the Hi-Bees.
Review
Celtic blitzed Hibs with a first half treble on a windy day.
Dixie opened the scoring with his usual goal against Hibs this time from the penalty spot after Lennox had been brought down in the area. He then set up Lennox for the second goal. Wilson adeed the third following up on a Dixie shot that rebounded from a post.
The best goal was kept until the second half when Dalglish played a one-two with Deans, looked up and curled a glorious shot past Hibs' keeper McDonald.
At the end of the month Celtic had stolen a lead having played a game more.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 38 |
| Rangers | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 35 |
| Hibernian | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 32 |
| Motherwell | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 31 |
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Edvaldsson, Aitken, Lynch, P McCluskey, Glavin, Dalglish, Lennox, Deans, Wilson. Subs: MacDonald, Hood
Scorers:Deans (13 pen), Lennox (39), Wilson (44), Dalglish (65)
Hibernian:
McDonald, Brownlie, Spalding, Blackley, Schaedler, Edwards, Brmner, Stanton, McLeod (Wilson), Duncan, Smith Sub: Munro
Scorers:
Referee: H Alexander (Kilmarnock)
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
