| Match Pictures | Matches: 1977 – 1978 | 1977-78 Pictures |
Trivia
- Stein returns from watching Innsbruck on the Tuesday night in time for this game.
- Alfie Conn was on the road to recovery after cartilage surgery and had played for the Reserves in a 4-1 win against Stirling University.
- Danny McGrain was out with an ankle injury picked up in the last game against Hibs; in came Casey with Kay switching to right back. Lennox was preferred to Wilson and Tom McAdam was ineligible allowing Johnny Doyle to make a start.
- Celtic take 2-1 lead back to Parkhead for the second leg.
- Start of game delayed for ten minutes to allow crowd into the small ground.
- A young Roy Aitken captained Celtic for the first time.
Review
Celtic win a typical cup tie on a small park.
Doyle gave Celts the lead when he dribbled round the keeper when Glavin put him clear. Stirling equalised through a powerful Clark shot but young skipper Aitken scored a memorable winner with a 25 yard rocket shot which didn't rise more than three feet off the ground.
Celtic fans sang throughout for their injured players Danny McGrain and Alfie Conn.
Teams
Stirling Albion:
Young; Nicol, Steadman; Browning (Gray), Kennedy, Moffat; McPhee, Duffin, Steele, Clark, Thomson (Burns)
Scorers: Clark (54)
Celtic:
Latchford, Kay, Casey, Aitken, MacDonald, Burns, Doyle, Edvaldsson, Glavin, Craig (Dowie), Lennox (G. McCluskey)
Scorers: Doyle (30), Aitken (60)
Referee: R. B. Valentine (Dundee)
Attendance: 8600
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
