1977-12-26: Queens Park 3-2 Celtic, Friendly

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Trivia

  • Celtic agreed to the Challenge game at Hampden to give their supporters something to cheer over the festive season and to gauge the market for the game.
  • The Glavin brothers faced each other as captains of their respective sides – Ronnie for Celtic and Tony for Queen's Park.

Review

Rooney scored his first from a corner. Wilson equalised for Celtic latching onto a George McCluskey through ball. Rooney scored from the spot 2 minutes later after a foul in the box.

Teams

Queen's Park:
Cameron (Gillespie), Aitken, Anderson, Horne, Mackin, McAloon (Edgar), Paton (Wood), Glavin, Ballantyne (Nicholson), Rooney, Donnelly (Wilkie).
Scorers:Rooney 3 ( ?, pen 42, ?)

Celtic:
Baines, Robert Ward (Willie Temperley), Kay, Glavin, McWilliam, Dowie, Mackie (J McCluskey), G McCluskey, Jim O'Donnell (Godzik), Casey, Wilson. Subs. Gibson, John Clifford.
Scorers: Wilson (40), G McCluskey (89)

Referee: A G McFauld (Glasgow)
Attendance: 1,300

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

1977 Queens Park 3-2 Celtic report