| Match Pictures | Matches: 1979 – 1980 | 1979-80 Pictures |
Trivia
- A measure of how important this competition was now considered is given by the size od the attendance.
- Played at Hampden Park.
- The Reserves had played in the Reserve League Cup the night before at Celtic Park winning 3-1 against East Fife. The team was Bonner, W McStay, Reid, Duffy, Young, Edvaldsson, Mackie, Casey, Lennox, Crainie, Halpin. Subs: Greenfield, Feeney. Lennox, Edvaldsson and Crainie were the Celtic scorers.
Review
Charlie Nicholas scores on his first competitive appearance for Celtic at Hampden.
'Nicholas gave every indication of bigger things to come…..quick and sharp with a the genuine striker's ability to find himself scoring positions' – Evening Times
Edvaldsson opened the scoring heading home a Provan corner. Queen's got one back before Bobby Lennox finished with a header.
Teams
Queens Park:
Atkins,Cawley, Dickson, Rennie, Cairns, Wylie, Wood, Gillespie, Melrose, Sinclair, Nicholson, Subs: Irvine McNiven
Atkins,Cawley, Dickson, Rennie, Cairns, Wylie, Wood, Gillespie, Melrose, Sinclair, Nicholson, Subs: Irvine McNiven
Scorer: Gillespie (77)
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, Edvaldsson (Casey), McAdam, Provan, Conroy, McCluskey (Lennox), MacLeod, Nicholas.
Scorers: Edvaldsson (48), Nicholas (65), Lennox (82)/
Referee:
Attendance: 1,673
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
