1979-10-10: Celtic 2-0 Stirling Albion, League Cup

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Trivia

  • Danny McGrain who had been injured and subbed in the last game against Partick Thistle, was fit again by midweek and played. Also Roddy MacDonald was back from suspension. Johannes Edvaldsson was away on international duty and Tom McAdam was back fit.
  • Celtic qualify 4-1 on aggregate and will meet Aberdeen in the quarter finals after they thrashed Rangers 5-1 on aggregate.
  • On the Monday prior to this game Celtic were defeated 3-1 at Celtic Park by Dumbarton in the Second XI Cup. The Celtic team was Bonnar, Duffy, Fillipi, Greenfield, Young, Casey, Buckley, Mackie, Crainie, Burns, Weir Subs Feeney and Kenny. The Celtic scorer was Mackie.

Review

A fairly dead came with a lack of atmosphere in the ground.
John Doyle is in a rich vein of form and he was Celtic's main man on the night.
Albion defended well and it took into the second half for Celtic to go ahead from the spot , the kick awarded whern Doyle was brought down in the area, a decisdion vigorously protested by the Stirling defenders with Steedman getting booked. Murdo MacLeod made no mistake from the spot. Doyle got the second after a great move with Roy Aitken.

Teams

Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, Davidson, McCluskey, MacLeod (Lennox), Doyle.Sub: Conroy
Scorers: MacLeod (pen 54), Doyle (63)

Stirling:
Arthur, Nicol, Steedman, Irvine, J Kennedy, Moffat, McPhee, Duffin, A Kennedy (Heggie), Skilling, Armstrong. Sub: Young

Referee: G R Smith (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 11,000

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1979 Celtic 2-0 Stirling Albion report