1982-10-23: Morton 1-2 Celtic, Premier Division

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Trivia

  • The crowd at Cappielow stood in perfect silence before the match in tribute to the memory of James McGrory, ex-Celt and greatest scorer in the history of British football. Jimmy passed away on October 20th.
  • Frank McGarvey keeps the Celtic striking tradition going by scoring a glorious 25 yarder.
  • Real Sociedad officials spy on Celtic during the game.
  • Celtic play in change strip of green jerseys, white shorts and green socks.

Review

Teams

Morton: Baines Houston Holmes Rooney McLaughlin Duffy McNab Docherty (Gavigan) Cochrane Ritchie (McNeil)

Scorer: Rooney 70

Celtic: Bonner McGrain Reid Aitken McAdam Sinclair Provan P McStay McGarvey (Crainie) MacLeod Nicholas Sub: Moyes

Scorers: McGarvey 22 Nicholas pen 39

Referee: H Alexander (Irvine)

Attendance: 12,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

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