1979-09-15: Hibernian 1-3 Celtic, Premier Division

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  • Celtic left it till Wednesday before deciding whether to go ahead with the European Cup game away to Partizan Tirana. Celtic wanted 50 visas for the trip. The Albanians offered 30 and when pushed by UEFA, they offered a further 6. The remaining 14 were for the Press. On the Tuesday UEFA announced that Celtic must travel or forfeit the match, in effect doing a complete about-turn.
  • Roy Aitken came on as a substitute in the second half in Scotland's friendly international against Peru on the Wednesday night.
  • Johnny Doyle was out injured allowing Bobby Lennox to start on the left wing.
  • Latchford saves an Ally MacLeod penalty at 0-1.
  • Hibs bid £60,000 for Sandy Clark of Airdrie. Ex-Celt Brian McLaughlin transfers from Ayr Utd to Motherwell for £100,000
  • The Reserves won 3-2 at Celtic Park with Newman, Lynch and Feeney scoring. The team was Newman, Filippi, Lynch, Duffy, Young, Edvaldsson, Newman, Casey, Nicholas, Weir, Feeney. Subs Reid, Halpin. The Newman in goal may have been 16 y.o. Michael Doyle signed straight from school.

Review

When McCluskey went off injured McNeill reshaped his side by bringing on Roddy MacDonald and pushing McAdam up front.

Hibs led 1-0 and were awarded a penalty in 27 minutes when Conroy handled on the line. However Latchford made a wonderful save from Ally MacLeod's penalty.

Bobby Lennox put Celts level before Conroy dispossesed McNamara and ran from half way to score well. Murdo MacLeod clinched it from the penalty spot with a third after Brazil handled on the line..

Teams

Hibernian:
McArthur, Brazil, Duncan, Bremner, Paterson, McNamara, Callachan (Hutchsion), Rae, Campbell, MacLeod, Higgins. Sub: Lambie
Scorers: Higgins (20)

Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, Conroy, Provan, Davidson, McCluskey (MacDonald), MacLeod, Lennox. Sub: Burns
Scorers: Lennox (38), Conroy (57), MacLeod (pen 75)

Referee: J Renton (Cowdenbeath)
Attendance: 20,000

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