| Season Review | Matches: 1964 – 1965 | 1964-1965 Pictures |
Appearances (Goals in brackets)
* – left Celtic during season 1964/65
† – left Celtic at the end of season 1965/65
| League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Fairs Cup | Total | |
| Haffey * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fallon | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
| Simpson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| MacKay * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Young | 33 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 53 |
| Kennedy | 22 | 8 (2) | 0 | 3 | 33 (2) |
| Gemmell | 30 (3) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 50 (3) |
| McNeill | 22 | 6 | 6 (1) | 2 | 36 (1) |
| Cushley | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Clark | 27 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 45 |
| O'Neill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Johnstone | 24 (1) | 10 (3) | 1 | 4 | 39 (4) |
| Lennox | 22 (9) | 6 (1) | 6 (6) | 3 | 37 (16) |
| Chalmers | 23 (12) | 10 (10) | 5 (2) | 4 (2) | 42 (26) |
| Gallacher | 16 (3) | 9 (6) | 3 | 3 | 31 (9) |
| Murdoch | 32 (8) | 9 (5) | 6 | 4 (2) | 51 (15) |
| Hughes | 29 (22) | 4 | 6 (2) | 2 (1) | 41 (25) |
| Divers | 10 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 (3) |
| Brogan | 13 (1) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 (1) |
| Auld | 12 (10) | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 | 18 (14) |
| Maxwell† | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) |
| Curley† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Haverty * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| own goals | (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2) |
Most Appearances – Ian Young
Top Scorer – Steve Chalmers
New Arrivals this season:-
Ronnie Simpson – signed in September as back-up knowing that Haffey wanted to leave; an experienced goalkeeper signed for a cheap fee.
John Kennedy – young goalkeeper signed from Belfast Distillery in March 1965; he would make 1 appearance the following season
Bertie Auld – rejoined the club in January 1965 for £12,000 having left for Birmingham City in May 1961 for £15,000. Stepped right into the team.
Jimmy Quinn – had been provisionally signed and farmed out to Maryhill and was seen in the Combined Reserves; survived the youth cull at the end of the season.
David Hay – was provisionally signed in January 1965 and made an appearance in the Combined Reserves as a 15 year old.
Jim Craig – had been on the books as an amateur whilst at Glasgow University but joined as a full professional this season
Hugh Maxwell – joined in November for £15,000 from Falkirk
Joe Haverty – came and went as a triallist for 1 month in October from and to Millwall
and the most important of them all…..
Jock Stein – rejoined the club as Manager, taking over the reins from the Board and Jimmy McGrory, on March 1965, to herald the dawn of a new era
Departures:-
Frank Haffey – left Celtic after losing his starting place the previous season to John Fallon; wanted at Third Lanark but chose a move to England joining Swindon Town
Duncan MacKay – left Celtic in November for first team football at Third Lanark
Tommy Curley – was released and given a free transfer at the end of the season.
Hugh Maxwell – left before the beginning of 1965-66 season for St Johnstone
Joe Haverty – came on loan from Millwall making one first team appearance before departing back to Millwall
Also released at the end of the season were a host of young players that never made a first team appearance but represented Celtic in either the A Reserves or the Combined Reserves
Kenny Aird (OL, OR), Jim Baillie (LB), David Brown (GK), Frank Cassidy (LH), Alan Chappell, Owen Connelly (OR), Peter Duncan (IR), Gerrard Gillan (IR), Joe Hoey (CF, IL), Walter Lees, A. Martin, John McCallum (CF), Michael McCluskey (CH), D. McCue, Jim McDougall (LH), Pat McGovern (CF), Bertie Millar. Jim Orr (RH), Tommy Spencer (CF)