

CELTIC FC 1971/72
CELTIC FIXTURES, RESULTS and PROGRAMMES 1971/1972
| Scottish League: | Champions |
Scottish FA Cup: |
Winners |
Scottish League Cup: |
Final |
European
Cup: |
Semi-Final |
Manager: Jock STEIN (1965 - 1978)


Click on the opponents name for more info on each match
| OPPONENTS | DATE | COMP | ISSUED | COMMENTS |
| RANGERS | Aug 14 | LC | yes | 2-0. Celtic home match but was played at Ibrox because of ground reconstruction at Celtic Park. Programme is a Rangers home. This was Kenny Dalglish's first game against Rangers and his first goal against them. |
| Morton | Aug 18 | LC | yes | 1-0. |
| Ayr United | Aug 21 | LC | yes | 3-0. |
| MORTON | Aug 25 | LC | no | 0-1. |
| Rangers | Aug 28 | LC | yes | 3-0. Scarce programme. |
| AYR UNITED | Aug 30 | LC | no | 4-1. |
| CLYDE | Sep 4 | Lge | yes | 9-1. |
| Clydebank | Sep 8 | LC | yes | 5-0. |
| Rangers | Sep 11 | Lge | yes | 3-2. |
| Boldklubben 1903 | Sep 15 | EC | yes | 1-2. |
| MORTON | Sep 18 | Lge | yes | 3-1. |
| CLYDEBANK | Sep 22 | LC | no | 6-2. Brian
McLaughlin debut at 16 years of age. Harry Hood hat-trick. Sir Bob Kelly (RIP) died the day before this match. |
| Aidrie | Sep 25 | Lge | yes | 5-0. |
| BOLDKLUBBEN 1903 | Sep 29 | EC | yes | 3-0. |
| ST JOHNSTONE | Oct 2 | Lge | yes | 0-1. |
| St Mirren | Oct 6 | LCSF | yes | 3-0. |
| Hibernian | Oct 9 | Lge | yes | 1-0. |
| DUNDEE | Oct 16 | Lge | yes | 3-1. |
| SLIEMA WANDERERS | Oct 20 | EC | yes | 5-0. One day before this match Willie Walace and John Hughes sold to Crystal Palace for £50,000. |
| Partick Thistle | Oct 23 | LCF | yes | 4-1. |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Oct 27 | Lge | yes | 2-1. |
| Ayr United | Oct 30 | Lge | yes | 1-0. |
| Sliema Wanderers | Nov 3 | EC | yes | 2-1. |
| ABERDEEN | Nov 6 | Lge | yes | 1-1. |
| Dundee United | Nov 13 | Lge | yes | 5-1. |
| FALKIRK | Nov 20 | Lge | yes | 2-0. |
| Partick Thistle | Nov 27 | Lge | yes | 5-1. Dixie Deans debut and first goal for Celtic. Dixie went on to score 124 goals in 184 appearances during his 5 years for Celtic. Dixie left Celtic in 1976 for Luton Town. |
| KILMARNOCK | Dec 4 | Lge | yes | 5-1. |
| EAST FIFE | Dec 11 | Lge | yes | 2-1. |
| Motherwell | Dec 18 | Lge | yes | 5-1. |
| HEARTS | Dec 25 | Lge | yes | 3-2. |
| Clyde | Jan 1 | Lge | yes | 7-0. |
| RANGERS | Jan 3 | Lge | no | 2-1. Teams wore black armbands for victims of the Ibrox disaster in 1971 |
| Morton | Jan 8 | Lge | yes | 1-1. |
| AIRDRIE | Jan 15 | Lge | yes | 2-0. |
| St Johnstone | Jan 22 | Lge | yes | 3-0. |
| HIBERNIAN | Jan 29 | Lge | yes | 2-1. |
| ALBION ROVERS | Feb 5 | SC | yes | 5-0. |
| Dundee | Feb 12 | Lge | yes | (Postponed) |
| DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC | Feb 19 | Lge | yes | 1-0. |
| DUNDEE | Feb 26 | SC | yes | 4-0. |
| AYR UNITED | Mar 4 | Lge | yes | 2-0. |
| Ujpest Dozsa | Mar 8 | EC | yes | 2-1. The Liz Taylor/Richard Burton party for travelling Celtic fans after this match. |
| Aberdeen | Mar 11 | Lge | yes | 1-1. |
| HEARTS | Mar 18 | SC | yes | 1-1. |
| UJPEST DOZSA | Mar 22 | EC | yes | 1-1. |
| Falkirk | Mar 25 | Lge | yes | 1-0. |
| Hearts | Mar 27 | SCR | yes | 1-0. |
| PARTICK THISTLE | Apr 1 | Lge | yes | 3-1. |
| Internationale Milan | Apr 5 | ECSF | no | 0-0. |
| Kilmarnock | Apr 8 | Lge | yes | 3-1. |
| Kilmarnock | Apr 12 | SCSF | yes | 3-1. |
| East Fife | Apr 15 | Lge | yes | 3-0. League Clincher. 7-in-a-row. |
| INTERNATIONALE MILAN | Apr 19 | ECSF | yes | 0-0 aet. Celtic lost 4-5 on penalties. Dixie Deans joins the space race. |
| MOTHERWELL | Apr 22 | Lge | yes | 5-2. |
| DUNDEE UNITED | Apr 25 | Lge | no | 3-0. |
| Hearts | Apr 29 | Lge | yes | 4-1. Celtic fans boycott the match because of trouble at the previous Tynecastle match. Only 10,427 crowd. |
| Dundee | May 1 | Lge | yes | 1-1 |
| Hibernian | May 6 | SCF | yes | 6-1. Bertie Auld played for Hibs, Dixie Deans becomes only the fourth player to score a hat-trick in a Scottish Cup Final. |
GLASGOW CELTIC 1971/72
FRIENDLIES

| OPPONENTS | DATE | COMP | ISSUED | COMMENTS |
| Cork Hibernian | Jul 23 | F | no | 2-1. |
| Limerick | Jul 26 | F | no | 6-1. |
| Stirling Albion | Aug 6 | F | no | 1-1. |
| Blackpool | Aug 9 | F | yes | 4-3. |
| Queen's Park | Aug 11 | F | no | 5-3. |
| NACIONAL | Sep 1 | F | yes | 3-0. Opening of Stand |
| East Stirlingshire | Oct 12 | F | no | 5-1. |
| Dumbarton | Nov 27 | F | no | 0-3. |
| Raith Rovers | Dec 27 | F | no | 2-2. |
| Cowdenbeath | Jan 12 | F | no | 1-2. |
| Stirling Albion | Jan 25 | F | no | 1-1. |
| DYNAMO KIEV | Feb 9 | F | yes | 1-0. |
| Inverness Thistle | Feb 21 | F | yes | 5-0. Opening of new floodlights |
| Clydebank | Mar 21 | F | no | 3-1. |
| Somerset CC | June 3 | F | no | 2-0. (Bermuda) |
| Pembroke-Hamilton Club | June 8 | F | no | 8-1. |
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