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CELTIC FC 1978/79

CELTIC FIXTURES, RESULTS and PROGRAMMES 1978/1979

Scottish League:	Champions
Scottish FA Cup:	Quarter-Final
Scottish League Cup:	Semi-Final
Anglo-ScottishCup:	Quarter-Final

Manager: Billy MCNEILL (1978 - 1983)

Celtic 4 Rangers 2

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OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
CLYDE	Aug 3	ASC	P	2-1.
Clyde	Aug 5	ASC	P	6-1.
Morton	Aug 12	PL	P	2-1.
DUNDEE	Aug 16	LC	P	3-1. Pat Stanton leaves Celtic to become ass't manager with Aberdeen.
HEARTS	Aug 19	PL	P	4-0.
Dundee	Aug 23	LC	P	3-0.
Motherwell	Aug 26	PL	P	5-1
Dundee United	Aug 30	LC	P	3-2.
DUNDEE UNITED	Sep 2	LC	P	1-0.
RANGERS	Sep 9	PL	P	3-1.
Burnley	Sep 12	ASC	P	0-1.
HIBERNIAN	Sep 16	PL	P	0-1. Four days after this match Paul Wilson was sold to Motherwell. Davie Provan arrived from Kilmarnock for a Scottish record fee of £120,000 on Sept 18. He went on to win 4 League titles, 2 Scottish Cups and a League Cup with Celtic in the next 7 seasons. He was the Scottish Professional Football Association's Player of the year for 1979/80. He won 10 caps for Scotland and was a member of the 1982 World Cup squad in Spain.
Partick Thistle	Sep 23	PL	P	3-2. Davie Provan makes his Celtic debut in front of 22,000 fans at Firhill.
BURNLEY	Sep 27	ASC	P	1-2. Bobby Lennox makes his second debut for Celtic after resigning. Next day Joe Craig is sold to Blackburn Rovers.
ST MIRREN	Sep 30	PL	P	2-1.
MOTHERWELL	Oct 4	LC	P	0-1.
Aberdeen	Oct 7	PL	P	1-4.
Motherwell	Oct 11	LC	P	4-1.
Dundee United	Oct 14	PL	P
MORTON	Oct 21	PL	P	0-0.
Hearts	Oct 28	PL	P	0-2.
MOTHERWELL	Nov 4	PL	P	1-2. Murdo MacLeod debut, signed on Nov 2.
Montrose	Nov 8	LC	P	1-1
Rangers	Nov 11	PL	P	1-1. Played at Hampden Park.
MONTROSE	Nov 15	LC	P	3-1
Hibernian	Nov 18	PL	P	2-2. Davie Provan's first goal for Celtic.
PARTICK THISTLE	Nov 25	PL	P	1-0.
St Mirren	Dec 2	PL	P	(Postponed)
ABERDEEN	Dec 9	PL	P	0-0.
Rangers	Dec 13	LCSF	P	2-3 a.e.t. This defeat ended a run of 155 successive League Cup games without being eliminated from the competition, The run stretched from the 1964/65 season until this match and includes a World record 14 League Cup Finals in a row (7 as winners). Promising Celtic youngster Jim Casey scored the winning goal for Rangers with 7 minutes of extra-time to be played.
DUNDEE UNITED	Dec 16	PL	P	1-1.
Morton	Dec 23	PL	P	0-1.
HEARTS	Dec 30	PL	P	(Postponed)
Motherwell	Jan 1	PL	P	(Postponed)
Partick Thistle	Jan 20	PL	P	(Postponed)
Montrose	Jan 31	SC	P	4-2. Programme Dated Jan 27th.
Dundee United	Feb 24	PL	P	(Postponed) Played St Mirren in the game postponed from 2nd Dec.
St Mirren	Feb 24	PL	P	rearranged fixture from 2nd Dec.
BERWICK RANGERS	Feb 26	SC	P	3-0.
ABERDEEN	Mar 3	PL	P	1-0.
Aberdeen	Mar 10	SC	P	1-1.
ABERDEEN	Mar 14	SCR	P	1-2.
MOTHERWELL	Mar 17	PL	P	2.1. Packie Bonner debut.
Hearts	Mar 21	PL	P	(Postponed)
Rangers	Mar 24	PL	P	(Postponed)
MORTON	Mar 28	PL	P	3-0.
Hibernian	Mar 31	PL	P	1-2.
Motherwell	Apr 4	PL	P	4-3. Vic Davidson makes his second debut for Celtic after rejoining from Blackpool and scores the third goal in a 4-3 win.
PARTICK THISTLE	Apr 7	PL	P	2-0.
Dundee United	Apr 11	PL	P	1-2.
St Mirren	Apr 14	PL	P	1-0.
Hearts	Apr 18	PL	P	3-0.
Aberdeen	Apr 21	PL	P	1-1.
ST MIRREN	Apr 25	PL	P	2-1.
DUNDEE UNITED	Apr 28	PL	P	2-1.
HIBERNIAN	May 2	PL	P	3-1.
Rangers	May 5	PL	P	0-1. At Hampden.
Partick Thistle	May 7	PL	no	2-1. (Postponed programme issued)
St Mirren	May 11	PL	P	2-0. Played at Ibrox Park because of ground reconstruction work at St Mirren Park.
HEARTS	May 14	PL	P	1-0.
RANGERS	May 21	PL	P	4-2. 52,000 watched ten men win the league. Celtic 36-48, Rangers 36-45. On June 5th Ronnie Glavin was sold to Barnsley for £50,000.

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Celtic v Arsenal 1978 Celtic v Liverpool, Jock Stein Testimonial Alex Brash testimonial

OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
Montrose	Jul 29	F	no	3-1. Celtic team: Latchford, Sneddon, Burns, Stanton, MacDonald, Aitken, Conn (Mackie), Edvaldsson, McAdam, Lumsden, McCluskey (Doyle). Scorers: Roy Aitken 23, George McCluskey 56, 74.
ARSENAL	Aug 8	F	yes	0-3.
Queen's Park	Aug 7	F	no	1-1.
LIVERPOOL	Aug 14	Test	yes	2-3. Jock Stein Testimonial.
East Stirlingshire	Aug 22	F	no	1-0.
Forfar Athletic	Oct 30	Test	yes	3-0. Alex Brash Testimonial.
Estoril	Jan 16	F	no	4-0. Danny McGrain comeback from injury.
Clyde	Jan 23	F	no	3-0. Team: Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Fillipi, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Provan, MacLeod, McCluskey, Lennox, Doyle. Scorers: Turnbull 12 (o.g), Doyle 36, 84.
Queen of the South	Jan 24	F	no	2-3. Team: Baines, Sneddon, Russell, Aitken, Young, Burns, Glavin, Weir, McAdam, Conroy, Conn. Subs: Bonnar, Dowie, Lumsden, Mackie, Casey. Scorers: Glavin 9, Aitken 28..
Stirling Albion	Feb 28	F	no	1-1.
Falkirk	Mar 7	F	no	3-1.
Albion Rovers	unknown	F	no

Lawrie Williams Testimonial. Celtic / Rangers select

Dumbarton

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Test

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Laurie Williams Testimonial. Celtic / Rangers Select.

Front cover of the celtic View after the "10 men win the league" match against Rangers

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