Celtic defeated Rangers 3-1 at Celtic Park on this day in 1978 with Tom McAdam (then a forward) and George McCluskey getting the goals in what was Billy McNeill’s first Old Firm game as the Celtic manager. It was also John Greig’s first game against Celtic as the Rangers manager.
A shout out to Peter Latchford who saved a penalty in this match (yes they got one!)…this was also Joe Craig’s last game for Celtic as he signed for Blackburn Rovers a few days after this win over Rangers with the club receiving a fee of around £50,000.
Celtic: Latchford, Fillipi, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, Conroy, Doyle, Glavin, McAdam, Burns (Casey), McCluskey (Craig).
Scorers: McAdam (2), McCluskey (14), McAdam (76)
Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, A Forsyth, T Forsyth, Jackson, McDonald (Miller), McLean (Cooper), Russell, Parlane, Johnstone, Smith.
Scorer: Parlane (49)
Referee: D Syme (Glasgow)
Attendance 60,000
The photos of this game on The Celtic Wiki are certainly tasty…
