1978–79 Celtic F.C. season

October 2024 October 2024 screen readers cannot read content that is hidden and collapsed by default April 2017 April 2017 Celtic 1978–79 Billy McNeil Desmond White Celtic Park Scottish Premier Division 1st Scottish Cup 5th Round Scottish League Cup Semi-finalists Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter-finalists Tom McAdam 7 Tom McAdam 13 55,867 14,728 25,469 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Celtic F.C. season began with a significant change. Former club captain Billy McNeill took over from Jock Stein.Woods Pat Glory and the Dream: History of Glasgow Celtic Football Club, 1887-1986 Mainstream Publishing 1986 978-1851580545 1st Stein stepped down after 13 incredibly successful years, during which he led the club to numerous triumphs. His final season, however, was disappointing, with Celtic finishing fifth in the league, missing out on European football qualification, and failing to secure any silverware in the domestic cups. Billy McNeill returned to Celtic after a promising spell managing Aberdeen F.C., where he finished as runners-up in both the Premier Division and the Scottish Cup.Paul Ian 30 May 1978 McNeill takes Clark with him to Parkhead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ufw9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=P0kMAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=3128%2C6939134 The Glasgow Herald During the summer, McNeill appointed his former defensive partner and assistant at Aberdeen, John Clark, as his assistant at Celtic. and brought in Frank Connor to manage the Reserve team, Jimmy Lumsden also joined as a player with additional coaching responsibilities for the reserve team. In the transfer market McNeill made two significant signings in the autumn: winger David Provan from Kilmarnock F.C.Paul Ian 19 September 1978 £120,000 Provan goes to Celtic https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RgI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=cUkMAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=5354%2C4248865 The Glasgow Herald and midfielder Murdo MacLeod from Dumbarton F.C.. Both were young and talented players who would go on to play key roles at Celtic for many years. Additionally, former Celtic players Bobby Lennox and Vic Davidson returned to the club later in the season. Celtic made a bright start in the league during August and early September. However, their form became inconsistent from October through December, and they dropped several points. Harsh winter weather caused all league games in January and February to be postponed. When the league resumed in March, Celtic's form improved significantly, helped by the return of Captain Danny McGrain, who had been out with a serious long term injury. The club faced a busy schedule in May, playing six games, with the final match against Rangers F.C. becoming the decisive fixture for the league title. A victory in this match would ensure the league flag returned to Celtic Park in McNeill's first season as manager. In a dramatic encounter, Celtic triumphed 4-2, despite being down to 10 men for most of the game—a match that remains fondly remembered by Celtic supporters.1979-05-21: Celtic 4-2 Rangers, Premier Division https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1979-05-21-celtic-4-2-rangers-premier-division/ Celtic Wiki In the League Cup, Celtic progressed to the semi-finals but were narrowly defeated by Rangers 3-2 after extra time. In the Scottish Cup, a fifth-round replay loss to Aberdeen allowed Celtic to focus solely on their pursuit of the Premier Division title. Billy McNeill's first season was regarded as a success, restoring the club to the top of Scottish football and allowing the club to make a return to compete in Europe's premier competition the following season. Pre-season and friendlies Due to the 1978 FIFA World Cup, Celtic only managed 2 pre-season friendlies plus the Jock Stein Testimonial game against Liverpool two days after the League opener against Morton. Montrose v Celtic 29 July 1978 Friendly 1-3 https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1978-07-29-montrose-1-3-celtic-friendly/ Montrose Livingstone 20 Celtic Aitken 23, McCluskey 56, 74 Links Park Montrose, Scotland 2,300 R.B Valentine (Dundee) WArsenal v Celtic 8 August 1978 Friendly 0-3 https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1978-08-08-celtic-0-3-arsenal-friendly/ Celtic Arsenal Lynch 29, MacDonald 76, Stapleton 83 Celtic Park Glasgow,Scotland 24,000 K. Hope (Glasgow) LCeltic v Liverpool 14 August 1978 19:30 GMT Jock Stein Testimonial 2–3 https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1978-08-14-celtic-2-3-liverpool-jock-stein-testimonial/ Celtic Glavin 21, McAdam 44 Liverpool Kennedy 32 Dalglish 40, 55 Celtic Park Glasgow, Scotland 62,000 Brian McGinlay (Balfron) L Competitions Scottish Premier Division 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division League table CEL Matches Premier League 12 August 1978 15:00 Morton 1–2 Celtic Cappielow Park Greenock 16,040 W Premier League 19 August 1978 15:00 Celtic 4–0 Hearts Celtic Park Glasgow 22,907 W Premier League 26 August 1978 15:00 Motherwell 1–5 Celtic Fir Park Motherwell 19,710 W Premier League 9 September 1978 15:00 Celtic 3–1 Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 55,867 W Premier League 16 September 1978 15:00 BST Celtic 0–1 Hibernian Celtic Park Glasgow 26,169 L Premier League 23 September 1978 15:00 BST Partick Thistle 2–3 Celtic Firhill Park Glasgow 21,272 W Premier League 30 September 1978 15:00 BST Celtic 2–1 St Mirren Celtic Park Glasgow 25,379 W Premier League 7 October 1978 15:00 BST Aberdeen 4–1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 22,563 L Premier League 14 October 1978 15:00 BST Dundee United 1–0 Celtic Tannadice Park Dundee 17,726 L Premier League 21 October 1978 15:00 BST Celtic 0–0 Morton Celtic Park Glasgow 22,220 D Premier League 28 October 1978 15:00 BST Hearts 2–0 Celtic Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 19,269 L Premier League 4 November 1978 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–2 Motherwell Celtic Park Glasgow 19,808 L Premier League 11 November 1978 15:00 GMT Rangers 1–1 Celtic Hampden Park Glasgow 53,941 D Premier League 18 November 1978 15:00 GMT Hibernian 2–2 Celtic Easter Road Edinburgh 21,450 D Premier League 25 November 1978 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park Glasgow 24,669 W Premier League 9 December 1978 15:00 GMT Celtic 0–0 Aberdeen Celtic Park Glasgow 22,646 D Premier League 16 December 1978 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–1 Dundee United Celtic Park Glasgow 19,868 D Premier League 23 December 1978 15:00 GMT Morton 1–0 Celtic Cappielow Park Greenock 12,636 L Premier League 3 March 1979 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 Aberdeen Celtic Park Glasgow 25,331 W Premier League 17 March 1979 15:00 GMT Celtic 2–1 Motherwell Celtic Park Glasgow 14,866 W Premier League 28 March 1979 19:30 GMT Celtic 3–0 Morton Celtic Park Glasgow 17,728 W Premier League 31 March 1979 15:00 GMT Hibernian 2–1 Celtic Easter Road Edinburgh 16,071 L Premier League 4 April 1979 19:30 GMT Motherwell 3–4 Celtic Fir Park Motherwell 8,744 W Premier League 7 April 1979 15:00 GMT Celtic 2–0 Partick Thistle Celtic Park Glasgow 17,478 W Premier League 11 April 1979 19:30 GMT Dundee United 2–1 Celtic Tannadice Park Dundee 14,424 L Premier League 14 April 1979 15:00 GMT St Mirren 0–1 Celtic St Mirren Park, Love Street Paisley 19,549 W Premier League 18 April 1979 19:30 GMT Hearts 0–3 Celtic Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 10,633 W Premier League 21 April 1979 15:00 GMT Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 22,593 D Premier League 25 April 1979 19:30 GMT Celtic 2–1 St Mirren Celtic Park Glasgow 17,171 W Premier League 28 April 1979 15:00 BST Celtic 2–1 Dundee United Celtic Park Glasgow 35,807 W Premier League 2 May 1979 19:30 BST Celtic 3–1 Hibernian Celtic Park Glasgow 21,728 W Premier League 5 May 1979 15:00 BST Rangers 1–0 Celtic Hampden Park Glasgow 51,359 L Premier League 7 May 1979 15:00 BST Partick Thistle 1–2 Celtic Firhill Park Glasgow 17,659 W Premier League 11 May 1979 19:30 BST St Mirren 0–2 Celtic St Mirren Park, Love Street Paisley 20,800 W Premier League 14 May 1979 19:30 BST Celtic 1–0 Hearts Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 16,507 W Premier League 21 May 1979 19:30 BST Celtic 4–2 Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 55,296 W Scottish Cup 1978–79 Scottish Cup Third round 31 January 1979 19:30 GMT Montrose 2–4 Celtic Links Park Montrose 3,066 W Fourth round 26 February 1979 19:30 GMT Celtic 3–0 Berwick Rangers Celtic Park Glasgow 13,000 W Fifth round 10 March 1979 15:00 GMT Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Celtic Park Glasgow 23,000 D Fifth round replay 14 March 1979 19:30 GMT Celtic 1–2 Aberdeen Celtic Park Glasgow 37,000 L Scottish League Cup 1978–79 Scottish League Cup First round 1st leg 16 August 1978 19:30 GMT Celtic 3–1 Dundee Celtic Park Glasgow 10,515 W First round 2nd leg 23 August 1978 19:30 GMT Dundee 0–3 2–6 Celtic Dens Park Dundee 12,698 W Second round 1st leg 30 August 1978 19:30 GMT Dundee United 2–3 Celtic Tannadice Park Dundee 12,648 W Second round 2nd leg 2 September 1978 15:00 GMT Celtic 1–0 4–2 Dundee United Celtic Park Glasgow 28,563 W Third round 1st leg 4 October 1978 19:30 GMT Celtic 0–1 Motherwell Celtic Park Glasgow 17,643 L Third round 2nd leg 11 October 1978 19:30 GMT Motherwell 1–4 2–4 Celtic Fir Park Motherwell 17,911 W Quarter-final 1st leg 8 November 1978 19:30 GMT Montrose 1–1 Celtic Links Park Montrose 4,284 D Quarter-final 2nd leg 15 November 1978 19:30 GMT Celtic 3–1 4–2 Montrose Celtic Park Glasgow 9,372 W Semi-final 13 December 1978 19:30 GMT Rangers 3–2 (aet) Celtic Hampden Park Glasgow 49,349 L Anglo-Scottish Cup 1978–79 Anglo-Scottish Cup 1st round 1st leg 3 August 1978 20:00 GMT Celtic SCO 2–1 SCO Clyde Celtic Park Glasgow 10,000 W 1st round 2nd leg 5 August 1978 20:00 GMT Clyde SCO 1–6 2–8 SCO Celtic Shawfield Stadium Glasgow 12,000 W Quarter-final 1st leg 12 September 1978 20:00 GMT Burnley ENG 1–0 SCO Celtic Turf Moor Burnley 25,000 L Quarter-final 2nd leg 27 September 1978 20:00 GMT Celtic SCO 1–2 1–3 ENG Burnley Celtic Park Glasgow 27,000 L Glasgow Cup Semi-final 8 May 1979 19:30 BST Celtic 3–2 Clyde Celtic Park Glasgow 2,000 W Final 16 May 1979 19:30 BST Rangers 3–1 Celtic Ibrox Park Glasgow 2,000 W Statistics Appearances and goals Pos.Celtic Wiki Statistics 1978-79 https://www.thecelticwiki.com/statistics-1978-79/ Celtic WikiNameLeagueScottish CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENGPeter Latchford2604060370GKENGRoy Baines700030100GKIRLPackie Bonner20000020DFSCOJoe Filippi19(1)0108028(1)0DFSCODanny McGrain1824010232DFSCOAlan Sneddon40001050DFSCOAndy Lynch27(1)7427338(1)12DFSCORoddie MacDonald1824091313DFSCOMike Conroy20(1)4005125(1)5DFISLJóhannes Eðvaldsson3414091472MFSCOJim Casey1(4)0001(3)02(7)0MFSCOMurdo MacLeod2334000273MFSCOPeter Mackie0(2)000000(2)0MFSCORoy Aitken3653091486MFSCOTommy Burns28(1)3318039(1)4MFSCOPaul Wilson0(1)0001(1)01(2)0FWSCORonnie Glavin9(1)3004(2)213(3)5FWSCOTom McAdam24(4)70(1)09633(5)13FWSCOJohnny Doyle23(3)2416(1)333(4)6FWSCODavid Provan3044050394FWSCOGeorge McCluskey16(5)5231(3)019(8)8FWSCOJoe Craig0(1)000000(1)0FWSCOAlfie Conn Jr.12(1)6205119(1)7FWSCOBobby Lennox6(8)41(1)11(1)18(10)6 Goalscorers R RankingPos.Celtic Wiki Statistics 1978-79 https://www.thecelticwiki.com/statistics-1978-79/ Celtic WikiNationNamePremier DivisionScottish CupLeague CupTotal1FWSCOTom McAdam706132DFSCOAndy Lynch723123FWSCOGeorge McCluskey53084FWSCOAlfie Conn Jr.60175MFSCORoy Aitken5016FWSCOBobby Lennox4116FWSCOJohnny Doyle21366FWSCORonnie Glavin3025DFSCOMike Conroy40157MFSCODavid Provan4004MFSCOTommy Burns31048MFSCOMurdo MacLeod3003DFSCORoddie MacDonald20139DFSCODanny McGrain2002DFISLJóhannes Eðvaldsson1012Total6082189 Club Officials PositionNameChairmanDesmond WhiteSecretaryDesmond WhiteDirectorsThomas Devlin James Farrell Kevin Kelly Management PositionNameManagerBilly McNeillAssistant managerJohn ClarkReserve Team ManagerFrank ConnorReserve CoachJimmy LumsdenTrainerNeil MochanPhysioBob RooneyMasseurJimmy SteeleChief ScoutJohn Kelman Kit Celtic continued to wear their Umbro home shirt that was released the previous season which incorporated the club badge on a home shirt for the first time. Celtic only wore their home shirt during the entire season. Home left|thumb|Home Shirt 1977-79 Transfers In DateNameFromTransfer FeeJuly 1978SCO Jim LumsdenSCO Clydebank£10,000September 1978SCO Davie ProvanSCO Kilmarnock£120,000 October 1978SCO Bobby LennoxUSA Houston HurricaneFreeNovember 1978SCO Murdo MacLeodSCO Dumbarton£100,000Paul Ian 4 November 1978 Parkhead Shuffle - Baines, McLeod in https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=CKRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oKUMAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=3874%2C1040422 The Glasgow HeraldMarch 1979SCO Vic DavidsonENG Blackpool£35,000Total Transfer Fees£265,000 Out DateNameToTransfer FeeAugust 1978SCO Pat StantonRetiredReleasedSeptember 1978SCO Paul WilsonSCO Motherwell£50,000September 1978SCO Joe CraigENG Blackburn Rovers£40,000March 1979ENG Roy BainesSCO Greenock Morton£12,000April 1979SCO Alfie Conn Jr.ENG Derby CountyFree TransferApril 1979SCO John DowieENG Doncaster RoversFree TransferTotal Transfer Fees£102,000 References Category:Scottish football championship-winning seasons Category:Celtic F.C. seasons Celtic