Celtic FC 1975/1976

Celtic Fixtures and Results 1975/1976

Scottish League: Second
Scottish FA Cup: Round 3
League Cup: Final
European Cup Winners Cup: Quarter-Final

 

Manager: Jock Stein (1965 - 1978) - Sean FALLON is acting manager for this season as Jock Stein recovers from a near fatal car accident

Celtic score always first.

Opponents Comments

Match programme
ABERDEEN

09/08/75
League Cup
1-0 - Dalglish

Attendance:32,000

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Hearts

13/08/75
League Cup
0-2

Attendance:25,000

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DUMBARTON

16/08/75
League Cup
3-1 - Edvaldsson, Wilson, Lennox

Attendance:23,000

No programme
HEARTS

20/08/75
League Cup
3-1 - Lynch, Edvaldsson, Glavin

Attendance:28,000

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Dumbarton

23/08/75
League Cup
8-0 - McGrain, Wilson (2), Dalglish (2), Hood (2), Callaghan

Attendance:14,000

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Aberdeen

27/08/75
League Cup
2-0 - Lennox, Ritchie

Attendance:13,000

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Rangers

30/08/75
Premier League
1-2 - Dalglish

Attendance: 69,594

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DUNDEE

06/09/75
Premier League
4-0 - McNamara, Lennox (3)

Attendance:25,000

Bobby Lennox scored the first ever hat-trick of the new Premier League.

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Stenhousemuir

10/09/75
League Cup
2-0 - Dalglish, Lennox

Attendance:10,000

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Motherwell

13/09/75
Premier League
1-1 - Dalglish

Attendance:18,612

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FC Valur

16/09/75
ECWC
2-0 - MacDonald, Wilson

Very good cond copy sold on ebay £155 on 11/04/21 - 5 bids

Sold Jan 2024 for £113, 13 bids, good condition, some dirty marks on the front cover.

Attendance:6,000

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St Johnstone

20/09/75
Premier League
2-1 - P.McCluskey (2)

Attendance:12,000

No programme
STENHOUSEMUIR

24/09/75
League Cup
1-0 - Lynch

Attendance:8,000

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DUNDEE UNITED

27/09/75
Premier League
2-1 - MacDonald, Dalglish

Attendance:21,000

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FC VALUR

01/10/75
ECWC
7-0 - P.McCluskey, Edvaldsson, Dalglish, Deans, Callaghan, Hood (2)

Attendance:16,000
George McCluskey
debut. George signed for Celtic in 1974 and left in 1983. He played 207 times for Celtic scoring 83 goals (5 in Europe)

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HEARTS

04/10/75
Premier League
3-1 - Wilson, Deans, Hood

Attendance:20,000

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Partick Thistle

06/10/75
League Cup Semi-Final
1-0 - Edvaldsson

Attendance:31,241

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Aberdeen

11/10/75
Premier League
2-1 - Dalglish, Deans

Attendance:18,000

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HIBERNIAN

18/10/75
Premier League
0-2

Attendance:32,000. (Abandoned because of fog)

No programme
Boavista

22/10/75
ECWC

0-0

No programme.

Attendance:25,000

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Rangers

25/10/75
League Cup Final
0-1

Attendance:58,806

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RANGERS

01/11/75
Premier League
1-1 - Wilson

Attendance:55,000. George McCluskey first start.

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BOAVISTA

05/11/75
ECWC

3-1 - Edvaldsson, Dalglish, Deans

Attendance:37,000
Forced by UEFA, Celtic wore numbers on the back of the shirts for the first time in competative football. They had worn them once before in a 1960 friendly against Sedan in the Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup.

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Dundee

08/11/75
Premier League
0-1

Attendance:16,456

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Ayr United

12/11/75
Premier League
7-2 - MacDonald, Edvaldsson (3), Dalglish, Deans (2)

Attendance:15,000

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MOTHERWELL

15/11/75
Premier League
0-2

Attendance:33,000

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ST JOHNSTONE

22/11/75
Premier League
3-2 - Dalglish, Lennox (2)

Attendance:20,000

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Dundee United

29/11/75
Premier League
3-1 - Lynch Deans, Lennox

Attendance:10,000

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Hearts

06/12/75
Premier League
1-0 - Deans

Attendance:21,000

No programme
HIBERNIAN

10/12/75
Premier League

1-1 - Deans

No programme.

Attendance:33,000

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ABERDEEN

13/12/75
Premier League
0-2
Programme dated 13th Nov

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Hibernian

20/12/75
Premier League
0-2

Attendance:24,000

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AYR UNITED

27/12/75
Premier League
3-1 - Edvaldsson (2), Dalglish

Attendance:22,000

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Rangers

01/01/76
Premier League
0-1

Attendance:57,839

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DUNDEE

03/01/76
Premier League
3-3

Attendance:21,000

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Motherwell

10/01/76
Premier League
3-1

Attendance:18,092

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St Johnstone

17/01/76
Premier League
4-3

Attendance:9,915

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Motherwell

24/01/76
Scottish Cup
2-3 - Lynch, Dalglish

Attendance:25,538

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DUNDEE UNITED

31/01/76
Premier League
2-1

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HEARTS

07/02/76
Premier League
2-0

Attendance:22,000

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Aberdeen

21/02/76
Premier League
1-0

Attendance:18,221

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HIBERNIAN

28/02/76
Premier League
4-0

Attendance:33,000

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SACHENRING ZWICKAU

03/03/76
ECWC
1-1

Attendance:46,000

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Ayr United

06/03/76
Premier League
Postponed.

Flu epidemic. Very rare. According to the guy that had the Ayr Utd programme shop in the 70's, only 35 copies saved from the crusher.

No programme
RANGERS

14/03/76
Premier League
Postponed. Flu epidemic.

No programme.

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Sachenring Zwickau

17/03/76
ECWC
0-1.

Johnny Doyle signs for Celtic at Glasgow Airport before Celts fly out.

Attendance:40,000

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Dundee

20/03/76
Premier League
1-0

Johnny Doyle debut - carried off at half-time with an injury

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MOTHERWELL

27/03/76
Premier League
4-0

Attendance:29,000

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ST JOHNSTONE

03/04/76
Premier League
1-0

Attendance:16,000

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Dundee United

10/04/76
Premier League
2-3

Attendance:12,771

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ABERDEEN

17/04/76
Premier League
1-1

Attendance:29,000

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Hibernian

21/04/76
Premier League
0-2

Attendance:19,076

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AYR UNITED

24/04/76
Premier League
1-2

Attendance:16,000

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RANGERS

26/04/76
Premier League
0-0

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Ayr United

01/05/76
Premier League
5-3

Attendance:6,800

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Hearts

03/05/76
Premier League
0-1

Attendance:9,000

Celtic Football Club Friendlies 1975/1976

Opponents Comments

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Dundalk

25/07/75
6-0

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Finn Harps

27/07/75
0-0

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Sligo Rovers

29/07/75
6-1

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DERBY COUNTY

02/08/75
1-0

Shuggie Edvaldsson debut.

No programme
Stirling Albion

04/08/75
2-4

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Birmingham City

25/11/75
0-1

Birmingham Centenary Match.

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Dundee XI

01/12/75
1-5
A Celtic XI that included a young Gordon Strachan in Bobby Wilson's Testimonial.

No programme
East Stirlingshire

09/01/76
1-0

No programme
Clydebank

24/01/76
1-3

No programme
Cowdenbeath

03/02/76
4-3

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LEEDS UNITED

11/02/76
1-3

No programme
Stenhousemuir

18/02/76
4-1

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MANCHESTER UNITED

11/05/76
4-1

Jimmy Johnstone / Bobby Lennox Testimonial.

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Portsmouth

19/05/76
6-1

Pompey Appeal