1975–76 Celtic F.C. season
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{{Infobox football club season
| club = Celtic
| season = 1975–76
| manager = Jock Stein
Sean Fallon (acting manager)
| chairman =
| stadium = Celtic Park
| league = Scottish Premier Division
| league result = 2nd
| cup1 = Scottish Cup
| cup1 result = 3rd Round
| cup2 = Scottish League Cup
| cup2 result = Finalists
| cup3 = European Cup Winners' Cup
| cup3 result = Quarter-finals
| league topscorer =
| season topscorer =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 1974–75
| nextseason = 1976–77
}}
During the 1975–76 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.
Celtic failed to win any major honour for the first time since the 1963-64 season. Assistant Manager Sean Fallon was acting manager for most of the season as Manager Jock Stein suffered a serious car accident that required months of recovery.
Celtic reached the finals of the League Cup, where they lost to Rangers,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-sun/158277236/|title=Rangers take pot luck|work=Sunday Sun|date=26 October 1975|access-date=2 November 2024|page=27|via=Newspapers.com}} and lost in the third round of the Scottish Cup to Motherwell.
In the European Cup Winners' Cup, they reached the Quarter-finals, where they drew 1-1 on aggregate to East Germany cup champions Sachsenring Zwickau and lost 5-4 on penalties. In earlier rounds, they had defeated Iceland's Valur and Portugal's Boavista.
Squad
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Peter Latchford}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Denis Connaghan}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Ally Hunter}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Graham Barclay}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Danny McGrain}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Andy Lynch}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Pat McCluskey}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Frank Welsh}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Roddie MacDonald}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Jackie McNamara Sr.}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Roy Aitken}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISL|pos=DF|name=Jóhannes Eðvaldsson}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=George Connelly}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Tommy Callaghan}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Brian McLaughlin}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Tommy Burns}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Steve Murray}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Ronnie Glavin}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jim Casey}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Johnny Doyle}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Bobby Hannah}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Bobby Lennox}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Harry Hood}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Kenny Dalglish}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Dixie Deans}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Paul Wilson}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Andy Ritchie}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=George McCluskey}}
{{Fs end}}
Competitions
=Scottish Premier Division=
{{Main|1975–76 Scottish Premier Division}}
==League table==
{{:1975–76 Scottish Premier Division|showteam=CEL}}
== Matches ==
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 30 August 1975
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 2 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ibrox Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 70,964
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 6 September 1975
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 4 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Dundee
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 24,504
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 13 September 1975
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Motherwell
|score = 1 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 18,612
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 20 September 1975
|time = 15:00
|team1 = St Johnstone
|score = 1 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Muirton Park
|location = Perth
|attendance = 11,703
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 27 September 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 2 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Dundee United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 19,986
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 4 October 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Hearts
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 19,728
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 11 October 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Aberdeen
|score = 1 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium
|location = Aberdeen
|attendance = 17,868
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 1 November 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Rangers
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 52,225
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 8 November 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Dundee
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dens Park
|location = Dundee
|attendance = 16,456
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 12 November 1975
|time = 19:30 BST
|team1 = Ayr United
|score = 2 – 7
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Somerset Park
|location = Ayr
|attendance = 12,140
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 15 November 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 0 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Motherwell
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 32,399
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 22 November 1975
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 – 2
|report =
|team2 = St Johnstone
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 18,517
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 29 November 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Dundee United
|score = 1 – 3
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tannadice Park
|location = Dundee
|attendance = 11,846
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 6 December 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Hearts
|score = 0 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tynecastle Park
|location = Edinburgh
|attendance = 20,446
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 10 December 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Hibernian
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 39,918
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 13 December 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 0 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Aberdeen
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 23,156
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 20 December 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Hibernian
|score = 1 – 3
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Easter Road
|location = Edinburgh
|attendance = 21,136
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 27 December 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Ayr United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 21,238
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 1 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ibrox Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 57,797
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 3 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 – 3
|report =
|team2 = Dundee
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 19,968
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 10 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Motherwell
|score = 1 – 3
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Fir Park
|location = Motherwell
|attendance = 18,092
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 17 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = St Johnstone
|score = 3 – 4
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Muirton Park
|location = Perth
|attendance = 9,951
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 31 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 2 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Dundee United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 17,007
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 7 February 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 2 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Hearts
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 21,048
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 21 February 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Aberdeen
|score = 0 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium
|location = Aberdeen
|attendance = 19,214
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 28 February 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 4 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Hibernian
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 32,059
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 20 March 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Dundee
|score = 0 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dens Park
|location = Dundee
|attendance = 14,830
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 27 March 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 4 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Motherwell
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 27,934
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 3 April 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = St Johnstone
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 15,126
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 10 April 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Dundee United
|score = 3 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tannadice Park
|location = Dundee
|attendance = 12,771
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 17 April 1976
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 – 1
|report =
|team2 = Aberdeen
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 28,608
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 21 April 1976
|time = 19:30 BST
|team1 = Hibernian
|score = 2 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Easter Road
|location = Edinburgh
|attendance = 19,076
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 24 April 1976
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 – 2
|report =
|team2 = Ayr United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 15,486
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 26 April 1976
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 0 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Rangers
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 51,142
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 1 May 1976
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Ayr United
|score = 3 – 5
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Somerset Park
|location = Ayr
|attendance = 6,802
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Premier League
|date = 3 May 1976
|time = 15:00 BST
|team1 = Hearts
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tynecastle Park
|location = Edinburgh
|attendance = 8,537
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Scottish Cup=
{{Main|1975–76 Scottish Cup}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Third round
|date = 24 January 1976
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Motherwell
|score = 3 - 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Fir Park
|location = Motherwell
|attendance = 25,000
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Scottish League Cup=
{{Main|1975–76 Scottish League Cup}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 9 August 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 - 0
|report =
|team2 = Aberdeen
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 31,819
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 13 August 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Hearts
|score = 2 - 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tynecastle Park
|location = Edinburgh
|attendance = 18,491
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 16 August 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 - 1
|report =
|team2 = Dumbarton
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 21,804
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 20 August 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 3 - 1
|report =
|team2 = Hearts
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 27,314
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 23 August 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Dumbarton
|score = 0 - 8
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Boghead Park
|location = Dumbarton
|attendance = 11,255
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group 3
|date = 27 August 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Aberdeen
|score = 0 - 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pittodrie Stadium
|location = Aberdeen
|attendance = 13,984
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final 1st leg
|date = 10 September 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Stenhousemuir
|score = 0 - 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ochilview Park
|location = Stenhousemuir
|attendance = 8,075
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final 2nd leg
|date = 24 September 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 - 0
|aggregatescore = 3 – 0
|report =
|team2 = Stenhousemuir
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 2,658
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Semi-final
|date = 6 October 1975
|time = 19:30 GMT
|team1 = Partick Thistle
|score = 0 - 1
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Hampden Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 31,421
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Final
|date = 25 October 1975
|time = 15:00 GMT
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 1 - 0
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Hampden Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 58,706
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=European Cup Winners' Cup=
{{Main|1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 1st round 1st leg
|date = 16 September 1975
|time = 19:00 GMT
|team1 = Valur {{flagicon|ISL}}
|score = 0 - 2
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur
|location = Reykjavík
|attendance = 9,000
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 1st round 2nd leg
|date = 1 October 1975
|time = 20:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score = 7 - 0
|aggregatescore = 9 – 0
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|ISL}} Valur
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 16,000
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 2nd round 1st leg
|date = 22 October 1975
|time = 20:00 GMT
|team1 = Boavista {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 0 - 0
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estádio do Bessa
|location = Porto
|attendance = 15,000
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 2nd round 2nd leg
|date = 5 November 1975
|time = 20:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score = 3 - 1
|aggregatescore = 3 – 1
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Boavista
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 37,000
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final 1st leg
|date = 3 March 1976
|time = 20:00 GMT
|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score = 1 - 1
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|DDR}} Sachsenring Zwickau
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 46,000
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final 2nd leg
|date = 17 March 1976
|time = 14:00 GMT
|team1 = Sachsenring Zwickau {{flagicon|DDR}}
|score = 1 - 0
|aggregatescore = 2 – 1
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Georgi Dimitroff Stadion
|location = Zwickau
|attendance = 40,024
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Glasgow Cup=
{{football box collapsible
|round = Semi-final
|date = 4 August 1975
|time = 19:30 BST
|team1 = Clyde
|score = 1 - 2
|report =
|team2 = Celtic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Shawfield Stadium
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 7,000
|referee =
|result = W
}}
Final delayed until the following season
{{football box collapsible
|round = Final
|date = 8 August 1976
|time = 19:30 BST
|team1 = Celtic
|score = 1 - 3
|report =
|team2 = Rangers
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Celtic Park
|location = Glasgow
|attendance = 55,000
|referee =
|result = L
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Celtic F.C. seasons}}
{{1975–76 in Scottish football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 Celtic F.C. season}}