1979–80 Celtic F.C. season

During the 1979–80 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.

Celtic

1979–80 season
Chairman	Desmond White
Manager	Billy McNeill
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-Finalists
European Cup	Quarter-Finalists
Drybrough Cup	Finalists
Top goalscorer	League: George McCluskey 10 All: George McCluskey & Johnny Doyle 15
Highest home attendance	53,952
Lowest home attendance	16,695
Average home league attendance	28,499

Competitions

Scottish Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	19	10	7	68	36	+32	48	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	18	11	7	61	38	+23	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	St Mirren	36	15	12	9	56	49	+7	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	12	13	11	43	30	+13	37
5	Rangers	36	15	7	14	50	46	+4	37

Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches

11 August 1979 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 2	Morton	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,841

18 August 1979 Premier League	Rangers	2 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 29,767

25 August 1979 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,584

8 September 1979 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 2	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,959

15 September 1979 Premier League	Hibernian	1 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 19,086

22 September 1979 Premier League	Aberdeen	1 – 2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 22,256

29 September 1979 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,788

6 October 1979 Premier League	Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 23,816

13 October 1979 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,483

20 October 1979 Premier League	Morton	1 – 0	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 19,448

27 October 1979 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,952

3 November 1979 Premier League	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 16,918

10 November 1979 Premier League	Dundee United	0 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 18,630

17 November 1979 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,511

1 December 1979 Premier League	St Mirren	2 – 1	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 20,360

15 December 1979 Premier League	Celtic	5 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,849

22 December 1979 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 1	Morton	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,025

29 December 1979 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 33,843

5 January 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,822

12 January 1980 Premier League	Hibernian	1 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 21,932

19 January 1980 Premier League	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 22,231

9 February 1980 Premier League	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 15,868

23 February 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 2	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,371

1 March 1980 Premier League	Morton	0 – 1	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 17,078

12 March 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 2	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,985

15 March 1980 Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 14,965

29 March 1980 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,926

2 April 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,668

5 April 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,980

8 April 1980 Premier League	Dundee United	3 – 0	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 BST				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 14,616

16 April 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,695

19 April 1980 Premier League	Dundee	5 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 14,633

23 April 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 3	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 46,877

26 April 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,487

30 April 1980 Premier League	Dundee	0 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 10,200

3 May 1980 Premier League	St Mirren	0 – 0	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 20,270

Scottish Cup

26 January 1980 Third Round	Celtic	2 - 1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

16 February 1980 Fourth Round	Celtic	1 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

20 February 1980 Fourth Round Replay	St Mirren	2 - 3	Celtic	Paisley
19:30 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 27,166

8 March 1980 Fifth Round	Celtic	2 - 0	Morton	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

12 April 1980 Semi-Final	Celtic	5 - 0	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 33,445

10 May 1980 Final	Celtic	1 - 0 (aet)	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 70,314

Scottish League Cup

29 August 1979 Second round 1st Leg	Falkirk	1 - 2	Celtic	Falkirk
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 8,583

1 September 1979 Second round 2nd Leg	Celtic	4 - 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,090

26 September 1979 Third round 1st Leg	Stirling Albion	1 - 2	Celtic	Stirling
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Stadium Attendance: 7,592

10 October 1979 Third round 2nd Leg	Celtic	2 - 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,924

31 October 1979 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Aberdeen	3 - 2	Celtic	Aberdeen
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 20,972

24 November 1979 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	0 - 1 (2 – 4 agg.)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,768

European Cup

19 September 1979 1st Round 1st Leg	Partizani Tirana	1 - 0	Celtic	Tirana
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 19,000

24 October 1979 1st Round 2nd Leg	Celtic	4 - 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Partizani Tirana	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,000

19 September 1979 2nd Round 1st Leg	Celtic	3 - 2	Dundalk	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,000

3 October 1979 2nd Round 2nd Leg	Dundalk	0 - 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Dundalk
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 16,300

5 March 1980 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Celtic	2 - 0	Real Madrid	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 67,000

19 March 1980 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Real Madrid	3 - 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Celtic	Madrid
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 110,000

Drybrough Cup

30 July 1979 First Round	Celtic	5 - 0	Clydebank	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

1 August 1979 Semi-Final	Celtic	3 - 2 (aet)	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 21,000

4 August 1979 Final	Celtic	1 - 3	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 40,609

Glasgow Cup

22 August 1979 Semi-Final	Celtic	3 - 0	Clyde	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

Club Staff

Board of Directors[1]

Position	Name
Chairman	Desmond White
Secretary	Desmond White
Directors	Thomas Devlin James Farrell Kevin Kelly

Football Staff[2]

Position	Name
Manager	Billy McNeill
Assistiant Manager	John Clark
Reserve Team Manager	Frank Connor
Reserve Coach	Jimmy Lumsden
Physio	Brian Scott
Trainer	Neil Mochan
Massuer	Jimmy Steele

Transfers

Transfers In [3]

Date	Name	From	Transfer Fee
October 1979	Dom Sullivan	Aberdeen F.C.	£80,000
March 1980	Frank McGarvey	Liverpool F.C.	£250,000
		Total Transfer Fees	£330,000

Transfer Out[4]

Date	Name	To	Transfer Fee
June 1979	Ronnie Glavin	Barnsley F.C.	£50,000
June 1979	John McCluskey	Retired	Released
July 1979	Brian Coyne	Shrewsbury Town F.C.	Free Transfer
November 1978	Peter Mackie	Dundee F.C.	£35,000
December 1979	Joe Filippi	Clyde F.C.	Free Transfer
February 1980	Jóhannes Eðvaldsson	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Free Transfer
April 1980	Andy Lynch (footballer)	Philadelphia Fury (1978–80)	Free Transfer
		Total Transfer Fees	£85,000

References

1. "Celtic Board - Past - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. "Coaching and Backroom Staff - Previous - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
3. "Transfers - Players In - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
4. "Transfers - Players Out - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.