Jim Craig’s 7am start: Billy McNeill had played 787 games for Celtic

In the early rounds of the Scottish Cup in season 1974-75, Celtic had beaten Hibs 2-0 at Easter Road in Round One, Clydebank 4-1 at home in Round Two, Dumbarton 2-1 at Boghead Park in the quarter-final and Dundee by a single goal in the semi-final at Hampden, watched by a crowd of 40,702...