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Celtic were relatively late to have floodlights installed at Parkhead.

While most other senior clubs in Scotland and England were already capable of playing under lights it was not until October 1959 that the Bhoys' switched on their floodlight system. However, the Celtic board boasted that the Parkhead lights were the best in football and that the four pylons - at 208 feet high - were the tallest such structures in the world.

The system was installed at a cost of £40,000 by Edinburgh firm Miller and Stables Ltd and to mark the occasion the Hoops organised a glammour friendly with English champions Wolverhampton Wanderers on October 12th 1959.

A mostly inexperienced Celtic team looked out of their depth against a Wolves side which was far from full strength and the midlanders ran out comfortable 2-0 winners before a crowd of 45,000. The visitor's goals were scored by Broadbent and Murray. While the lights were a huge success there was little room for optimisim about the performance on the pitch and to rub salt into the wounds of the Celtic support there was a strong rumour that star man Bobby Collins had been sold to Everton the season before to help pay for the new lights.

The Celtic team against Wolves was: Fallon, MacKay, Mochan, Smith, Evans, Peacock, Chalmers, McVittie, Lochhead, Divers, Auld.