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Trivia
- Billy McNeill's knee injury was thought at first to be not as bad as it appeared on the Saturday of the Hearts game. However, despite intensive treatment he failed to make the team for the game and in came John McNamee.
- Dunfermiline came off of a win in the European Cup Winners Cup against Vardar of Yugoslavia.
- The League Cup Final was played out at Hampden between Rangers and Hearts going to extra time after a 1-1 draw at the 90 minutes. With no scoring in extra time the game went to a replay.
- Moves were under way to bring Real Madrid to Celtic Park to play a Charity match on 29th November with Real being offered a £20,000 appearance fee.
Review
Celtic started well playing against the wind and in the tenth minute should have gone ahead when a Carroll shot beat Connachan but not the post and Chalmers flashed the rebound over. He atoned with two better shots which were well saved by the Dunfermiline goalkeeper. Poor finishing continued with Carroll missing from 6 yards. Finally the opener came on 23 minutes. A cross from Chalmers was missed by Hughes but Carroll was there to stab the ball home. Not more than five minutes later Dunfermiline were level after a corner was dealt with poorly by the Celtic defense and McDonald put the ball away at the second asking.
The second half saw a tactical switch with Price going to centre forward, Jackson to left half and Hughes to inside right. This seemed to help Dunfermiline more than Celtic. After 10 minutes Price moved to outside right and Chalmers went into the centre. Celtic were struggling and The Pars missed a golden chance to go ahead. Twelve minutes from the end came a Celtic winner. Carroll received the ball and his shot beat the unsighted Connachan.
This win, along with good performances through September and October saw Celtic climb to fourth in the League
| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | P[ts |
| Dundee | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 16 |
| Kilmarnock | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 13 |
| Rangers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 11 |
| Celtic |
9 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
20 |
12 |
11 |
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNamee, Price; Chalmers, Jackson, Hughes, Divers, Carroll.
Scorers: Carroll 2 (24, 77)
Dunfermiline:
Connachan; Fraser, Cunningham; Mailer, Williamson, Miller; McDonald, Peebles, Dickson, Smith, Melrose.
Scorers: McDonald (29)
Referee: J Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance: 26,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
