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Trivia
- John Hughes returned from suspension and immediately stepped into the team. Charlie Gallacher dropped out to accommodate Hughes. There was still no place for the charismatic duo of Johnstone and Auld who were out in the cold.
- Celtic played in the all-emerald green strip.
- Plans were set in action to closed-circuit televise the away leg of the First Round European Cup Winners Cup leg against Go Ahead Eagles of Deventer, Netherlands and show the game at a Glasgow cinema.
- Dundee Utd had a former Celtic player in Benny Rooney at centre forward. Rooney had played all his frootball at Parkhead in the Reserves and Combined Reserves going out on loan to Dumbarton before being freed and picked up by Dundee Utd. The other Celtic recruit, Bobby Carrol, was dropped for this game.
Review
Hughes return invigorated Celtic and he had a big part to play in this win. It was his shot that led to the handball which gave Ian Young the penalty and Celtic's opener. And it was |Hughes that trailed the ball down the left wing before playing an excellent pass to Chalmers to score the second. The second half was a much pooorer afair all round but Joe Mcbride added a third four minutes from time.
Dundee 1-2 Motherwell
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Dundee Utd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Celtic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Motherwell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Dundee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Teams
Celtic
Fallon; Young, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Chalmers, Divers, McBride, Lennox, Hughes.
Scorers Young (pen 23), Chalmers (28), McBride (86)
Dundee United
Mackay, Miller, Briggs, Munro, Smith, Neilson, Soutar, Gillespie, Rooney, Mitchell, Persson
Scorers:
Referee: D. Smail (Selkirk)
Attendance: 36,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
