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Trivia
- An unchanged side from the one that defeated Morton on the previous Saturday. John Hughes and Joe McBride were both still out with injuries.
- Celtic play in all green change strip.
- Celtic all but clinch their first league title for 12 years.
- Celtic would have to lose by 4-1 at Fir Park on the following Saturday to lose the title on the old goal average system.
- On the same day, Celtic Reserves were away to Dunfermline Reserves and defeated them 4-1. They had also pretty much clinched the Reserve team League. The scorers were Brogan pen, Henderson, Sweeney and McGowan.
- 25,000 Liverpool fans flood into Glasgow for the next day's ECWC final at Hampden between Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund.
- On the previous day Celtic defeated St Johnstone 2-1 in a Reserve League match at Muirton Park. The Celtic team was Kennedy, McCarron, O'Neill, Cattanach, Cushley, Hay, McGowan, Connelly, J. Quinn, Sweeney, H. Quinn. Jimmy Quinn scored both of Celtic's goals.
Review
On an emotional evening as Celtic collected the two points they all but needed to all but clinch the title. All they had to do was avoid defeat by a huge margin in their last game at Fir Park and the title would be theirs. The only down side was Rangers' 4-0 win against Clyde at Ibrox which kept their slim hopes alive.
Celtic looked nervous when Ferguson gave the Pars the lead but Lennox equalised with a header before Johnstone won the match with a carefully taken shot after Martin had saved a Lennox shot.
At the end of the game came a vast horde of cheering fans to hail their heroes. The Evening Times reported that 'there was not a dry eye in the house' at the final whistle as the fans realised they were almost there. Stein refuses to be carried away and the team won't celebrate until it's officially won. 'What if Motherwell beat us 4-0 ?' he asks waiting reporters.
On to the final game of the season at Fir Park on May 7th.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 33 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 30 | 55 |
| Rangers | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 91 | 29 | 55 |
| Kilmarnock | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 73 | 46 | 45 |
| Dunfermiline | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 94 | 55 | 44 |
Teams
Celtic
Simpson; Craig, Gemmell; Murdoch, McNeill, Clark; Johnstone, Gallacher, Chalmers, Lennox, Auld
Scorers Lennox (34), Johnstone (59)
Dunfermline
Martin, W. Callaghan, Lunn, Thomson, McLean, T. Callaghan, Edwards, Smith, Fleming, Ferguson, Robertson
Scorer Ferguson 29
Referee: A. McKenzie (Coatbridge)
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
