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Trivia
- Celtic announced an unchanged team before the game on the Friday. The only difference was Cattanach on the bench rather than Chalmers
- At Celtic Park, on the same day, Celtic Reserves beat Dundee United Reserves 6-1. The Celtic scorers were McBride 2, Quinn 2, Taggart and Jim Clark. The Celtic team was Fallon, Murray, Shevlane, John Clark, Connelly, O'Neill, Taggart, McBride, Quinn, Hay and Jim Clark.
- Davie Cattanach scored his only goal for Celtic in this game.
- Red Alligator won the Grand National on this day. In the Scottish Cup semis St Johnstone and Dunfermiline drew 1-1 and Hearts against Morton finished with the same score.
Review
Celtic put pay to the hex from Dundee Utd with a confident win away from home. Jimmy Johnstone got the ball rollling with a brilliant goal on thirteen minutes. Bobby Lennox added a second to go in 2-0 up at half time.
Dundee Utd tried to fight their way back into it in the second half but when Wallace added a third and Lennox a fourth soon after it was all over. All that remained was for Davie Cattanach on as sub to put the capping on with a fifth just before the whistle.
Jerry Kerr, the Dundee Utd manager paid tribute to Jimnmy Johnstone after the match. "Johnstone is a wonderful player. Every time he is on the ball he is dangerous. Celtic played great football aginat us but even at that he was by far and a way above every other player on the pitch by his sheer ability."
Celtic were on the top of the table at the end of the month but Rangers now had a game in hand.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Celtic | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 20 | 53 |
| Rangers | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 24 | 53 |
| Hibernian | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 37 |
| Dunfermiline | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 33 | 35 |
| Partick Thistle | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 59 | 30 |
Teams
Dundee Utd:
Davie, Holland, Cameron, Neilson, Smith, Wood, Seemann, Miller(J.), Mitchell, Gilespie (Hainey), Wilson.
Scorers:
Celtic:
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Lennox, Wallace, Gallacher (Cattanach, 71), Hughes
Scorers: Johnstone (13), Lennox 2 (35, 73), Wallace (70), Cattanach (89)
Referee: E. Thomson (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 20,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
