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Trivia
- The reception following the Quarter Final European Cup demolition of Fiorentina was all good and thoughts went forward towards the final despite there still being a second lerg and still good teams ln the competition.
- If anything was needed this generated how far tactical thinking had advanced in ten years. Teams were selected to beat sides and the differences between this team and the team against Fiorentina made that clear. bertie Auld despite his amazing game against the Italians was on the bench. Both Harry Hood and Tommy Callaghan came back into the side whilst Hughes was out injured and told to rest. Danny McGrain was also mentioned as being in the squad for this game.
- The match was played in snow fall which started at kick off and continued through the game.
- On the same day, in the quarter final of the Second Eleven Cup, Celtic were at home to Aberdeen and lost 3-0. The Celtic team was Fallon, Craig, Gorman, Dalglish, Connelly, Cattanach, McBride, Davidson, Quinn, Macari, Wilson Sub White
Review
A tight game – tighter than the 2-0 scoreline to the Celts would lead one to believe.
Evan Williams was busy in the first five minutes as Dundee Utd went all out for an early goal. Celtic needed the two headers from McNeill to win the game with the forwards finding the marking tight. The first came in the first half from a set piece with Tommy Gemmell flighting in an indirect free kick onto McNeill's head. The second came after the break when Jimmy Johnstone spotted McNeill up and supporting an attack after a prolonged period of pressure on the Arabs goal in the second half. The wee man hoisted the ball over and Big Cesar did the rest. United refused to give up all through the game and indeed had the most of the attacks. But it was Celtic who were tactically aware and had the armoury to weather the Arabs push and to break and win making all for a good game.
Teams
Dundee United
Mackay, Rolland, J. Cameron, Gillespie, D. Smith, Henry, Wilson, Scott, Gordon, Mitchell, Dunne Sub W. Smith
Scorers:
Celtic
Williams, Hay, Gemmell, Murdoch (Auld), McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Hood, Wallace, Callaghan, Lennox
Scorer McNeill 2 (41, 56)
Referee: E H Pringle (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 20,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
