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Trivia
- This was Celtic's fourth game in eight days and it was back to League matters. Bobby Lennox was back fit and it was thought he would return for this game. In the end he got another run out with the Reserves. David Hay was also out with a thigh strain injury and Jimmy Johnstone came back in with Tommy Callaghan and Andy Lynch on the subs bench.
- Hunter, McGrain, Connelly, Hay and Dalglish all in the Scotland squad for game against West Germany on 14 November.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated East Fife 3-1 at Bayview. The Celtic team was Williams, J. Davidson, Quinn, McNamara, MacDonald, Welsh, Ritchie, Lennox, Wilson, O'Hara, McCool. Subs V. Davidson and Mulholland. The Celtic scorers were Wilson, Mulholland and McNamara.
Review
East Fife go down fighting at Parkhead. This was Celtic's fourth game in eight days and the tight schedule caught up with them in the second half.
They started off at the usual cracking pace and a move with McGrain and Dalgish was finished off by Dixie. The second goal wasn't long in coming and saw McCluskey winning the ball and woering the ball through Johnstone to Deans whose shot was parried to Dalglish to slot home.
East Fife made a concerted effort to up the game after the break. Dixie got the third, a terrific goal, and this saw the subs come on. And immediately after Harry Hood was on the spot to push home another Deans parried shot.
With 10 minutes remaining East Fife pulled two goals back as Celtic eased off.
Teams
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan (Callaghan), McCluskey, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Murray, Deans, Hood, Dalglish (Lynch).
Scorers: Deans 2 (6, 70), Dalglish (12), Hood (73)
East Fife:
Gorman, Duncan, Clarke, McIvor, Martis, Borthwick, Love, Hamilton, Honeyman, Rutherford, McPhee. Substitutes:
Scorers: Hamilton (81), Hegarty (87)
Referee: J Grant (Larbert)
Attendance: 23,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
