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Trivia
- Hay and Hood received treatment following the League Cup Final having taken minor knocks.
- Clybank called the SFA to rescinding Clause 126 – which banned Sunday football – for the duration of the State of Emergency.
- Callaghan and Wilson dropped to the bench with Deans, coming back from injury, and Lennox included for this game. Connelly and Johnstone played for the Reserves at Brockville (they won 6-2).
- The Scottish League decide upon a 10 team league from the 1975/76 season. It will be called the Premier League.
- Dixie Deans scores four goals.
Review
If it wasn't for a fine performance from Falkirk goalkeeper Ally Donaldson Celtic could have had double figures.
Deans scored four goals the highlight being a spectacular rising header from a Lennox cross.
Only 11,000 fans turn up on a terrible winter's day mainly due to the three day week being in operation. It was also Christmas Saturday which would have normally kept numbers down anyway. Buttattendance was low at all football matches north and south of the border this weekend.
Teams
Celtic:
Hunter, McGrain, Brogan, McCluskey, McNeill, Hay, Hood, Murray, Deans, Dalglish , Lennox. Subs: Wilson, Callaghan,
Goals: Dalglish (36), Lennox (43), Deans 4 (58, 66, 80, 88)
Falkirk:
Donaldson, D Whiteford, Cameron, Markie, Gibson, Wheatley, Hoggan, J Whiteford, Lawson, Harley, Macleod (Shirra).
Goals:
Referee: R Henderson (Dundee)
Attendance: 11,000
Articles
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