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Trivia
- Celtic played an unchanged side from the one that had produced a good fighting spirit and the right result against Ayr away in midweek.
- Celtic qualify for the quarter finals.
- Trouble flared on the terracings before kick off as fans clashed and police made arrests to restore order.
- In the Reserve League Cup Celtic lost 2-1 to Dundee United at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Barclay, Quinn, Brogan, McLaughlin, MacDonald, Thomson, Murphy, Bone, Deans, Hood, Lynch Subs Little and Leonard. The Celtic scorer was Bone.
- Now it was the referees turn to threaten strike action. Three referees had been demoted to linesmen – Kellock, Grant and Paterson – by the SFA and the refs were having none of it. It remained to be sorted out.
- Denis Law retired from first class football. 55 caps for Scotland and a professional with Huddersfield, Torino, Manchester Utd and Manchester City
Review
Celtic dominated at the start and pressurised to make the opening goal. Jimmy Johnstone creates the only goal with a special piece of magic. He beats two united defenders in a tight space and slips a glorious pass to Wilson for a fine goal.
In the second half Dundee Utd came more into the game and they nearly scrambled a goal before it was cleared by the defence. Pat McCluskey was booked.
Motherwell 5 – 0 Ayr Utd
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
| Motherwell | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
| Dundee Utd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Ayr Utd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 2 |
Teams
Dundee Utd:
McAlpine Rolland Kopel Copland D Smith Narey (White) Gardner Fleming Gray Houston MacDonald Sub: Knox
Scorers:
Celtic:
Connaghan, McGrain, McCluskey, Connelly, McNeill, Callaghan, Johnstone, Murray, Wilson, Dalglish, Lennox. Subs: Davidson, McNamara
Scorer: Wilson (7)
Referee: E Thomson (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 15,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
