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Trivia
- United sell Andy Gray to Aston Villa for £115,000 hours before this game.
- Danny McGrain's shin cut had healed and he was back in; also back in came Tommy Callaghan and Bobby Lennox with Dixie Deans on the bench with Harry Hood.
- No word or sign had been seen at Celtic Park of wayward George Connelly after walking out on Monday.
- Highlights shown next day on Scotsport.
- On the previous night Celtic lost 6-5 to Dundee Utd in a Reserve League match at Tannadice with both Hood and Deans who were also in the squad for the main team game. The Celtic team was Connaghan, Gourlay, Baillie, Casey, Aitken, Innes, McCluskey, Hood, Deans, O'Donnell, Little Subs McLaughlin and McLean. The Celtic scorers were Hood, O'Donnell, Baillie, McCluskey and a Smith o.g.
Review
United look forlorn in attack without Gray on a miserable wet day. Despite this and the weather it produced an open and entertaining game.
The first half was goal-less.
Celtic's goals both came from headers by Dalglish and MacDonald from Lennox crosses.
Payne pulled one back for the Arabs from the penalty spot
At the end of September the 10-team Premier League looked like this
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Rangers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 |
| Celtic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| Hibernian | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| Dundee Utd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
Teams
| Celtic: Latchford, McGrain, P McCluskey, MacDonald, Lynch, Glavin (Hood), Edvaldsson, Callaghan, Wilson, Dalglish, Lennox. Sub: Deans |
| Scorers: Dalglish (53), MacDonald (67) |
| Dundee Utd: McAlpine, Rolland, Rennie, Narey, Kopel, Payne, Hall (MacDonald), Houston, Fleming, Sturrock, Hegarty Sub: Forsyth Scorers: Payne (73 pen) |
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Attendance: 21,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
