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Trivia
- Danny McGrain recovered from a shin knock he had taken at Ibrox. In came Paul Wilson for Bobby Lennox who had broken his leg in the Ibrox game. Lennox was cheerful and at 33 convinced that he would be back in the side in the New Year.
- Celtic play in change strip of yellow shirts, green shorts and yellow socks.
- On the Monday after this game Celtic defeated Partick Thistle 3-1 at Celtic Park in the 2nd round of the Second XI Cup. The Celtic team was Baines, McGrane, Hannah, P. McCluskey, Edvaldsson, Burns, G. McCluskey, McLaughlin, Henderson, Casey, Wilson. Subs Mackie and Gourlay. The Celtic scorers were G. McCluskey, McLaughlin and Henderson.
Review
Killie played with great enterprise and Davie Provan was a constant threat to the Celtic defence. They opened the scoring in five minutes when Smith took the ball into the Celtic half before squaring for McCulloch to shoot hame. Killie continued to attack through much of the first half.
Dalglish cracked a shot off the post before Celtic scored twice in a minute just before half time. Joe Craig took an Aitken pass in his stride before shooting home and just over a minute later Dalglish released Wilson on the left and the winger right footed into the corner of the net.
The second half was hard fought with both sides having chances.
Pat Stanton earned rave reviews in the press and there is talk of him being a contender already for player of the year.
The team were looking good at the end of the month, third in the table with a game in hand.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 19 |
| Dundee Utd | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | +7 | 19 |
| Celtic | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 17 |
| Rangers | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 15 |
| Motherwell | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 13 |
Teams
| Celtic: Latchford, McGrain, Stanton, MacDonald, Lynch, Glavin, Aitken, Dalglish, Doyle, Craig, Wilson. Sub:- P McCluskey |
| Scorers: Craig (44), Wilson (45) |
| Kilmarnock: Stewart, Maxwell, Clarke, Welsh, Robertson, Murdoch, McCulloch, Sheed (McDicken), Provan, Fallis, Smith |
| Scorers: McCulloch (5) |
Referee: T Kellock (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 22,000
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