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Trivia
- An unchanged side from the previous game against Hearts. Latchford had undergone a fitness test and played for the Reserves on the Monday night but Baines was preferred for the game.
- There had been calls to make this into a Sunday game rather than a Wednesday night. Sunday football was starting to appear in Scotland this season. It had been used before during the period of emergency measures during the three-day week but this season was its first use voluntary use.
- Two late Craig goals take Celtic to Hampden
- Ex Celt Tommy Gemmell captains Dundee.
- Future Celtic manager Gordon Strachan also plays for Dundee.
- Highlights were shown on the BBC that night.
- Bookies make Celtic 5/4 on to win the double.
- The result meant that Rangers, whatever the result in the final, would see European football next season with Celtic odds on favourites to win the League and thus qualify for the European Cup.
- In the Reserve League on the same night Celtic lost 3-2 to Raith Rovers at Starks Park. The Celtic team was Barclay, McGrane, Fairley, P .McCluskey, Newman, Casey, McLaughlin, Henderson, Temperley, Hannah, Gibson Subs Mackie and Innes. The Celtic scorers were Temperley and Hannah.
Review
Stubborn Dundee offer little in the way of adventure and go down to Joe Craig's two splendid opportunist goals. His first was the culmination of a great move from McGrain and Dalglish and he followed that up whilst Dundee were still trying to adjust with a tremendous flying header.
Before that Dundee had fought hard and attacked whenever they could with Strachan playing well for them. Celtic went off at a furious pace. In Donaldson, they found a keeper in form in the Dundeee goal and he denied shot after shot.
Teams
Celtic:
Baines, McGrain, Lynch, Stanton, MacDonald, Aitken,Doyle, Glavin, Craig, Dalglish, Conn Subs: Burns Edvaldsson
Goals: Craig 2 (79, 85)
Dundee:
Donaldson Gemmell Johnston (Caldwell) Ford Philip McPhail Strachan Sinclair Pirie Hutchinson Purdie Sub: Robinson
Referee: B McGinlay (Glasgow)
Attendance: 29,500
Articles
Glasgow Herald 7th April 1977
Evening Times 7th April 1977
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