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Trivia
- Doyle had treatment in the week for a knock sustained in the St Mirren game. Glavin and Dowie both played for the Reserves midweek as Glavin attempted to regain some of his lost form.
- Aberdeen beat Rangers 4-0 at Pittodrie.
- Media criticise games being played on Christmas Eve.
- Celtic would not play on Christmas Eve again until 2011.
Review
Edvaldsson's late goal gives Celtic fans an early Christmas present and Celts are now up to fifth place, 8 points behind Rangers but with a game in hand.
The game was even until late on when Celtic began to pressure the United defence and Conn and Wilson came close.
With eight minutes left Edvaldsson scored with a header after Wilson headed on Lynch's cross.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Dowie, Doyle, Edvaldsson, McAdam, Craig, Conn (Wilson) Sub: Glavin
Scorer: Edvaldsson (82)
Dundee United:
McAlpine, Rolland, Kopel, Rennie, Hegarty, Narey, Sturrock, Kirkwood, Wallace (Addison), Fleming, Payne. Sub: Wallace
Referee: T Muirhead (Stenhousemuir)
Attendance: 21,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)