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Trivia
- The game finally goes ahead on a Monday night after postponement for weather on the prior Wednesday 1st and the previous Saturday. The League game against Hibs on the 4th February was also postponed due to weather.
- Tommy Gemmell brings his young Dundee side to Celtic Park for the first time as manager.
- Alan Sneddon makes Celtic debut after playing in the Friendly against Ayr Utd. Sneddon had been signed from Larkhall in August but Celtic had given an undertaking that he would not be needed till next season. However injuries meant that Celtic pushed for him to be full time and eventually Larkhall gave in.
- Joe Filippi was cup tied and Andy Lynch was out with a heavy cold. Alfie Conn was again fit and back in with Paul Wilson and Joe Craig on the bench.
- George McCluskey hits the headlines with a sensational hat trick.
- On the Saturday before this game Celtic defeated Hibs 7-2 in a Reserve League game at Easter Road. The Celtic team was Baines, Sneddon, Kay, Newman, McWilliams, Munro, Casey, Lennox, Craig, Burns, Wilson Subs John McCluskey and Conn. The Celtic scorers were Craig 3, Wilson 3 and Lennox. The 'Newman' named in the side was Brian Coyne who had just been newly called up from St Roch's.
Review
Tommy Gemmell's side are destroyed by his old team. Youngsters Tommy Burns and George McCluskey are magnificent with McAdam having another fine game. After the misery of the season the Celtic fans revel in this fine display on a bitterly cold night.Sneddon too had a good debut game making two of the goals with fine through passes.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, Burns, Munro, MacDonald, Aitken, Glavin, Edvaldsson, G McCluskey, McAdam, Conn. Subs: Wilson, Craig
Scorers: Burns (4), MacDonald (39), McCluskey 3 (48, 63, 83), McAdam 2 (58, 73)
Dundee:
Donaldson Caldwell Schaedler Shirra McPhail Philip McDougall Sinclair Pirie Williamson Scott Subs: McKinnon Redford
Scorer: Schaedler (9)
Referee: H Alexander (Kilmarnock)
Attendance: 22,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
