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Trivia
- The return leg following the pretty disgraceful fan riot in the away leg in Burnley. The support received a special plea from Billy McNeill to turn out and show the real character of Celtic supporters.
- Roddy MacDonald had suffered a reaction following his comeback from an ankle injury and was out. With Danny McGrain stepping up for his first competitive game since October '77, Aitken dropped back to central defense. Ronnie Glavin was also on the way back from injury. And 35 year old Bobby Lennox came in for his first start of the season.
- Burnley make their one and only visit to Celtic Park.
- Celtic fans dismayed to hear that Rangers have knocked out Juventus in the European Cup at Ibrox.
- Ally McLeod, the Scotland manager who had disastrously overseen Scotland's challenge in the World Cup in Argentina in the summer, considered his future having been offered the manager's job at Ayr Utd.He resigned on the day of this game and the smart money was on Jock Stein leaving Leeds to take on the Scotland job.
Review
Burnley cash in on defensive blunders with two early goals. Despite intense pressure Celtic couldn't get the goals they needed.
With 20 minutes gone Roy Aitken brought down Leighton James on the edge of the box. He tapped the free to Brennan who hit the ball into the corner of the net. A further defensive mishap between Aitken and McGrain saw Kindon nip the ball past Latchford to make it 3-0 down on aggregate. Requiring four goals now, Celtic threw everything at Burnley but could only get a penalty when Conn was pulled down in the area.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, Conroy, Provan, Conn, McAdam, Burns, Lennox. Subs: Baines, Glavin
Scorer: Lynch (pen 68)
Burnley:
Stevenson, Scott, Brennan, Noble, Thomson, Rodaway, Ingham, Smith, Fletcher, Kindon, James. Subs: Hall, Norman
Scorers: Brennan (21), Kindon (26)
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 27,000
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