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Trivia
- Joe Craig joined Blackburn Rovers for £45,000.
- In came fit again Ronnie Glavin and McGrain dropped back to the Reserves with Filippi back in at right back. Roddie MacDonald was still out injured.
- Highlights were shown on Scotsport next day.
- On the same day Celtic drew 0-0 with St Mirren in a Reserve League match at Love Street. The Celtic team was Baines, McGrain, Sneddon, Weir, Casey, Dowie, Mackie, Lumsden, Doyle, McPhee, Godzik. Subs Reid and O'Donnell.
Review
Conn scores the winner with the goal of the season so far. He controlled along free kick from Filippi, beat two defenders, rounded goalkeeper Thomson and scored from a narrow angle.
At the end of September after a good start Celtic were at the top of the Premier League.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 12 |
| Hibernian | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 |
| Aberdeen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 |
| Dundee Utd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 |
| Partick Thistle | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Filippi, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, Glavin, Provan, Conroy, McAdam, Burns, Conn, Subs: G McCluskey, Lennox
Scorers: Lynch (pen 35), Conn (75)
St Mirren:
Thomson, Beckett, Munro, Fitzpatrick, Dunlop, Copland, Hyslop, Stark, Bone, Abercrombie (Richardson), McGarvey. Sub: Young
Scorer: Hyslop 81
Referee: D S Downie (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 26,000
Articles
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