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Trivia
- This was an all-ticket game and a sell-out.
- Billy McNeill returns to Pittodrie to face his old team now managed by Alex Ferguson and his assistant Pat Stanton.
- Conn was suspended for his sending off in midweek; Glavin, Lynch, McAdam and Conroy were all carrying knocks.
- McNeill took a party of 15 north with Alan Sneddon and John Dowie both included.
- Highlights shown on Sportscene that night.
- The Reserves lost 2-3 at Celtic Park with a team of Bonner, McGrain, Russell, Weir, Coyne (Ward), Casey, Mackie, Lumsden, Doyle, McPhee, Godzik (Halpin). The scorers were Lumsden and McPhee.
Review
Celtic were ripped apart by the Dons' striking duo of Harper and Archibald in front of a packed Pittodrie that generated an electric atmosphere.
'McNeill needs a paceman in his back four. MacDonald and Edvaldsson were as slow as treacle against Archibald and Harper' – Daily Record
'I wish some of the players had the same spirit as the supporters' – Billy McNeill
John Clark involved in an incident at half time with referee JRP Gordon and had to be seperated by the Chief constable of Grampian Police, dressed in his civvies. Grampian Police took the step of reporting John Clark to the SFA
Teams
Aberdeen:
Leighton Kennedy McLelland McMaster McLeish Miller Sullivan Archibald Harper Jarvie Strachan. Subs:- Scanlon Fleming
Goals: Archibald 2 (22, 54), Harper (24), Jarvie (32).
Celtic:-
Latchford, Filippi, Sneddon, Aitken, MacDonald, Edvaldsson (Glavin), Provan, Conroy, McAdam, Burns (Lennox), McCluskey.
Goal: McAdam (43).
Referee: J R P Gordon (Newport-on-Tay)
Attendance: 26,000 (all ticket capacity)
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
Pictures
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