1979-04-21: Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic, League

• Celtic took a 15 man squad north for the game including Bobby Lennox and Pat Bonner. Johnny Doyle and Tommy Burns were back fully fit and ready to go.
• Dundee manager Alex Ferguson had been up in front of the SFA for crticising referees in his after match comments.
• Two referees turned up by mistake. Eddie Pringle took the game and Alan Ferguson took a seat in the stand.

This result was no good to either club who both had title aspirations. The game was tight with the expectations of both teams meaning a dull game.
Aberdeen opened the scoring when Strachan raced on to an excellent Sullivan pass to score.

Willie Miller recklessly pulled Mike Conroy down before half time, allowing Andy Lynch to pull Celtic level.
Peter Latchford made some crucial saves in the latter half of the game.

On form Dundee United lost 2-1 at Tannadice to Rangers and the Ibrox men were now favourites to lift the title.

Team	Games	Points	Goal Diff.
Dundee Utd	33	41	+19
Rangers	28	35	+12
Celtic	28	34	+15
Aberdeen	3	33	+19

Aberdeen:
Clark, Kennedy, Hamilton, McLeish, Garner, Miller, Sullivan, Archibald, McGhee, Strachan, Scanlon. Subs: MacMaster, Jarvie
Goals: Strachan (24)

Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, MacLeod, Provan, Conroy, Davidson (McAdam), Burns ,G McCluskey (Doyle).
Goals: Lynch (pen 40)

Referee: E Pringle (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 19,400

• Match Report (see below)

• Match Pictures