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Trivia
- Celtic play in green socks.
- The only injury concern was Andy Lynch who had a slight leg strain but was fit enough to play.Johnny Doyle started in place of McCluskey who dropped to the bench.
- Celtic fans cheer loudly at the end when they hear that Aberdeen have beaten Rangers 2-1 at Pittodrie.
- Liverpool had just pulled out of a £300,000 deal to take St Mirren, and future Celt, Frank McGarvey to Anfield.
- Plans were announced for a new U18 youth league for the following season which all the west coast teams would play in.
Review
Parkhead erupts when Roy Aitken scores a dramatic winning goal with only two minutes left. Celtic now genuine championship challengers.
Celtic went behind to a lucky goal. Aitken's clearance smacked off of Edvaldsson to land at the feet of McGarvey who promptly put the ball away. Celtic fought back and whilst dominating the play could not score till late in the second half.
With 15 minutes to go Edvaldsson got his head to a lofted free kick from Murdo MacLeod to put Celtic level. And two minutes from the end Provan's corner ended up at Aitken's foot and his shot went home to give the Celts the points and a much needed boost with Rangers losing at Pittodrie.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Aitken, Edvaldsson, MacLeod, Provan, Conroy, Davidson, Burns, Doyle. Subs: G McCluskey, Lennox
Scorers: Edvaldsson (75), Aitken (88)
St Mirren:
Thomson, Young, Munro, Fitzpatrick, Dunlop, Copland, Weir, Torrance, Bone, Abercrombie, McGarvey. Subs: Richardson, Stark
Scorers: McGarvey (24)
Referee: B McGinlay (Glasgow)
Attendance: 18,000
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