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Trivia
- The game of brinkmanship with the Albanian authorities and UEFA over the supply of visas for the away leg of the European Cup game with Partizan Tirana continued. Celtic were on the verge of pulling out of the game unless the requisite number of visas were supplied. UEFA backed Celtic but dithered when the visas were still not forthcoming despite numerous requests and deadlines.
- Roy Aitken was the only Celt to make the Scotland pool for the forthcoming game against Peru.
- Celtic drew Stirling Albion in the next round of the League Cup
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic lost 3-1 to Dundee Utd a Tannadice. The Celtic team was Bonner, Fillipi, Lynch, Duffy, McDonald, Casey, Mackie, Greenfield, Nicholas, Reid, Halpin Subs Feeney and McStay. The Celtic scorer was Nicholas.
Review
Celtic opened the scoring when McCluskey's near post header from a Provan corner was judged to have crossed the line.
United's new £100,000 striker Willie Pettigrew equalised with a soft penalty on the stroke of half time.
George McCluskey was fouled 30 yards from goal in 59 minutes and took a short pass from Danny McGrain before smashing a glorious high shot past Hamish McAlpine in the United goal.
United looked dangerous on the break and youngster Ralph Milne scored the equaliser with a 25 yard shot that Peter Latchford got both hands to but couldn't keep out.
Teams
Celtic :
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, Conroy (Lennox), Provan, Davidson, McCluskey, MacLeod, Doyle. Sub: Burns
Scorers: McCluskey 2 (20, 58)
Dundee Utd :
McAlpine Kirkwood Kopel Philip Stark Narey Addison Pettigrew Fleming Sturrock Payne Subs: Smith Milne
Scorers: Pettigrew (pen 45), Milne (76)
Referee: H Alexander (Irvine)
Attendance: 27,000
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