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Trivia
- At this point St Mirren were going through a boardroom split following a dispute behind the scenes. The dispute had to do with the manager of the club with part of the Board wanting to make a move to get Alex Ferguson back as manager and to sack then manager Jim Clunie.
- Back in came Davie Provan who had had stitches from a leg wound removed.
- Celtic play in green socks.
- Celtic fans cheer loudly at full time when it is announced that Rangers have went down 2-1 to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
- The Reserves drew 1-1 in Paisley with a team of Bonner, Filippi, Lynch, Edvaldsson, Duffy, Casey, Mackie, Weir, Nicholas, Burns, Reid. Subs Halpin, Crainie. The scorer was Reid.
Review
A healthy crowd turned out on a fine early Autumn afternoon with Murdo MacLeod firing home a now trade mark early free kick, beating Billy Thomson at his left hand post.
Roddy MacDonald scored the second from a MacLeod cross and four minutes later was sent off with Saints’ Doug Somner after a linesman noticed both players flapping hands at each other whilst tussling for the ball, both players walked from the field consoling each other. It was a harsh decision but made for an open game. Stark pulled one back in 76 before McAdam showed great improvisation, acrobatically hooking home a goal, after his initial header had thumped against the bar.
Celtic were out in front two points clear after the second month of the League.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Celtic | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 12 |
| Morton | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 10 |
| Aberdeen | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 8 |
| Partick | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
| Kilmarnock | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
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Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, MacDonald, McAdam, Provan, Davidson, McCluskey (Lennox), MacLeod, Doyle. Sub: Conroy - Goals: MacLeod (2), MacDonald (29), McAdam (90)
- St Mirren:
- Thomson, Beckett (Weir), Munro, Richardson, Dunlop, Copland, Bone, Stark, Somner, Docherty, McDougall. Sub: Torrance
Goal: Stark (76).
Referee: D Ramsay (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 29,000.
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
