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Trivia
- The talk was that Celtic needed to find a striker that could put the ball away. Manager McNeill recognised the deficiency but said that there would be no panic buying.
- Celtic revereted to their standard line-up after the 3-4-3 of the European game against Dundalk. Back in came Alan Sneddon and Dom Sullivan was also available. Johnny Doyle, Tommy Burns and George McCluskey were all out injured.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated Dundee Utd 3-1 at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Bonner, Fillipi, Lynch, Weir, Young (Crainie), W McStay, Feeney (Halpin), Mackie, Nicholas, McCluskey, Reid. The Celtic scorers were Feeney, Nicholas and Halpin.
Review
This was a cracking game from the neutral and could have went either way.
United looked sharp up front but their finishing was poor and did not match their good build up.
Celtic's winner was a cracking header from Edvaldsson who was fielded surprisingly at number 9. Sullivan sent over a lobbed cross from the right and the big man ran in powerfully to head home. Minutes later Lennox cracked the bar with a shot and the little and large partnership of Shuggie and Bobby looked good on the day.
Teams
Dundee Utd:
McAlpine, Stark, Kopel, Philip, Hegarty, Narey, Bannon, Sturrock, Pettigrew, Fleming, Payne Subs: Kirkwood, Milne
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, MacLeod, Provan, Sullivan, Edvaldsson, Conroy, Lennox. Subs: Davidson, MacDonald
Scorer: Edvaldsson (77)
Referee – Mr A. Waddell (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 17,000
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