| Match Pictures | Matches: 1979 1980 | 1979-80 Pictures |
Trivia
- Quarter final second leg – aggregate 2-4
- This game was postponed from Wednesday 14 November when snow caused it to be called off.
- Celtic were due to play Aberdeen on league duty on this day but the league cup game took precedent.
- Peter Mackie was sold to Dundee for £30,000. Tommy Gemmell manager of Dundee also failed to persuade Roddy MacDonald to move to Dundee.
- Ex-Celt Davie Hay joined Motherwell as assistant to Motherwell manager Ally MacLeod.
- In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic lost 3-1 to Aberdeen at Pittodrie. The Celtic team was Bonner, Fillipi, Lynch, Weir, Duffy, McStay, Crainie, Sullivan, Nicholas, Reid, Burns Subs Halpin and Feeney. The Celtic scorer was Halpin.
Review
A huge crowd turned out on a day of dismal weather and the result was also dismal for Celtic.
Celtic attacked relentlessly and when they broke through the Aberdeen rear guard they found Bobby Clark in fine form. Dom Sullivan was cup tied and Celtic fielded Edvaldsson in the unusual role of striker alongside the veteran Lennox.
Joe Harper was carried off after a tackle from Danny McGrain and this was, sadly, to be the end of Joe's fine career. He was only ever to play a handful of games for the Dons and not until 1981.
Ironically it was Harper's replacement, Mark McGhee, who scored the only goal, when he turned the ball into the net from 6 yards after Willie Garner had headed down a Strachan corner.
Teams
Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, MacLeod, Provan, McCluskey (MacDonald), Edvaldsson, Conroy, Lennox.Subs: Davidson,.
Aberdeen:
Clark, Kennedy, Rougvie, McLeish, Garner, Miller, Strachan, Archibald, Harper (McGhee), McMaster, Scanlon. Sub: Jarvie
Goals: McGhee (50)
Referee: B McGinlay (Balfron)
Attendance 39,000
Articles
- Match Report
