1981-08-29: Celtic 5-2 Airdrieonians, Premier Division

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Trivia

  • Admission prices for new season as follows:
  • Upper stand £3.00
  • child/oap £2.00
  • Front stand £2.00
  • child/oap £1.50
  • Ground £1.50
  • child/oap £0.80
  • Parent/child £2.00
  • Unemployed gate £1.00 – must be in 45 minutes before kick off and produce unemployment card.
  • Day of celebration at Parkhead as the League flag is unfurled by director Kevin Kelly's wife.
  • Celtic go top of the league with this win and stay top until the end of the season.
  • Rangers announce that they will open their new Govan stand before the game against Celtic at Ibrox on September 19th.

Review

When Burns scored after 40 seconds it was a case of how many would Celtic score.

McCluskey is now showing the form he is capable of and scored the goal of the game with a brilliant individual goal.

Teams

Celtic: Bonner McGrain Reid Aitken Moyes MacLeod Provan (Nicholas) Sullivan McGarvey Burns McCluskey Sub: McAdam

Scorers: Burns 1 McCluskey 48, 76 McGarvey 62 Nicholas 83

Airdrie: Martin Erwin Rodger P McCluskey March Kerr McKeown Clark N Anderson Gordon McGuire Subs: Walker Flood

Scorers: Clark 36, 78

Attendance: 21,100

Articles

  • Match Report (see below)

Pictures

Articles

1981 Celtic 5-2 Airdrie report