1981-09-16: Celtic 1-0 Juventus, European Cup

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Trivia

  • All ticket match. Over 60,000 tickets were sold.
  • Liam Brady in the Juventus team was later to become a Celtic manager in the early 90s.
  • Brady arranged for a coach load of his family to travel from Dublin for this match.
  • Star studded Juve side includes Italian legends Gentile, Cabrini, Scirea, Tardelli and Bettega.
  • Celtic denied late penalty by Dutch referee Coerver.
  • Danny McGrain rises from his sick bed to lead Celtic.
  • Juve play in unfamiliar all navy blue strip.

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Match Programmes - 1980s - Kerrydale Street

Review

That 1980-81 Serie A title meant the following season Juventus were back in the European Cup. And the first-round draw meant Brady was back in the Irish, and British, public eye. It was Celtic versus Juventus.“I couldn’t wait to come back,” Brady said, “to show myself playing in this team. It was great. I got an unbelievable reception in Glasgow when they read my name out in the team line-up. My folks were over from Ireland, relations, all that. Great. Celtic beat us 1-0.“It was a night that certainly left a mark on me. When I was offered the Celtic job [a decade later], I remembered.”
Liam Brady in The Blizzard magazine (2017)

Celtic took a deserved 1-0 lead to Turin. Both Tommy Burns and Liam Brady gave masterful performances in midfield and thrilled the 60,000 plus crowd.

Controversy in the second half when Brio blatantly pushed George McCluskey in the area and the referee did not give a certain penalty. Celtic could not breach a superb Juventus defence further other than MacLeod's goal.

Teams

Celtic:
Bonner, McGrain, Reid, Aitken, McAdam, MacLeod, Provan, Sullivan, Nicholas, Burns, McCluskey
Subs: Latchford Moyes Garner Conroy Halpin
Celtic scorer: MacLeod (65)

Juventus:
Zoff, Gentile, Cabrini, Furino, Brio, Scirea, Marocchino (Fanna), Tardelli, Bettega, Brady, Bonini
Subs: Bodini Osti Prandelli Virdis Fanna

Referee: Corver (Netherlands)
Att: 60,017

Articles

  • Match Report (see below)

Pictures

Articles

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from Neg Sludden

Evening Times 17th September 1981

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