1982-10-16: Celtic 2-1 Kilmarnock, Premier Division

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Trivia

• Mike Conroy was sold to Hibernian for £40,000 on the 11th October
• Tommy Burns was still out injured and Dom Sullivan was added to the injury list after pulling a muscle in training.
• Kilmarnock were newly promoted to the League as runners-up in the First Division the previous season. They had yet to win a match in the Premier league.

Review

Celtic left it late on a day of incessant rain.

Young Nicholas scores two opportunist goals and is the most talked about sports personality in the country.

Teams

Celtic: Bonner; Sinclair (McGarvey,), McAdam,Moyes , Reid; McStay, Aitken, MacLeod Provan, Crainie, Nicholas Sub: Dobbin

Scorers: Nicholas (78, 84)

Kilmarnock: McCulloch; McDicken, Armstrong, Clarke; McLean, McClurg (Bourke), Bryson; McGivern, Gallagher Sub: R Clark

Scorers: Clarke (51)

Referee: D. Ramsay (Edinburgh)

Attendance: 11,063

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