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Trivia
- An approach was made to lure Lambert away from Borussia Dortmund and a bid of £1.5million made following reports that his family were unhappy in Germany. Lambert chose to stay with Borussia Dortmund and pursue Champions League success.
- An crazy plan to buy Wimbledon and move to England was splurged by the Press. This turned out to be a complete concoction in the mind, allegedly, of Lou Macari and the Daily Record.
- Jorge Cadete was named Bell’s Player of the Month for January
Review
A rare thing this season – a Paul McStay goal
Teams
Dunfermiline:
Westwater, Den Biemen (Rice, 79), Tod, Welsh, Ireland (Fleming, 74), French, Robertson, Curran (Sharp, 74), Bingham, Smith, Petrie
Celtic:
Kerr; Boyd, McKinlay (Grant, 10), McNamara, MacKay, O'Donnell (62), Di Canio, McStay, Van Hooijdonk, Hannah, Cadete (Hay, 82) .
Sub not used: McLaughlin
Scorers: McStay (38), Cadete (40)
Referee: R Tait (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 18,000
Articles
- Match Report (see below)
Pictures
Stats
| Dunfermiline | Celtic | |
| Bookings | 0 | 1 |
| Fouls | 15 | 18 |
| Shots on Target | 4 | 5 |
| Corners | 4 | 6 |
| Offside | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | Pierre van Hooijdonk got the goalmouth action underway when he headed past from a Paolo di Canio corner |
| 5 | A Stuart Petrie free kick from midway inside the Celtic half landed at the feet of Ivo Van Biemen who couldn't find a way through with a close range effort |
| 10 | Andy Smith found Den Biemen in yards of space but with the goal gaping the big Dutchman sclaffed the ball wide |
| 23 | Grant helped the ball on to Jorge Cadete whose dipping volley was saved by Ian Westwater |
| 25 | Paul McStay whipped in a cross that was headed over by David Hannah |
| 26 | Di Canio released Cadete who galloped through on goal but his shot ended up in the side netting |
| 36 | 0-1 McStay grabbed his first goal in almost 11 months with a ripping 25 yard drive, Di Canio feeding the Celtic skipper from a corner on the right |
| 40 | 0-2 Cadete applied a simple finish after a precision move involving Di Canio and van Hooijdonk. The Dutchman sent the Italian hareing down the right before squareing the ball back to van Hooijdonk whose neat chip to the front post was nodded home by Cadete for his 25th goal ofd the season. |
| 50 | Dunfermiline had a decent penalty clain when Petrie was stopped in his tracks by McStay |
| 53 | Di Canio touched the ball through to Cadete who raced clear and fired in a low drive that Westwater smothered |
| 68 | Persistence from MacKay won him possession in the visitor's United penalty box. He squared for Hannah who side-footed wide from 6 yards |
| 71 | Celtic had appeals for a penalty turned down when Hamish French appeared to barge Cadete off the ball |
| 86 | French set off all sorts of panic in the Celtic penalty area with a goal-bound shot that was hacked off the line by Chris Hay |
- Manager Interview
Tommy Burns, post match:
"Malky MacKay was an important player for us, especially the way Dunfermiline play. McStay was outstanding and shows a great attitude in everything he does."
"Our attitude was spot on. We knew that Dunfermiline could make things difficult and I thought we matched them for endeavour.
"When we fell 14 points behind after the Old Firm game everyone said it was the end of the world.
"But the players deserve great credit for what they have achieved since then.
"Some of the football hasn't been particularly good to watch but they have hung in there and shown that they are prepared to battle and scrap."