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Trivia
- All ticket game.
- Celtic's first 67,000 capacity at Parkhead since the Real Madrid game in 1980.
- Notts Forest based themselves at Troon.
- Brian Clough famously took his players into David Hay's Paisley pub for a drink on the afternoon of the game.
- Forest lost in the semis 3-2 on aggregate to Anderlecht. In later years it was discovered that the referee had been bribed in the second leg.
Review
Celtic's hopes turned in 33 minutes when the Swiss referr refused a certain penalty when Hart fouled McStay in the area.
Celtic badly missed the injured Provan and their play lacked width. Burns struck the bar and Van Breukelen saved well from Reid.
However Forest were dangerous on the break and scored two fine goals after they had stretched the Celtic defence. Brian Clough's tactics had worked superbly on the night.
Teams
Celtic: Bonner McGrain Reid Atken McAdam Sinclair (Melrose 59) McClair McStay McGarvey MacLeod Burns
Subs: Latchford W McStay Dobbin Halpin
Scorer: MacLeod 80
Notts Forest: Van Breukelen Anderson Swain Fairclogh Hart Bowyer Wigley Hodge Birtles Davenport Walsh
Subs: Gunn Smalley Sutton
Scorers: Hodge 54 Walsh 74
Referee: A. Danin (Switzerland)
Attendance: 66,938
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Evening Times 8th December 1983
