1986-08-02: Celtic 1-0 Aston Villa, Friendly

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Trivia

  • New Aston Villa player Neale Cooper is jeered by the Celtic fans.
  • Cooper is booked and the Villa manager admitted that he took him off before he was ordered off.
  • Italian papers say Genoa are chasing Paul McStay's transfer.

Review

Brian McClair's goal is a thing of beauty when he rises above the Villa defence to head in Willie McStay's cross.

Aston Villa are a pale shadow of the team which won the European Cup in 1982.

Teams:

Celtic: Bonner W McStay (Shepherd) Whyte Aitken McGugan MacLeod McClair P McStay McInally Burns Archdeacon Subs: O'Leary McGuire

Scorer: McClair 24

Aston Villa: Poole Keown (Williams) Dorigo Evans Elliott Birch Hunt (Daley) Stainrod Thompson Cooper (Hodge) Walters (Norton)

Referee:

Attendance: 23,000

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1986 Celtic 1-0 Aston Villa

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