| Match Pictures | Matches: 1968 – 1969 | 1968-69 Pictures |
Trivia
- Stein took the team to watch Hibs against Hamburg on the Wednesday night in their Fairs Cup game, explaining that it was important that the players got to see as many continental sides as possible to see the way the game was played elsewhere. Hibs won 2-1 on the night but went out on away goals with the final aggregate of 2-2.
- Tommy Callaghan had picked up a leg knock in the Aberdeen game but he returned quickly to training and was available for this game.
- Celtic fielded an unchanged team from the one that had decisively beaten Aberdeen the previous week.Wallace went to centre forward and Pat McMahon came in as sub.
- Matt Busby announced that he would step down as manager of Manchester Utd at the end of the season. The odds were on Don Revie to succeed him.
Review
On a pitch which was a sea of mud Celtic took the lead somewhat fortuitously when the Arabs goalkeeper stumbled when collecting a pass back and Lennox was there to take advantage and score. The second half turned into a fair battle of a game and Dundee Utd equalised with ten minutes to go. Celtic came back and Hughes, who had been the star performer in the game got a second and just before the end Pat McMahon who was on as a sub for Jimmy Johnstone added a third.
Teams
Dundee United
Mackay, Rolland, J. Cameron, Gillespie (Reid), Smith, Wood, Hogg, J. Millar, K. Cameron, Mitchell, Wilson.
Scorer: Mitchell 80
Celtic
Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone (McMahon), Callaghan, Wallace, Lennox Hughes.
Scorers: Lennox (20), Hughes (84), McMahon (89)
Referee: I.K. Bain (Bankhead)
Attendance: 23,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
