1980-10-08: Partick Thistle 0-1 Celtic, League Cup

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Trivia

• First leg tie.
• McGrain is named in the Scotland dquad for the WC game against Portugal on 15 October.
• Nicholas is fast getting a playboy reputation after doing a photo shoot for the Evening Times which earns him an army of female admirers.

Review

A good crowd is disappointed by a poor game at Firhill.

Nicholas scores from a soft penalty after he was fouled in the area but TV highlights show it should not have been given.

The fans begin to drift off long before the end.

Teams

Partick:
Rough Doyle Whittaker Gibson (MacLeod) Campbell Welsh Park (Marr) O'Hara Higgins Watson Jardine

Celtic:
Bonner Sneddon McGrain Aitken MacDonald McAdam McCluskey Sullivan McGarvey MacLeod Nicholas
Subs: Conroy Provan
Scorer: Nicholas pen 49

Attendance: 15,000
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