1970-09-09: Dundee 2-2 Celtic, League Cup

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Trivia

  • On the day before this game John Gorman left to join Carlisle Utd for a fee of around £10,000
  • Jock Stein announced that he had been pleased with the performance of the team against Clyde in the previous game and that he would play a squad from that side plus Jinky who was fit again. In the end it was Bobby Lennox who missed out with John Hughes swapping back to outside left.
  • Feyenoord (conquerers of Celtic in the 1970 ECF) beat Estudiantes of Argentina 1-0 in Rotterdam to win the world club trophy on this night.
  • Second leg to come at Parkhead.
  • Outside of football, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were embarking on a plane hijacking spree taking two planes to a desert strip in Jordan then hijacking a third. All three were blown up and the hijackers escaped.

Review

Celtic blow a two goal lead in the second half on a cold, damp night at Dens Park where the fans were thoroughly entertained. Jimmy Johnstone put the Bhoys two up after 23 minutes and was unplayable in the first half. His first came from a pass from John Hughes and the second three minutes later when he was there to knock home a parried Harry Hood shot.
Dundee fought back battling on to half time and coming out for the second half on fire. With the game tied both teams went at it producing a cracking game with Wallace of Dundee and Macari hitting the posts in a game that could have gone either way..

Teams

Dundee:
Donaldson Selway Houston Kinninmonth Easton Stewart J Wilson Steele Wallace Scott Bryce
Scorers: Kinninmonth (60), Scott (65)

Celtic:
Williams, McGrain, Hay, Murdoch, McNeill, Brogan, Johnstone, Connelly, Hood, Macari, Hughes. Substitute: Davidson
Scorers: Johnstone 2 (20, 23)

Referee:
Attendance: 23,000

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1970 Dundee 2-2 Celtic