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Trivia
- St Johnstone had just come off the back of defeating SV Hamburg 3-0 in the new UEFA Cup (this had taken over from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).
- Vic Davidson was out injured at this time. Kenny Dalglish was brought back into the squad with John Hughes dropping out and Bobby Lennox on the bench.
- Celtic's second home defeat of the season already.
- The Reserves played St Johnstone Reserves at Muirton Park winning 5-0. The team was Marshall, McGrain, Quinn, Murdoch, Gemmell, Cattanach, Wilson, Hood, Franchetti, O'Hara, Hughes.
Review
Celtic lost the top of the League with this defeat with Hibernian and Aberdeen going above them.
Johnstone looked capable of winning the game on his own but tended to over do things and wasted his final ball. St Johnstone scored on 32 minutes when Connolly took a Pearson pass to beat Evan Williams. Celtic fought back but were wasteful in front of goal. Both sides had goals disallowed.
Macari and Wallace missed chances they would normally score late in the game.
Teams
Celtic:
Williams, Craig, Brogan (Lennox 69), Hay, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Dalglish, Wallace, Callaghan, Macari.
Scorers:
St Johnstone:
Donaldson, Lambie, Coburn, Rennie, Gordon, McPhee, Aird, Whitelaw, Pearson, Connolly, Aitken.
Scorers: Connolly 32
Referee: T Kellock (East Kilbride)
Attendance: 38,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
