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Trivia
- The first game in earnest of the new season.
- All the squad were declared fit for the game though Burns, George McCluskey and Bobby Lennox had all received treatment for minor knocks after the Glasgow Cup game.
- On the same day Celtic defeated Queens Park 3-2 in a Reserve League Cup match at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Connaghan, Gourlay, McGrane, McNamara, Newman, Aitken, Ritchie, Casey, Henderson, Innes, Hannah Subs J.McCluskey and Temperley. The Celtic scorers were Henderson 2 and J. McCluskey.
Review
Jock Stein surprisingly fielded youngsters Tommy Burns and George McCluskey in the opening day of the season.
Burns was injured early and replaced by Wilson who gave Celtic more width in attack when he came on. Celtic had fine players in Glavin and the hard working Doyle but it was a typical bit of Dalglish magic which won the game for them. With United players all around him he took the ball just outside the area and found a bit of space before sending a glorious high shot crashing past Hamish McAlpine.
United would have merited a draw with Narey their outstanding player in midfield.
The Celtic fans left the ground chanting the name of goalkeeper Peter Latchford after he made a succession of fine saves late on.
There was high praise all round for the team which stood up to strong Dundee Utd pressure and came through.
Dumbarton 2 – 0 Arbroath
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 2 |
| Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| Dundee Utd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Arbroath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Teams
Dundee Utd:
McAlpine, Rolland, Kopel, Holt (Reid), Rennie, Narey, Hall, Fleming, Hegarty, McAdam, Payne. Sub: Addison
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, P McCluskey, MacDonald, Edvaldsson, Doyle, Glavin, G McCluskey, Burns (Wilson), Dalglish. Sub: Lennox
Scorer: Dalglish (69)
Referee: E H Pringle (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 13,000
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- Match Report (see end of page below)
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