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Trivia
- The damp squib at the end of the season. This game had been due to be played back on the 1st January but had been postponed and not fitted into the fixture list till now. With the League won, the Scottish Cup won and the Double in the bag it was somewhat of an anti-climax to say the least.
- Stein fields the same side that had won the Scottish Cup 3 days earlier and the team parades the cup to the fans before the game.
- Celtic fans sing Jock Stein's name after he publicly declines the Scotland job and Ally MacLeod accepts.
- A hand-clapping reception to the pitch from the Motherwell team.
- Tommy Burns leads the fightback at 2-0 down with his first ever Celtic goal.
- Dalglish and McGrain had played 24 hours previously in a British select in ex Newcastle manager Joe Harvey's testimonial.
- The clamour for Jock Stein to be made the Scotland manager was now reaching everywhere. There were no indications that the Big Man had been approached by the SFA.
Review
For almost an hour Motherwell had the best of the play and were two goals up at half time and with Peter Latchford to thank for it just being the two.
In the second half Tommy Burns replaces Edvaldsson and Burns' presence changed the game and the attitude of Celtic. They fought back and Alfie Conn made a strong run before slipping the ball to Dalglish who passed to Burns to pull one back. Doyle replaced Wilson and a slip up let Dalglish in to clain an equaliser. Motherwell held on desperately to the end to claim a point.
The Fnal League Table looked like this.
Teams:
Motherwell:
Muir, Stevens, Wark, McAdam, McVie, McLaren, Miller, Pettigrew, Graham, Davidson (Kennedy), Marinello
Goals: Stevens (42), Marinello (43).
Celtic:
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Stanton, MacDonald, Aitken, Dalglish, Edvaldsson (Burns 45), Craig, Conn, Wilson (Doyle 51)
Goals: Burns (50), Dalglish (69).
Referee: W Anderson (East Kilbride)
Attendance:- 12,500
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