1979-12-01: St Mirren 2-1 Celtic, League

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Trivia

  • Billy McNeill flies to Switzerland to watch Piet Hamberg of Servette Geneva but no offer is forthcoming.
  • In the Reserve League on the same day Celtic defeated St Mirren 3-0 at Celtic Park. The Celtic team was Bonner, Duffy, Lynch, Weir, Young, Casey, Davidson, Burns, Nicholas, Reid, Halpin Subs Feeney and McStay. The Celtic scorers were Nicholas, Lynch and Reid.

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Review

Celtic fight back comes too late. Celtic only put pressure on Saints when Roddy MacDonald comes on as a sub but despite fierce pressure in the last 20 minutes another goal could not be found.

Teams

St Mirren:
Thomson, Young, Munro, Richardson, Fulton, Copland, Bone, Stark, Somner, McDougall, Weir. Subs: Logan, Abercrombie
Goals: Somner (2), McDougall (55)

Celtic:
Latchford, Sneddon, McGrain, Aitken, McAdam, Conroy (MacDonald), Provan, Sullivan, Edvaldsson (Lennox), MacLeod, McCluskey
Goals: MacDonald (78)

Referee: G Smith (Edinburgh)
Attendance: 20,500

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