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Trivia
- St Mirren players politely applaud Celtic on to the field as champions.
- Despite this defeat thousands of Celtic fans stay behind to hail the champions after the final whistle.
- This was Celtic's first league defeat since December 27th 1980 – a run of 13 victories and two draws.
- This was Roddy MacDonald's last game for Celtic.
- Celtic announce that the players will be taken to Majorca after this matchas reward for their efforts in winning the title.
- The match programme contains a leaflet to join the newly formed Social Democratic Party.
- Charlie Nicholas is voted as the Evening Times player of the year.
- St Mirren had to win this game to qualify for the UEFA cup and hope that Rangers failed to win against relegated Hearts at Ibrox. Alas Rangers won 4-0.
- McGrain, Burns and Provan are named in the Scotland squad for the home internationals.
Review
This was an entertaining game and it was Saints who took their chances whilst Celtic missed theirs.
The Celtic fans refused to leave at full time until their heroes had come from the dressing room to take their bow.
Teams
St Mirren: Thomson Young Beckett McCormack Fulton Copland Stark Richardson Bone McDougall Abercrombie Subs: Logan Somner
Scorers: McDougall 30, 89 Richardson 57
Celtic: Bonner McGrain Reid MacLeod MacDonald Aitken Provan Sullivan McGarvey Burns Nicholas Subs: Conroy Doyle
Scorer: Provan 63
Attendance: 14,806
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- Match Report (see below)
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