Dundee United 0 - 1 Celtic | Saturday, August 24th, 1974

Dundee Utd

0 - 1

Celtic

League Cup (Sectional Tie)
Saturday, August 24th, 1974
Tannadice Park. Att. 15,308
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
None.	Paul Wilson (7)

Team Managers
Jim McLean	Jock Stein

Starting Eleven
Hamish McAlpine Doug Smith Frank Kopel Jackie Copland Dave Narey Andy Rolland George Fleming Iain McDonald Doug Houston Pat Gardner Andy Gray	Denis Connaghan Danny McGrain Pat McCluskey George Connelly Billy McNeill Tommy Callaghan Jimmy Johnstone Steve Murray Paul Wilson Kenny Dalglish Bobby Lennox

Bench
Archie Knox Sandy White	Jackie McNamara Vic Davidson

Substitutions
Sandy White for Dave Narey	None.

Cautions
None.	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
Eddie Thomson (Edinburgh) (Referee)

Match Report

It was win or burst for United as they faced Celtic who led Section Four by a point. Any hopes United may have harboured for success received a nasty jolt after only eight minutes. Jimmy Johnstone set off on a jinky run releasing Paul Wilson who scored from eight yards. From then on the Tangerines dominated proceedings but, in truth, rarely looked like getting back on level terms. Meanwhile, Celtic always looked dangerous on the break, but nonetheless could have been beaten if United could have converted a small percentage of their pressure into goals. This victory for Celtic ensured that they qualified for the quarter-final stages.

Squad Statistics (as at August 24th, 1974)

			1974-75		All Time
	Age	Nat
Hamish McAlpine (GK)	26		5	-	141	-
Andy Rolland	31		5	-	284	29
Jackie Copland	27		5	-	131	16
Doug Smith	37		5	-	588	26
Dave Narey	18		5	-	19	1
Frank Kopel	25		5	-	108	6
Iain McDonald	22		4	-	4	-
Doug Houston	31		2	-	9	-
George Fleming	25		3	-	103	11
Andy Gray	18		5	3	44	22
Pat Gardner	30		5	-	103	22
Sandy White (sub)	23		1	-	57	14