Celtic 1
Dundee Utd 0
League (Premier Division)
Celtic |
1 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Johannes Edvaldsson (82) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jock Stein |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Peter Latchford 2. Joe Filippi 3. Andy Lynch 4. Roy Aitken 5. Roddie MacDonald 6. John Dowie 7. Johnny Doyle 8. Johannes Edvaldsson 9. Tom McAdam 10. Joe Craig 11. Alfie Conn |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Andy Rolland .2 Frank Kopel .3 Alex Rennie .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Billy Kirkwood .8 Gordon G Wallace .9 George Fleming .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Paul Wilson 14. Ronnie Glavin |
Gordon G Wallace .12 Derek Addison .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Paul Wilson for Alfie Conn (57) |
Derek Addison for Gordon G Wallace (45) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Billy Kirkwood (80) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Tommy Muirhead (Stenhousemuir) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 24th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
28 | - | 305 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
27 | - | 255 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
10 | - | 72 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
28 | 5 | 135 | 29 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
26 | 1 | 432 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
28 | 1 | 171 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
24 | 4 | 242 | 25 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
21 | 6 | 48 | 19 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
22 | 8 | 26 | 9 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
26 | 7 | 110 | 35 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
26 | - | 144 | 6 |
| Derek Addison (sub) | 22 |
|
19 | 1 | 45 | 3 |
League Table (as at December 24th, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | +19 | 27 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | +14 | 24 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 23 |
| 4. | United | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | +7 | 19 |
| 5. | Celtic | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 19 |
| 6. | St Mirren | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 18 |
| 7. | Hibernian | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 8. | Motherwell | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 13 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -25 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 24th December 1977 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 4-0 | Rangers |
| Celtic | 1-0 | Dundee Utd |
| Hibernian | 2-1 | Motherwell |
| Partick Th | 4-1 | Ayr Utd |
| St Mirren | 2-0 | Clydebank |