Celtic 1
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Celtic |
1 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Brian McClair (68) |
John Clark (88) |
| Team Managers | |
| David Hay |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Pat Bonner Peter Grant Danny McGrain Roy Aitken Paul McGugan Derek Whyte Brian McClair Paul McStay Maurice Johnston Murdo McLeod Alan McInally |
Billy Thomson Dave Narey John Holt Maurice Malpas John Clark Eamonn Bannon Gordon McLeod Billy Kirkwood Jim McInally Kevin Gallacher Iain Ferguson |
| Bench | |
|
Tommy Burns Owen Archdeacon |
Paul Hegarty Dave Bowman |
| Substitutions | |
|
Owen Archdeacon for Alan McInally (61) Tommy Burns for Danny McGrain (72) |
Dave Bowman for Maurice Malpas (21) Paul Hegarty for John Holt (48) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alistair Huett (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
Celtic rarely displayed the urgency you'd expect from a side in pursuit of the Championship and rarely tested Billy Thomson. Indeed it came as something of a surprise when that master of opportunity Brian McClair conjured a goal out of nothing. However yet another late goal this time by John Clark saw justice being done.
During the first half there was little action in either goalmouth, but there was a double blow for us when Maurice Malpas limped off and then John Holt suffered a strain early in the second half. Apart from the disruption it caused in this match, it also augured badly for Wednesday's U.E.FA tie. Celtic's goal followed a long clearance by Pat Bonner, Mo Johnston flicked it on and Brian McClair pounced to beat Billy Thomson.
Squad Statistics (as at April 18th, 1987)
| 1986-87 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Billy Thomson (GK) | 29 |
|
55 | - | 108 | - |
| John Holt | 30 |
|
25 | 1 | 391 | 24 |
| Dave Narey | 30 |
|
47 | - | 649 | 36 |
| Maurice Malpas | 24 |
|
54 | 1 | 288 | 9 |
| Jim McInally | 23 |
|
44 | 2 | 44 | 2 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 29 |
|
51 | 8 | 393 | 102 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 28 |
|
11 | - | 390 | 69 |
| John Clark | 22 |
|
38 | 5 | 89 | 13 |
| Gordon McLeod | 19 |
|
3 | - | 9 | - |
| Iain Ferguson | 24 |
|
45 | 25 | 45 | 25 |
| Kevin Gallacher | 20 |
|
50 | 15 | 74 | 18 |
| Paul Hegarty (sub) | 32 |
|
32 | 5 | 595 | 79 |
| Dave Bowman (sub) | 23 |
|
30 | - | 30 | - |
League Table (as at April 18th, 1987)
No league table has been added for this season.