Celtic 1
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
Celtic |
1 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Tommy Burns (22)
Mo Johnston (missed pen.) |
Paul Sturrock (64) Richard Gough (73) |
| Team Managers | |
| David Hay |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Pat Bonner Danny McGrain Mark Reid Brian McClair Roy Aitken Murdo MacLeod Davie Provan Paul McStay Maurice Johnston Tommy Burns Frank McGarvey |
Hamish McAlpine Dave Narey Paul Hegarty Richard Gough John Holt Maurice Malpas Eamonn Bannon Alex Taylor Davie Dodds Stuart Beedie Tommy Coyne |
| Bench | |
|
Peter Grant John Colquhoun |
Dave Beaumont Paul Sturrock |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Paul Sturrock for Alex Taylor (46) Dave Beaumont for Tommy Coyne (80) |
| Cautions | |
| Murdo MacLeod (72) |
Stuart Beedie (61) Paul Hegarty (73) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Jim Duncan (Gorebridge) (Referee) |
Match Report
After beating leaders Aberdeen we meted out the same dose of medicine to second placed Celtic.
Remarkably, a missed penalty again turned the match. On this occasion Celtic had gone ahead through Tommy Burns in the first half and were awarded a penalty when John Holt's hand diverted a Brian McClair header.
Mo Johnston, however, weakly hit the spot kick and Hamish McAlpine save low to his left hand post. Almost immediately Eamonn Bannon hit just wide and ten minutes later United equalised.
Stuart Beedie won the ball in midfleld, passed to Richard Gough whose through bail was belted past Bonner by Paul Sturrock. Seven minutes later Richard Gough, for the second game running, headed in an Eamonn Bannon free kick to end another unbeaten home record.
Squad Statistics (as at December 29th, 1984)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 36 |
|
20 | - | 655 | 3 |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
32 | 5 | 493 | 68 |
| Dave Narey | 28 |
|
28 | - | 533 | 35 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
32 | 4 | 187 | 23 |
| John Holt | 28 |
|
24 | - | 311 | 23 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
31 | 1 | 161 | 5 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
32 | 8 | 274 | 71 |
| Alex Taylor | 22 |
|
11 | 2 | 31 | 4 |
| Davie Dodds | 26 |
|
22 | 7 | 306 | 128 |
| Stuart Beedie | 24 |
|
27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| Tommy Coyne | 22 |
|
16 | 4 | 37 | 7 |
| Dave Beaumont (sub) | 21 |
|
9 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Paul Sturrock (sub) | 28 |
|
29 | 14 | 430 | 138 |
League Table (as at December 29th, 1984)
No league table has been added for this season.