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CELTIC F.C. 1981/82

CELTIC FIXTURES, RESULTS and PROGRAMMES 1981/1982

Scottish League:	Champions
Scottish FA Cup:	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup:	Section
European Cup Winners Cup:	First Round

Manager: Billy MCNEILL (1978 - 1983)

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OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
ST MIRREN	Aug 8	LC	yes	1-3. Willie Garner debut. Scored an o.g. in his debut game. Played another game in the League Cup and a single league game and was never seen again.
St Johnstone	Aug 12	LC	yes	0-2. Sally McCoist scored for Saints in Garners other LC match.
HIBERNIAN	Aug 15	LC	yes	4-2. Davie Moyes debut. He played 24 games in his debut season.
ST JOHNSTONE	Aug 19	LC	yes	4-1.
St Mirren	Aug 22	LC	yes	5-1. George McCluskey hat-trick.
Hibernian	Aug 26	LC	yes	4-1. St Mirren qualified from the section with Celtic in 2nd place.
AIRDRIE	Aug 29	PL	yes	5-2.
Aberdeen	Sep 5	PL	yes	3-1.
MORTON	Sep 12	PL	yes	2-1
JUVENTUS	Sep 16	EC	yes	1-0. Murdo MacLeod scored. Attendance: 60,000.
Rangers	Sep 19	PL	yes	2-0. McAdam, MacLeod.
PARTICK THISTLE	Sep 26	PL	yes	2-0.
Juventus	Sep 30	EC	no	0-2. Attendance: 70,000. Newspaper valued at £20 on Jan 10 2001
Dundee	Oct 3	PL	yes	3-1.
St Mirren	Oct 10	PL	yes	2-1.
DUNDEE UNITED	Oct 17	PL	yes	1-1.
Hibernian	Oct 24	PL	yes	0-1.
Airdrie	Oct 31	PL	yes	3-1.
ABERDEEN	Nov 7	PL	yes	2-1.
Morton	Nov 14	PL	yes	1-1.
RANGERS	Nov 21	PL	yes	3-3. McAdam, McGarvey, MacLeod scored.
Partick Thistle	Nov 28	PL	yes	2-0.
DUNDEE	Dec 5	PL	yes	3-1.
ST MIRREN	Dec 12	PL	no	(Postponed)
Dundee United	Dec 19	PL	no	(Postponed)
HIBERNIAN	Dec 26	PL	no	(Postponed)
Airdrie	Jan 4	PL	no	(Postponed)
Rangers	Jan 9	PL	yes	0-1.
MORTON	Jan 16	PL	no	(Postponed) Two days later Charlie Nicholas broke his leg playing against Morton in a reserves match in Greenock.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH	Jan 23	SC	yes	4-0. 17 year old Paul McStay makes his Celtic debut in a 4-0 win. Paul played for Celtic until 1997. He went on to captain Celtic, played 678 times and scored 72 goals. He won 2 League Championship, 4 Scottish Cups and 2 League Cups. John Halpin also makes a scoring debut (scores the fourth).
Aberdeen	Jan 30	PL	yes	3-1.
HIBERNIAN	Feb 2	PL	yes	0-0.
Dundee	Feb 6	PL	yes	3-1.
Aberdeen	Feb 13	SC	yes	0-1.
PARTICK THISTLE	Feb 20	PL	yes	2-2.
Hibernian	Feb 27	PL	yes	0-1.
MORTON	Mar 3	PL	yes	1-0.
St Mirren	Mar 13	PL	yes	5-2.
AIRDRIE	Mar 20	PL	yes	2-0.
ABERDEEN	Mar 27	PL	yes	0-1.
Dundee Untied	Mar 31	PL	yes	2-0.
Morton	Apr 3	PL	yes	1-1.
ST MIRREN	Apr 7	PL	no	(Postponed)
RANGERS	Apr 10	PL	yes	2-1. Danny Crannie (v Rangers debut) and Tom McAdam scored.
Airdrie	Apr 14	PL	yes	5-1.
DUNDEE	Apr 17	PL	yes	4-2.
DUNDEE UNITED	Apr 21	PL	yes	3-1.
Partick Thistle	Apr 24	PL	yes	3-0. Danny Crainnie hat-trick.
HIBERNIAN	May 1	PL	yes	6-0.
ST MIRREN	May 3	PL	yes	0-0.
Dundee United	May 8	PL	yes	0-3.
ST MIRREN	May 15	PL	yes	3-0. Celtic clinched the title in this match, two points ahead of Aberdeen.

CELTIC F.C. 1981/82
FRIENDLIES

New York Cosmos - Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup Seattle Sounders - Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup Southampton - Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup SV Wesseling Allan Hunter Testimonial v Ipswich Town
Forfar Athletic HAWICK ROYAL ALBERT - Floodlight Inauguration DUNDALK 1981 HOME FARM 1982 Alan Rough Testimonial v Scotland International XI

OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
New York Cosmos	Jul 12	Tourn	yes	0-2. Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup
Seattle Sounders	Jul 14	Tourn	yes	1-2. Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup
Southampton	Jul 19	Tourn	yes	2-1. Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup. This was played for 3rd and 4th place. Cosmos played Seattle in the final
SV Wesseling	Jul 25	F	yes	10-0.
IFC Bocholt	Jul 26	F	no	2-2. Celtic team: Bonner, McGrain, MacLeod, Aitken, Garner, McAdam, Provan, Sullivan, McGarvey, Burns, Nicholas. Subs: Latchford, McCluskey, Reid, W.McStay, Conroy, Doyle. Scorers: McAdam, Garner.
Hamburg SV	Jul 28	F	no	1-3. Played in the Volkspark Stadion, Hamburg.
Feyenoord/Dukla Prague	Jul 31/ Aug 2	Tourn	yes	Feyenoord Rotterdam AD Tournament.Celtic beat Feyenoord in the first game and beat Dukla Prague in the Final
Renfrewshire Junior F.A .X1	Sep 6	F	no	4-0.
Ipswich Town	Nov 3	Test	yes	3-2. Alan Hunter Testimonial. Every scorer is a Scot - McCluskey, Nicholas, McGarvey for Celtic, Alan Brazil and John Wark for Ipswich. Floodlights fail and the match was delayed for 45 minutes. The Celtic fans went through their full repertoire of songs during the blackout.
Forfar Athletic	Nov 10	Test	yes	Kenny Brown / Billy Gallagher joint Testimonial.
Hawick Royal Albert	Nov 16	F	yes	9-1. Floodlight inauguration.
Queen's Park	Dec 2	F	no	2-1
Dundalk FC	Dec 30	F	yes	1-2.
Raith Rovers	Jan 6	F	no	3-0
Kilmarnock	Jan 12	F	no	2-2
Home Farm	Jan 19	F	yes	7-2.
Hong Kong Rangers	Mar 7	F	no	5-0.
Central League Juniors X1	May 2	F	no	2-1.
International X1	May 9	Test	yes	8-3. Alan Rough Testimonial.
Ardrossan/Saltcoats X1	May 20	F	no	Charity match for Christian Aid.

CELTIC F.C. 1981/82
MISC

Daily Express 5-A-Side Tourny 1981

OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
Daily Express 5-A-Side Tourny	Nov 25	Tourny	P	Celtic won the trophy by beating Watford (3-0), Manchester Utd (2-0), Ipswich (3-1) in the semi-final and Southampton 1-0 in the final.

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