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Celtic Glasgow 3-2 Dundalk FC - October 24, 1979 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1979/1980

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1979/1980 - Round of 16

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

October 24, 1979

33 000

3 - 2

Dundalk FC

Republic of Ireland

Roddie MacDonald

George McCluskey

32'

Tommy Burns

34'

33'

Cathal Muckian

67'

Mick Lawlor

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4' - Goal Roddie MacDonald4

32' - Goal George McCluskey32

33' - Goal Cathal Muckian

34' - Goal Tommy Burns34

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61' - Substitution Vic Davidsonis substituted by Bobby Lennox61

61' - Substitution Terry Dalyis substituted by Mick Lawlor

67' - Goal Mick Lawlor

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 2

Dundalk FC

Celtic Glasgow Dundalk FC

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

Latchford

Peter Latchford

England

B.date27/09/1952

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Aitken

Roy Aitken

Scotland

B.date24/11/1958

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McAdam

Tom McAdam

Scotland

B.date09/04/1954

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Lynch

Andy Lynch

Scotland

B.date03/03/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

MacDonald4

Roddie MacDonald

Scotland

B.date30/08/1954

Age25 years

positionDefender

McGrain

Danny McGrain

Scotland

B.date01/05/1950

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

MacLeod

Murdo MacLeod

Scotland

B.date24/09/1958

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Burns34

Tommy Burns

Scotland

B.date16/12/1956

Age22 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Davidson61

Vic Davidson

Scotland

B.date08/11/1950

Age28 years

positionForward

Provan

David Provan

Scotland

B.date08/05/1956

Age23 years

positionForward

McCluskey32

George McCluskey

Scotland

B.date19/09/1957

Age22 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Latchford		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Aitken		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom McAdam		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Lynch		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roddie MacDonald	4	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny McGrain		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Murdo MacLeod		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Burns	34	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vic Davidson	61	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Provan		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George McCluskey	32	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Dundalk FC

Blackmore

Richard Blackmore

Republic of Ireland

positionGoalkeeper

McConville

Tommy McConville

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/03/1946

Age33 years

positionDefender

Dunning

Paddy Dunning

Republic of Ireland

B.date1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Lawlor

Martin Lawlor

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/03/1958

Age21 years

positionDefender

Keely

Dermot Keely

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/03/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Daly61

Terry Daly

Republic of Ireland

positionMidfield

Flanagan

Leo Flanagan

Republic of Ireland

positionMidfield

Byrne

Sean Byrne

Republic of Ireland

positionMidfield

Devine

Liam Devine

Republic of Ireland

positionForward

Muckian33

Cathal Muckian

Republic of Ireland

B.date1952

Age27 years

positionForward

Dainty

James Dainty

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Richard Blackmore			9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy McConville		33	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Dunning		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Lawlor		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dermot Keely		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Daly	61		5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leo Flanagan			5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Byrne			4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Liam Devine			4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cathal Muckian	33	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Dainty		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Bobby Lennox	61	36	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mick Lawlor	6761	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy McNeill

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

McNeill vs Dundalk FC

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 24, 1979

McNeill vs McLaughlin

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 24, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy McLaughlin

179

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

McLaughlin vs Celtic Glasgow

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 24, 1979

McLaughlin vs McNeill

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 24, 1979

Referee

Thorvardur Björnsson

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	General total	Dundalk FC2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	Season total	Dundalk FC1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 24, 1979					Latest figure on September 28, 1982

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Comments

Key figures

Dundalk FC keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 30/10/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Champions League running (since 19/10/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/10/1972 (2 matches)

Dundalk FC keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Champions League running (since 25/09/1963). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCeltic Glasgow 3-2 Greenock Morton11/08/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 5-0 Kilmarnock25/08/1979

DCeltic Glasgow 2-2 Dundee United08/09/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 3-1 St. Mirren29/09/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 4-1 Partizan Tirana03/10/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Dundee FC13/10/1979

Overall

LPartizan Tirana 1-0 Celtic Glasgow19/09/1979

VAberdeen 1-2 Celtic Glasgow22/09/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 3-1 St. Mirren29/09/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 4-1 Partizan Tirana03/10/1979

VCeltic Glasgow 3-0 Dundee FC13/10/1979

LGreenock Morton 1-0 Celtic Glasgow20/10/1979

Current form

Away

VShelbourne 0-3 Dundalk FC18/03/1979

VCork Celtic 0-3 Dundalk FC07/04/1979

VLinfield 0-2 Dundalk FC05/09/1979

VDrogheda United 0-2 Dundalk FC16/09/1979

LHibernians 1-0 Dundalk FC26/09/1979

VShelbourne 0-3 Dundalk FC14/10/1979

Overall

VDundalk FC 2-0 Hibernians19/09/1979

VDundalk FC 1-0 Bohemian23/09/1979

LHibernians 1-0 Dundalk FC26/09/1979

VDundalk FC 7-2 Galway United07/10/1979

VShelbourne 0-3 Dundalk FC14/10/1979

LDundalk FC 0-1 Finn Harps21/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	14	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	18	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	13	10
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
4-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roy Aitken	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Cathal Muckian
Roy Aitken	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Cathal Muckian
Roy Aitken	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Liam Devine