Celtic FC 1981/1982

Celtic Fixtures and Results 1981/1982

Scottish League: Champions
Scottish FA Cup: Round 4
League Cup: Section
European Cup: Round 1

 

Manager: Billy MCNEILL (1978 - 1983)

Celtic score always first.

Celtic team that won the league 1981/82
The Celtic team that won the league 1981/82 - from the Real Sociedad programme 03/11/82

Opponents Comments

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ST MIRREN

08/08/81
League Cup

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.

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St Johnstone

12/08/81

League Cup

0-2

Sally McCoist scored for Saints in Garners other League Cup match.

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HIBERNIAN

15/08/81
League Cup

4-2

Davie Moyes debut. He played 24 games in his debut season.

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ST JOHNSTONE

19/08/81
League Cup
4-1

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St Mirren

22/08/81
League Cup

5-1

George McCluskey hat-trick

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Hibernian

26/08/81
League Cup

4-1

St Mirren qualified from the section with Celtic in 2nd place.

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AIRDRIE

29/08/81
Premier League
5-2

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Aberdeen

05/09/81
Premier League
3-1

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MORTON

12/09/81
Premier League
2-1

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JUVENTUS

16/09/81
European Cup

1-0 - Murdo MacLeod

Attendance: 60,000.

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Rangers

19/09/81
Premier League
2-0 - McAdam, MacLeod.

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PARTICK THISTLE

26/09/81
Premier League
2-0

No programme
Juventus

30/09/81
European Cup

0-2

No programme.

Attendance: 70,000. Newspaper valued at £20 on Jan 10 2001

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Dundee

03/10/81
Premier League
3-1

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St Mirren

10/10/81
Premier League
2-1

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DUNDEE UNITED

17/10/81
Premier League
1-1

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Hibernian

24/10/81
Premier League
0-1

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Airdrie

31/10/81
Premier League
3-1

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ABERDEEN

07/11/81
Premier League
2-1

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Morton

14/11/81
Premier League
1-1

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RANGERS

21/11/81
Premier League
3-3 - McAdam, McGarvey, MacLeod

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Partick Thistle

28/11/81
Premier League
2-0

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DUNDEE

05/12/81
Premier League
3-1

No programme
ST MIRREN

12/12/81
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

No programme
Dundee United

19/12/81
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

No programme
HIBERNIAN

26/12/81
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

No programme
Airdrie

04/01/82
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

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Rangers

09/01/82
Premier League
0-1

No programme
MORTON

16/01/82
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

Two days later Charlie Nicholas broke his leg playing against Morton in a reserves match in Greenock.

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QUEEN OF THE SOUTH

23/01/82
Scottish Cup

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 Championships, 4 Scottish Cups and 2 League Cups.
John Halpin also makes a scoring debut (scores the fourth).

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Aberdeen

30/01/82
Premier League
3-1

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HIBERNIAN

02/02/82
Premier League
0-0

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Dundee

06/02/82
Premier League
3-1

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Aberdeen

13/02/82
Scottish Cup
0-1

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PARTICK THISTLE

20/02/82
Premier League
2-2

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Hibernian

27/02/82
Premier League
0-1

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MORTON

03/03/82
Premier League
1-0

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St Mirren

13/03/82
Premier League
5-2

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AIRDRIE

20/03/82
Premier League
2-0

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ABERDEEN

27/03/82
Premier League
0-1

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Dundee Untied

31/03/82
Premier League
2-0

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Morton

03/04/82
Premier League
1-1

No programme
ST MIRREN

07/04/82
Premier League

(Postponed)

No programme.

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RANGERS

10/04/82
Premier League
2-1 - Danny Crannie (v Rangers debut), Tom McAdam

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Airdrie

14/04/82
Premier League
5-1

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DUNDEE

17/04/82
Premier League
4-2

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DUNDEE UNITED

21/04/82
Premier League
3-1

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Partick Thistle

24/04/82
Premier League
3-0 - Danny Crainnie hat-trick.

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HIBERNIAN

01/05/82
Premier League
6-0

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ST MIRREN

03/05/82
Premier League
0-0

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Dundee United

08/05/82
Premier League
0-3

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ST MIRREN

15/05/82
Premier League

3-0

Celtic clinched the title in this match, two points ahead of Aberdeen.

Celtic Football Club Friendlies 1981/1982

Opponents Comments

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New York Cosmos

12/07/81
0-2
Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup


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Seattle Sounders

14/07/81
1-2
Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup


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Southampton

19/07/81
2-1
Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup. This was played for 3rd and 4th place. Cosmos played Seattle in the final


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SV Wesseling

25/07/81
10-0

No programme
1FC Bocholt

26/07/81

2-2 - McAdam, Garner

No programme.

Celtic team: Bonner, McGrain, MacLeod, Aitken, Garner, McAdam, Provan, Sullivan, McGarvey, Burns, Nicholas. Subs: Latchford, McCluskey, Reid, W.McStay, Conroy, Doyle

No programme
Hamburg SV

28/07/81

1-3
Played in the Volkspark Stadion, Hamburg.

No programme.

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Feyenoord/Dukla Prague

31/07/81

Feyenoord Rotterdam AD Tournament ul 31 - Aug 2

Celtic beat Feyenoord in the first game and beat Dukla Prague in the Final

No programme
Renfrewshire Junior FA

06/11/81

4-0

No programme.

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Ipswich Town

03/11/81

3-2

Alan Hunter Testimonial.

Every scorer in this game 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.

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Forfar Athletic

10/11/81
Kenny Brown / Billy Gallagher joint Testimonial.

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Hawick Royal Albert

16/11/81

9-1

Floodlights inauguration.

No programme
Queen's Park

22/11/81

4-1

No programme.

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Queen's Park

02/12/81

2-1

No programme.

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Dundalk FC

30/12/81
1-2

No programme
Raith Rovers

06/01/82

3-0

No programme.

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Kilmarnock

12/01/82

2-2

No programme.

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Home Farm

19/01/82
7-2

No programme
Hong Kong Rangers

07/03/82

5-0

No programme.

No programme
Central League Juniors X1

02/05/82

2-1

No programme.

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International X1

09/05/82

8-3.

Alan Rough Testimonial.

No programme
Ardrossan/Saltcoats X1

20/05/82

Charity match for Christian Aid.

No programme.