35

YEARS AGO

SUNDERLAND, Rangers, Wolves and Middlesbrough all tabled offers in excess of £300,000 for St Johnstone’s 18-year-old striker, Ally McCoist.

George McCluskey hit a hat-trick and Murdo MacLeod got a double as Celtic beat St Mirren 5-1 at Love Street.

Two goals from Gordon Strachan and one by Mark McGhee helped Aberdeen win 3-0 at Kilmarnock.

AC Milan assured Scotland boss Jock Stein that Joe Jordan (above) would be allowed to travel for the World Cup qualifier against Sweden on September 9.