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The tricks Celtic chairman Desmond White tried but failed to halt the Aberdeen title juggernaut

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The knock came on the away dressing room door at Celtic Park and the Aberdeen players burst out laughing.They knew it would be Parkhead chairman Desmond White trying his best to wind them up and put them off 
ahead of the match that would effectively decide the 1980 title.But nothing was going to stop Alex Ferguson’s Reds who sensed this was their moment.Forty years ago today they ran out into the cauldron and thrashed Celtic 3-1, claiming a second victory there in the space of 18 days, to set up only the second league triumph in their history and end a 15-year Old Firm title stranglehold.Having been a mammoth 10 points behind – only two for a win – with barely two months to go they gloriously claimed the crown on May 5 at Easter Road.Aberd

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