This meant a total of 44 league fixtures would be played during the season.
A sell out league fixture can bring in an income of £30,000.
He played in all the first 36 post-war League fixtures.
There are certain playing restrictions that apply to all League fixtures.
They had lost just one of their last 11 league fixtures heading into this showdown.
Walter Smith's team have lost only six matches over the last 18 months, covering 74 league fixtures.
The Liverpudlian appeared in only five league fixtures during his first season at the club.
He made 36 first team appearances for the club, scoring 11 goals all of which were in league fixtures.
The team scored in every single league fixture and were unbeaten away from home.
From 1 January 1986, the side won only a quarter of the remaining sixteen league fixtures.
