7th March – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day

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7th March – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day

Five memorable Celtic moments, with a nod to the late Celtic Historian and Celtic Star legend David Potter, on this day starting in 1908…

Willie Loney scored

ONE – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 1908 – Even without Jimmy Hay (injured) and Alec McNair and Alec Bennett (both playing for Scotland against Wales), Celtic are still good enough to beat Hibs 4-0 at Parkhead before a crowd of 17,000. Jimmy Quinn doesn’t score today, but the goals come from Willie Loney, Jimmy McMenemy and Peter Somers in what is a fine display of attacking football.

Jimmy McGrory scored twice

TWO – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 1936 –Celtic show just why they are aspiring to be champions with a thrilling 3-2 win at Broomfield, Airdrie before 8,000 spectators. They are 0-2 down and half time, but Johnny Crum scores in the aftermath of a corner kick, Jimmy McGrory equalises and just at the end he scores again to give Celtic the win that keeps them at the top of the table.

1964-03-04: Slovan Bratislava 0-1 Celtic, ECWC

THREE – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 1964 –Celtic’s domestic season comes to an end today with a miserable 0-2 defeat at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup. It is all the more disappointing because they should have been buoyed up by their midweek European success (for which they were clapped onto the park by Rangers!) but for the fifth time this season, they play well at the start, have some bad luck, but then lose a goal and collapse. The problem is psychological as much as anything else, but it is still very real.

FOUR – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2004 –The victory is only 1-0 but it is emphatic nevertheless as Celtic beat Rangers in the Scottish Cup at Parkhead with a Henrik Larsson goal. Celtic have now gone 73 games at Parkhead without defeat.

WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 2007 – 52,918 are at the San Siro in Milan to see Celtic go out of the Champions League to an extra time goal from Kaka. A late free kick taken by Lee Naylor (Nakamura has been substituted) misses narrowly.

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Celtic in the Thirties by Matt Corr. Click on image to order