Celtic on this Day – We remember the victims of the Ibrox disaster

2 January 2011

Rangers 0-2 Celtic. Samaras Sunday. Neil Lennon’s side stretched their lead at the top of the table to four points, but Rangers had two games in hand. It was Celtic’s first win at Ibrox in a New Years game since 1985. Remembered fondly thanks to the iconic commentary from Ian Crocker on Sky Sports, “Samaras is chasing this, and McGregor’s came way out, Georgios Samaras scores for Celtic. Happy New Year to the men in Hoops.” A legendary line that is revisited every year by supporters on social media. What is underrated about Sammy’s opener is the pass from Joe Ledley – sublime. Six minutes later, Samaras was brought down by Bougherra in the box, to which he tucked the resulting penalty kick away cooly. The full Broomloan sang, “oo ah Samaras, say oo ah Samaras!” It was the big Greek at his wonderful best, and surprisingly his brace was his first league goals of the 2010/2011 season. Simply unplayable on his day. Notably, prior to the game Billy McNeill and John Greig laid a wreath on the pitch to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ibrox disaster in which 66 lives were sadly lost. A tragedy that should always be remembered and never forgotten.

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