CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 10… CELTIC 1-0 HIBS – HAMPDEN, 31 MARCH 1923 – The nine years between the last final between these two sides…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 8… CELTIC 2-0 CLYDE – IBROX, 6th APRIL 1912 – Yet again an Ibrox Scottish Cup final was bedevilled by wind,…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 7…CELTIC 2-0 ST MIRREN – IBROX, 15th APRIL 1911 – Celtic won the Scottish Cup for the seventh time by beating…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 6… CELTIC 5-1 ST MIRREN – HAMPDEN, 18th APRIL 1908 – Celtic went one better this year and won the…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Win Number 5… CELTIC 3-0 HEARTS – HAMPDEN, 20th APRIL 1907 – No team had so far won the Scottish League…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 4… CELTIC 3-2 RANGERS – HAMPDEN, 16th APRIL 1904 – This was the first game to be played at New…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 3… CELTIC 4-3 QUEEN’S PARK – IBROX, 14th APRIL 1900 – This game was known as the “hurricane final” with…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 2 CELTIC 2-0 RANGERS – HAMPDEN, 22 APRIL 1899 – The game was played at “Second” Hampden (which in later…
CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 1… CELTIC 5-1 QUEEN’S PARK – IBROX, 9th APRIL 1892 – This game was actually a replay because the first…
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The nephew of Patsy Gallacher and father of John Divers III, this one was born in Clydebank in 1911 and was arguably the best of the…
Pat Crerand emerged in the late 1950s as a superb right half with marvellous passing skills, and the clear ability to “take a grip” of a…
There were times when one feared that Steve Chalmers would not make it. There was the feeling that the gentlemanly Chalmers, always well dressed off the…
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Frank Brogan was a grossly undervalued player at Celtic Park. When he went to Ipswich Town, Frank got a consistent run in the team, and Ipswich…
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