6th March – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day

Five unforgettable Celtic moments from this day in 1920, paying tribute to the late Celtic historian and Celtic star legend David Porter…

Tommy McInally is sorely missed

1 – Saturday, March 6, 1920 – 85,000 fans gathered at Ibrox to watch Celtic suffer a narrow 1-0 defeat to Rangers in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. The game was close, but the Celtics seemed to have made a mistake by playing Patsy Gallacher at center with Tommy McInally out.

Bobby Murdoch scores

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Tuesday – Wednesday, March 6, 1963 – Now that the big freeze is over, Celtic and Hearts still have some unfinished Scottish Cup business to tie up. A crowd of 38,000 at Parkhead saw Willie Wallace open the scoring for Hearts, but Celtic came back and won with goals from Bobby Murdoch, John McNamee and John Hughes.

Bobby Lennox scores

Wednesday – Saturday, March 6, 1965 – It was Jimmy McGrory’s final game as manager as Celtic beat Kilmarnock 3-2 at Celtic Park to secure a superb Scottish Cup quarter-final. Celtic, who wore white and green sleeves, had goals from Bobby Lennox, Bertie Older and John Hughes. Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, Hibs

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In Jock Stein’s final game for Easter Road, he scored a late goal to knock Rangers out of the cup.

Bobby Lennox scores hat-trick

Thursday – Saturday, March 6, 1971 – Celtic famously beat Rice Wanderers 7-1 in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals at Celtic Park thanks to a hat-trick from Bobby Lennox, a hat-trick each from Vic Davidson, Willie Wallace, Tommy Callaghan and a penalty from Tommy Gemmell, but the main talking point in the days following the game was the sudden disappearance of John Hughes from Celtic Park, who had apparently fallen out with manager Jock Stein.

Friday – Thursday, March 6, 1997 – Celtic knocked Rangers out of the Scottish Cup with a superb performance in a game played on an unusual night on Thursday. Malky Mackay’s header and Paolo Di Canio’s penalty gave Celtic a famous victory that went a long way in shattering the myth of Rangers’ invincibility (which sadly many at Celtic Park believed).