| On This Day |
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
November
| 1st | 1967: Celtic lose 2-1 to Racing Club in the World Club Championship 2nd leg, and the tie goes to a play-off. |
| 2nd | 1978: Celtic sign Murdo MacLeod for £100,000 from Dumbarton.
1983: Celtic 5-0 Sporting Lisbon, UEFA Cup, Celtic overturn a 1st leg 2-0 deficit! 2013: A specially-commissioned Celtic cross in honour of Celtic’s founding fathers unveiled in ceremony held by the Celtic Graves Society. |
| 3rd | 1951: Charlie Tully is ordered off in a 2-2 draw with Third Lanark at Celtic Park. He would later receive a one month suspension for his actions.
1982: Celtic 2-1 Real Sociedad, European Cup; Real Sociedad officials overjoyed when Celtic fly the Basque flag of red, white and green above the Jungle rather than the Spanish flag. |
| 4th | 1967: Celtic lose 1-0 to Racing Club in Montevideo in a play-off to decide the World Club Championship. |
| 5th | 1975: Celtic wear numbers on the back of their shirts for the first time (in competition) as they defeat Boavista 3-1 in the European Cup-Winners Cup at Parkhead.
2005: A statue of Celtic founder Brother Walfrid is officially unveiled outside Celtic Park. |
| 6th | 1887: Celtic Football Club is formally constituted at a meeting in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church hall on East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow.
2013: Ajax 1-0 Celtic, European Cup; Abuse of power by Amsterdam police after some trouble in the main square. Birth of ‘The Fenian Lamppost‘ (‘The Tim pole that knocked the thug cop out’). |
| 7th | 1978: Barry Robson born, Aberdeen, Scotland
1984: ECWC 2nd rnd: Celtic 3-0 Rapid Vienna, 7 Nov 1984 Celtic get bullied cheated and assaulted on field of play 1998: Lubo Moravcik makes his debut in the 6-1 win over Dundee 2012: Champions League: Celtic 2-1 Barcelona; Celtic defeat a team regarded as one of the finest ever, and become the talk of the footballing world. 2019: Celtic defeat Lazio 2-1 away. First ever competitive victory over Italian side in Europe, Celtic won both legs and topped Europa League group. |
| 8th | 1864:Tom Maley born in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
2018: Celtic Stadium Lights (“Disco Lights”) first used in match v RB Leipzig (UEFA Cup) |
| 9th | 1991: Tony Mowbray makes Celtic debut in 2-1 home league victory over Aberdeen.
2005: Celtic defeat Rangers in the League Cup, Strachan’s first victory over Rangers as Celtic manager and was a turning point for him & Celtic that season. |
| 10th | 1971: Kenny Dalglish makes his debut for Scotland in a 1-0 European Championship qualifier victory over Belgium at Pittodrie. |
| 11th | 1905: Celtic 0-1 Port Glasgow Athletic, League; A seismic shock! The opposition no longer exists. Not a good day, but Rangers also lost to Third Lanark.
1943: Early Celtic hero Dan McArthur dies aged 66 |
| 12th | 1988: Celtic defeat Rangers 3-1 in league clash at Parkhead during the centenary season |
| 13th | 1887: Newly formed and ambitious Celtic Football Club lease six acres of vacant ground between Janefield Street cemetery and Dalmarnock Street (now Springfield Road) as the site for their new ground.
1968: Celtic produce a sensational performance in Glasgow to defeat Red Star Belgrade 5-1 in European Cup second-round first-leg |
| 14th | 2002: Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Celtic, UEFA Cup; “Men against Boys” it was said after the end of the first leg by arch-Hun Souness. Celtic humiliate Blackburn Rovers on the Road to Seville
2010: A dramatic injury time winner from Gary Hooper give Celtic a 1-0 league win at St Mirren. |
| 15th | 1961: Celtic thrash St Mirren 7-1 in home league clash
1975: Celtic lose 2-0 to Motherwell in top of the table clash! |
| 16th | 1929: Bertie Thomson makes Celtic debut in 2-1 home league win over Cowdenbeath |
| 17th | 1973: John ‘Dixie’ Deans scores goals in a 7-0 league win over Partick Thistle at Celtic Park.
2008: Maradona visits Celtic Park, with one young Celtic ballboy saving day for Maradona finding his chain lost on the pitch. |
| 18th | 1964: Ronnie Simpson made his debut in a 3-1 defeat away to Barcelona in the Fairs Cup
2018: Statue unveiled for the great Bobby Lennox in his home town of Saltcoats |
| 19th | 2005: Celtic beat Rangers 3-0 with goals from Hartson, Balde and McGeady – Incredibly this meant Celtic were 15 points clear of Rangers by mid-November |
| 20th | 1945: Jimmy Quinn – “The Croy Express” died in his home village at the age of 67.Jimmy scored 216 goals in 331 appearances and was an integral part of Celtic’s six in a row League title wins between 1905-1910.
1976: Hearts 3-4 Celtic, Celtic make an incredible comeback to win this game at the death! 1990: Manchester Utd 1-3 Celtic, Bryan Robson Testimonial. An estimated 15,000 Celtic fans travel south for this game! |
| 21st | 1998: Celtic thrash Rangers 5-1 at Celtic Park. Moravcik scored his first two goals for Celtic in this game.
2006:Celtic beat Manchester United 1-0 with a tremendous free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura to put Celtic through to the last 16 of the Champions League. |
| 22nd | 1968:Tommy Callaghan was signed by Jock Stein from Dunfermline. Tommy was an outstanding midfielder (under-rated by some) who played a very significant part in Celtic’s Nine in a Row League Championships. |
| 23rd | 1929: Jimmy McGrory scored a hat-trick against St.Johnstone – it was one of four hat-tricks he scored that season.
1983-11-23: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Celtic, UEFA Cup; crushing at the packed Celtic end of the ground and the game was stopped until safety was restored. 1991-11-23: Airdrieonians 0-3 Celtic, League. Tony Cascarino accidentally barged into a police woman who was standing pitch side. She was injured and hospitalised. In 1995 she sued the chief constable and Airdrie FC for damages, and lost. |
| 24th | 1888: Celtic lose 0-1 to Clyde in a Scottish Cup tie, after a protest, the tie was ordered to be replayed on 8th Dec.
1958: Roy Aitken born in Irvine, Ayrshire. 1984: Frank McGarvey scored a hat-trick in a 7-1 win over St.Mirren – this meant that Frank was the first player to score 100 goals in the Premier League. In total Frank scored 113 goals in 245 appearances for Celtic. |
| 25th | 1981: Celtic lift the Daily Express Five-a-Side Challenge cup at Wembley Arena after defeating Watford, Manchester United, Ipswich and Southampton. |
| 26th | 2010: The SFA’s Head of Referee development is sacked after sending an offensive e-mail. The discredited former referee had also been criticised for lying in the media about referee Dougie McDonald’s controversial decision to reverse a penalty award to Celtic. |
| 27th | 1914: Celtic legend Peter Somers dies aged just 36 years.
2010: Scottish referees take “strike” action after being criticised by club officials in the media. Foreign referees take charge of those SPL games that survive the weather.Celtic can only draw 2-2 with Inverness but Luxembourg ref Alain Hamer puts in a fine display. |
| 28th | 2010: Referee Dougie McDonald quits football after lying to Neil Lennon and supporters about why he reversed a decision to award Celtic a penalty. The shamed ref resigned without offering an apology to Lennon or Celtic for his lies. |
| 29th | 1948: Early Celtic hero Davie Adams dies aged 55 |
| 30th | 1997: Celtic lift the League Cup with emphatic 3-0 win over Dundee United in final at Ibrox, first time since 1982-83 season. |