13th March – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day

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·13 mars 2026

13th 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 1929…

Paddy Connolly scored

ONE – SATURDAY 13 MARCH 1929 – Celtic’s form this season has been inconsistent to put it mildly, but today they record a fine win at the difficult ground of Fir Park, Motherwell with good goals from Jimmy McGrory and Paddy Connolly.

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Joe Rae scored

TWO – SATURDAY 13 MARCH 1943 – A rare “ray of sunshine” for Celtic in this terrible season comes when Joe Rae scores twice at Parkhead to beat St Mirren 2-0 in the Southern League Cup before a disappointing crowd of 6,000. The war has now taken a decisive turn for the better with the British success in North Africa and the Russian triumph at Stalingrad, but there is as yet no great upturn in Celtic’s fortunes.

Harry Hood scored twice

THREE – SATURDAY 13 MARCH 1971 – It is not often these days that Celtic visit Central Park, Cowdenbeath. Today’s trip to the strange old ground which is also used for speedway and stock car racing sees a comfortable 5-1 win with two goals from Harry Hood (one was a penalty) and one each from John Hughes, Billy McNeill and Bobby Lennox. This result is all the more welcome, for in midweek Celtic went down to a shocking 0-3 hammering in Amsterdam to Ajax.

Tommy Burns scored

FOUR – SATURDAY 13 MARCH 1982 – Celtic consolidate their challenge for the Scottish League title with a fine 5-2 win over St Mirren at Love Street. It is Danny Crainie’s debut, and he proves himself worthy of the jersey. Murdo MacLeod scores twice and there are also goals from Tommy Burns, George McCluskey and Dom Sullivan. Meanwhile at Ibrox, Aberdeen show that they are the main challengers by beating Rangers 3-1.

13th March 1982, St Mirren 2:5 Celtic. Murdo(2), Burns, Sullivan and McCluskey. Great volley by @murdomacleod06
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Photo imago/Colorsport – Jimmy Johnstone (Celtic)

FIVE – MONDAY 13 MARCH 2006 – The death is announced of Jimmy Johnstone at the age of 61. Jimmy died of Motor Neurone Disease, an illness which attacks the nervous system. Jimmy is reckoned by some to be the best Celtic player of them all and on his day (at Lisbon, for example) he could be quite unbeatable.