Five memorable Celtic moments, with a nod to the late Celtic Historian and Celtic Star legend David Potter, on this day starting in 1929…
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.
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.
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.
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 pic.twitter.com/6ys1WeCPEu
— Celtic GIFs (@CelticGIFs) March 13, 2026
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.
Introducing The Celtic Star App and our new ad-free Premium Service...
Go ad-free on The Celtic Star, get a FREE trial period to try it out. Also download our new App – available for both Apple and Android – and get the best Celtic content on your phone without fighting through pop-up ads and being forced to watch videos.
Our new PREMIUM service comes with a free seven-day trial so you can look before you book. If you are happy to continue the price will be just 99p per month or £9.99 for the year. For that you get an AD-FREE SITE plus access to our premium content, and you’ll also help us make The Celtic Star even better and less reliant on advertising revenues, allowing us to be more focused on publishing the best Celtic features on the internet.
Click HERE to access your FREE trial. We think you’ll like it! We’re Obsessed with Celtic and we think you are too! Join us hand in hand...
