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Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 10th March 1906…

Jimmy Quinn scored

SATURDAY 10 MARCH 1906 – Celtic clinch their sixth League Championship and their second in succession as they beat Queen’s Park 6-0 at Hampden. 15,000 are there to see a tremendous Celtic performance with four goals from Jimmy Quinn and one each from Alec Bennett and Davie Hamilton.

SATURDAY 10 MARCH 1962 – One of the most remarkable Scottish Cup ties of all time happens at Celtic Park today when Celtic, 1-3 down to Third Lanark at half-time, turn things round so that they are winning 4-3 before Third Lanark equalise late in the game. For Celtic, two goals come from Steve Chalmers, one from John Hughes and another from Frank Brogan.

Sean Fallon
The new Celtic backroom team at Broomfield. From left: Neil Mochan, Bob Rooney, Jock Stein and Sean Fallon

WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 1965 – It is Jock Stein’s first game in charge of Celtic as the team travel to Broomfield to beat Airdrie 6-0. It is the Bertie Auld show, for he scores five goals (two of them penalties) and John Hughes notches the other.

SATURDAY 10 MARCH 1973 – 18,000 pack into Tannadice Park to see a thrilling 2-2 draw between Dundee United and Celtic in the Scottish League. Celtic’s goals come from Bobby Lennox, one of them a great individual effort. It was very entertaining but it was not the result that Celtic wanted, for they now are sharing the lead in the Scottish League race with seven games to go.

SUNDAY 10 MARCH 2002 – Celtic are so far ahead in the League race that it does not really matter all that much, but it is still a little disappointing to draw at Ibrox when the game seemed there for the winning. Stilian Petrov scored Celtic’s goal in the first half, and after Numan had equalised, there were several reasonable chances to score which Celtic passed up.

David Potter

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About Author

David was a distinguished Celtic author and historian and writer for The Celtic Star. He lived in Kirkcaldy and followed Celtic all my life, having seen them first at Dundee in March 1958. He was a retired teacher and his other interests were cricket, drama and the poetry of Robert Burns. David Potter passed away on 29 July 2023 after a short illness. He was posthumously awarded a Special Recognition award by Celtic FC at the club's Player of the Year awards in May 2024. David's widow Rosemary accepted the award to huge applause from the Celtic Supporters in the Hydro.

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