Celtic 5-0 Dunfermline, 8 November 2003
Celtic v Dunfermline, 8 November 2003. Stanislav Varga scores the 4th for Celtic. Photo The Celtic Wiki
21 years ago today, Celtic 5-0 Dunfermline. Martin O’Neill’s high-flyers had started the 2003/2004 season in imperious fashion. The Hoops had won their first 10 league matches as they arrived to face Jimmy Calderwood’s impressive Pars in Glasgow’s East End. Celtic had gained huge plaudits after dispatching Belgian champions Anderlecht 3-1 at Paradise on the Wednesday evening prior to O’Neill’s team thumping Dunfermline on the Saturday.
Despite what looks like a comfortable scoreline, for large spells of the match it had been 1-0. But, Celtic scored four goals in the final 10 minutes as Hartson grabbed his double following a well-executed pass from Petrov. Wallace and Varga netted within two minutes of each other with Henrik rounding the scoreline off with a fine header from an acute angle.
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Great result for Celtic.