CELTIC concluded the 1992-93 season on this day in 1993 with a 2-0 victory over Dundee in a game that will be remembered as the Jungle’s last stand.
To celebrate the end of the Jungle terracing, a fancy dress competition was held. The winner was a man dressed as a parrot holding up a sign saying “Seats in the Jungle, I’m sick as a parrot!”
The ‘parrot’ then became the club’s new mascot. Stupidly, much loathed director Michael Kelly was in disguise in the Jungle in a tiger suit. If found out, there could have been some serious trouble.
A giant inflatable pink elephant was placed behind the goals by the club and Lisbon Lions and other greats paraded in front of the Jungle. These were incredibly tough times for Celtic on the pitch and the discontent off the pitch would grow over the coming seasons; however, with the Jungle’s demolition, the new Celtic Park would tide Celtic into a new age of dominance – beginning with stopping ten in a row.
In the game itself the Celtic team was Marshall, Smith, Boyd, Fulton (Grant), Wdowczyk, Galloway, Slater, McStay (Miller), McAvennie, Creaney and Collins. The goal-scorers were McStay (47) and McAvennie (52).
