In a week that we honour super Joe Hart, today we also pay homage to Super Joe Miller…
20/05/89 SCOTTISH CUP FINAL – CELTIC V RANGERS (1-0) HAMPDEN Joe Miller celebrates after netting the winner for Celtic
On Saturday we bid an emotional farewell to super Joe Hart, a player who had a superb successful three years at the club. Today we also pay homage to another of Celtic’s Super Joes, and that would of course be Joe Miller, the man who on this very day in 1989 scored the winning goal in the Scottish cup final to deny the old Rangers a treble. Shame that.
It’s a goal that many of you of a particular age will remember vividly. It was a warm sunny day at Hampden Park in the showpiece final and after a long, disappointing season, wee Joe made us all smile again.
Joe latched onto a slack pass back by Gary Steven’s and sent us into a state of euphoria. It would prove to be the winning goal, and not only did it win us a bit of silverware, it stopped our rivals from completing a clean sweep of honours. It truly was a magical day.
Beating your rivals is always good, especially in a cup final and wee Joe gave us all that special memory. One that is still as vivid today as it was all those years ago.
A few years of darkness would await us after that, but on that sunny day at Hampden we celebrated without a care in the world, all thanks to super Joe Miller.
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