The Celtic Star team have selected our Top 20 Celtic matches in domestic football since the Scottish Cup Final win in 1969. There are bound to be games that you reckon should be included – like the 2-0 win at Ibrox last September when Odsonne Edouard and Jonny Hayes scored the goals – so please feel free to drop us a line (email editor@thecelticstar.co.uk) with your own selection and we’ll happily do a follow-up article. Here we go…
1. MASS EXODUS AT THE MOUNT FLORIDA END
CELTIC 4 – 0 RANGERS
SCOTTISH CUP FINAL, 26 APRIL 1969
A crowd of over 132,000 filled Hampden Park for this Scottish Cup Final hammering of Rangers. Celtic included eight Lisbon Lions in the starting line-up and Rangers had Alex Ferguson in their team.
After Billy McNeill opened the scoring with a powerful header in the first few minutes Celtic went on to add two further first half goals from Bobby Lennox and George Connelly in an amazing minute just before half-time.
Stevie Chalmers put the icing on the cake in the second half adding a fourth goal and completing the rout. This match effectively signalled the end of Alex Ferguson’s Rangers career.
