16. DEMBELITION DERBY
CELTIC 5 -1 THE RANGERS
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 10 SEPTEMBER 2016
They had arrived ‘back’ after their journey through the lower leagues – hilariously delayed after losing a play-off to Motherwell by 6-1 – and they had all the old arrogance of the old club. Joey Barton had been signed and they were going to put Celtic in their place.
Leigh Griffiths failed a fitness test so new striker Moussa Dembele led the Celtic line and became the first Celtic player since Harry Hood to score a hat-trick against a club playing out of Govan. Scotty Sinclair and Stuart Armstrong also scored signalled their own ‘Skelping credentials and Joey Barton was left kicking beach balls in the Rangers net as Celtic ran out 5-1 winners. It was Brendan Rodgers’ first taste of the Glasgow Derby and he has gone on to enjoy a remarkably successful record against this latest Ibrox club.
