Our photo of the day today is from the 1957 Scottish League Cup Final.
The day will go down in Celtic folklore forevermore – 19 October 1957: better known as Hampden in the Sun.
It was of course that day when Glasgow Celtic beat the Rangers 7-1.
Sammy Wilson put Celtic one up, Neilly Mochan bagged a brace, Billy McPhail scored a hat trick and then to make the Rangers sick, (Willie) Fernie made it seven with a penalty kick.
Then to make the Rangers sick, Fernie made it seven with a penalty kick pic.twitter.com/Wx5cCOcUrS
— Liam Kelly (@cfcliamk96) January 21, 2021
That superb photo depicts Fernie stepping up to take his spot kick with many of the 82,293 spectators in the background.
The game is obviously memorable for a number of reasons, including the score line being the widest margin in domestic cup final history. However, an overlooked piece of trivia from the game is that Billy McPhail’s hat-trick meant that the McPhail brothers became the only men in Glasgow Derby history to score three goals against Rangers. Indeed, Billy’s brother John had already scored a hat-trick against the auld enemy in the 1950 Glasgow Merchants’ Charity Cup.
I think your comment about hat-tricks needs to be rephrased. The McPhail brothers are certainly the only BROTHERS to score a hat-trick against Rangers, but there was also Jimmy Delaney in 1936 in the Glasgow Charity Cup final and Jimmy Quinn on New Year’s Day 1912. Harry Hood and Henrik Larsson were later, of course. Having said that, it is a rare feat!