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.
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.