2. MOTHERWELL 8-0 CELTIC – 30 April 1937
Season 1936-37 was a hugely exciting one for the Bhoys, winning the Scottish Cup (in front of a European record crowd) and the Glasgow Charity Cup. But it also contained an infamous Celtic moment. In the last league game of the season (the Celts finished third), Glasgow’s green-and-whites went to Fir Park. Even with Celtic playing a weakened team, the result was a shock to everyone, not least Motherwell!
The home side went ahead after nine minutes, perhaps not too surprisingly given that Motherwell ended the season only one point behind Celtic. But then came a second, then third and by half-time, the scoreline read 4-0. Things, unfortunately, would not improve, especially as Celtic finished the match with nine men due to injuries.
Motherwell proved that scoring four in one half was no fluke. They repeated this feat in the second period, giving them a huge 8-0 win. This remains Celtic’s all-time record competitive defeat.
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5-1 defeat at Ibrox in 1988. We went there as champions and took the lead then Andrews decided to become Dracula. The match started there 9 in a row. Can’t get any worse than that.
4-0 at St Mirren in March 2010. Tony Mowbray’s last game. Watching him sitting on the bench, totally passive and unable to do anything about what was happening, you knew it was the end for him, and you got the feeling that he knew it too. A good man, but the job was just too big for him.
Losing to the new Ibrox club in the Scottish Cup semi final of 2016 was one of the most horrible days of my supporting life and I’ve been attending since 1973. However, 2 plus points came out of it. Like the ICT defeat in 2000, the board got their finger out and gave us Brendan for the first time. The other was it allowed the David Gray last minute winner in the cup final. I’ve never celebrated or laughed so much at a non Celtic/Roma/Italy goal in my life.