5. CELTIC 2-2 RAITH ROVERS (Rovers win on penalties) – 27 November 1994
This was supposed to be the match that changed Celtic’s fortunes. The club hadn’t won a trophy for more than five years so when facing First Division Raith Rovers in the League Cup Final, surely only one result was possible.
However, the Fife team hadn’t read the script, taking the lead after 19 minutes. Still, Andy Walker’s 32nd minute equaliser and Charlie Nicholas’ 84th minute strike meant that normal service was surely resumed. Until a defensive horror show let Rovers equalise two minutes later.
No more goals in normal or extra time meant penalty kicks were needed. The rest of course is history, with captain Paul McStay missing the all-important shot which ensured there would be “dancing in the streets of Raith”, but not Glasgow’s east end.
Continued on the next page where our Halloween horror show continues…Can it get even worse? You bet it can..
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.