7. MOTHERWELL 2-1 CELTIC – 22 May 2005
The stage was set for another Celtic title, which could then become a Scottish Cup double the following week. Celtic arrived at Fir Park knowing a win would guarantee them the League’s top spot, but also under a shadow as Martin O’Neill was to leave to look after his wife, who was having serious health problems at the time.
29 minutes in and all seemed well when Chris Sutton put the Bhoys in front. Celtic continued to dominate, although worryingly, Gordon Marshall in the ‘Well goal was having a great game. Craig Bellamy in particular should have scored to kill off the game.
But with two minutes left, surely Celtic would see out the match? Sadly, enter a future Celtic hero, Scott McDonald. His equaliser caused panic amongst the Celts who now had to push for a winner (Rangers were winning at Easter Road). And then, of course, McDonald made it a double, and the title was gone. Never was the title ‘Black Sunday’ more aptly applied.
Continued on the next page where there seems to be no end to this Celtic nightmare….
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.