Giorgios Giakoumakis scored a great hat trick for Celtic against Ross County this afternoon. The Greek striker is far from the first Celt to achieve the feat on this date though.
Indeed, on 19 March 2005 Craig Bellamy did the same against Dundee United.
19th March 2005, Dundee Utd 2:3 Celtic.
Craig Bellamy with a tremendous hattrick. pic.twitter.com/TSCBtQWtc9
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) March 19, 2022
The Welsh forward’s goals were stunning that day, and set a fine example for Giakoumakis to follow!
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