The early 2000s were wonderful at Celtic Park. A European final, beating Champions League giants and watching top class players such as Larsson, Hartson, Sutton and Petrov. When the King of Kings left, there was a void that needed to be filled and in time, Martin O’Neill temporarily did that with the loan signing of another sublime striker – Craig Bellamy.
16 years have now elapsed since Bellamy’s hat-trick at Tannadice in a wonderful 3-2 victory. The game lives long in the memory as does the period as a whole, when Celtic attracted some top drawer footballers.
You can enjoy Craig’s phenomenal hat-trick below:
19th March 2005, Dundee Utd 2:3 Celtic.
Craig Bellamy with a tremendous hattrick. pic.twitter.com/xuleonmBYn
— Li’l Ze (@LilZe_7) March 19, 2021
