12th April – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day
12th April – Five Memorable Celtic Moments on This Day Five memorable Celtic moments, with a nod to the late Celtic Historian and Celtic Star legend David Potter, on this day starting in 1913… The 1913 Scottish Cup Final was played at Celtic Park ONE – SATURDAY 12th APRIL 1913 – Celtic do not have a game today. It has been a very poor season, but you still can’t keep them out of the limelight. Today the Scottish Cup final between Raith Rovers and Falkirk is at Celtic Park, and there was snow overnight.
Willie Maley himself is on hand from an early hour directing operations to ensure that the game can be played. Falkirk win 2-0. John Conway scored TWO – SATURDAY 12th APRIL 1941 – Celtic’s miserable form continues with a 1-1 draw against Clyde at Celtic Park, the goal being scored by John Conway.
The war also continues its depressing course with a stalemate and nightly bombings of London and other big cities. Clydebank had a pasting about a month ago, but nothing else has happened in the meantime. Willie Wallace scored THREE – WEDNESDAY 12th APRIL 1967 – Celtic take a major step towards the European Cup final in Lisbon by defeating Dukla Prague 3-1 in the first leg of the semi-final at an enthusiastic and crowded Celtic Park tonight with about 67,000 in attendance.
Willie Wallace scores twice and Jimmy Johnstone once. FOUR – SATURDAY 12th APRIL 1980 – Celtic reach the Scottish Cup final with a very easy 5-0 win at Hampden over Hibs. The goals come from five different scorers – Bobby Lennox, Davie Provan, Johnny Doyle, Tom McAdam and Murdo MacLeod.
Even with George Best on board, a very poor Hibs team are scarcely worthy of the name of Hibs. In the other semi-final at Parkhead, Rangers get the better of Aberdeen. Missing Attachment Missing Attachment FIVE – SUNDAY 12th APRIL 1998 – “Have Celtic blown up at the wrong time?