Buddy Awful – Celtic conceded a Scottish Cup semi-final to St Mirren
As I write Celtic have two games v St Mirren just a week apart. First of all, the league match at Celtic Park last weekend which Celtic won 1-0 and this weekend at Hampden in the Scottish Cup semi-fin...
Buddy Awful – Celtic conceded a Scottish Cup semi-final to St Mirren As I write Celtic have two games v St Mirren just a week apart. First of all, the league match at Celtic Park last weekend which Celtic won 1-0 and this weekend at Hampden in the Scottish Cup semi-final… Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores Celtic’s opening goal during the Scottish Premiership between Celtic and St. Mirren at Celtic Park on April 11, 2026.
(Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images) Something similar happened in 2009. On 28th February we easily beat the Buddies seven nil at Celtic Park in the League. Seven days later we went to Paisley, our first ever visit to St Mirren’s new stadium, and proceeded to exit the Scottish Cup with a one nil defeat.
Not a good day but there was an even worse occasion like this in my early days of following Celtic- In fact one of my darkest days as a Celtic Supporter. The 1961/62 season got o to what was a usual start for Celtic- failing to win our League Cup section and being eliminated before the knockout rounds. St.
Johnstone, who would be relegated at the end of the season, pipped us for top spot thanks to beating us at Celtic Park and at Muirton. The League Campaign too didn’t commence well with a 2-3 defeat at Rugby Park. However, we did pick and even managed a 2-2 draw at Ibrox.
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