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On This Day - April
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| 2nd | 1958: Willie Maley dies in Glasgow at the age of 89. |
| 3rd | 1994: Fergus McCann and Rebels finally oust Kellys & Grants to takeover Celtic |
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| 5th | 1969: Bobby Lennox scores a hat-trick as Celtic cruise to a 6-2 victory over Hibernian in the League Cup final. |
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| 9th | 1892: Celtic defeat Queen's Park 5-1 at Ibrox, to lift their first Scottish Cup. |
| 10th | 1974: Celtic draw 0-0 with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the European Cup semi-final. The game is marred by the disgraceful antics of the Spanish side who have three men sent off. |
| 11th | 1925: The Hoops claim the Scottish Cup with a 2-1 defeat of Dundee at Hampden. |
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| 14th | 1900: Celtic defeat Queen's Park 4-3 in the Scottish Cup final. |
| 15th | 1916: Celtic play two games in one day due to fixture congestion. They defeated Raith 6-0 at home before travelling to Motherwell where they record a 3-1 victory. Joe Dodds scored in both games. 1970: Celtic defeat Leeds United 2-1 in front of a tournament record 136,505 crowd at Hampden to reach the final of the European Cup. |
| 16th | 1893: Patsy Gallagher born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland. 1904: Jimmy Quinn scores a hat-trick as Celtic defeat Rangers 3-2 in the Scottish Cup final. |
| 17th | 1909: After a 1-1 draw in a Scottish Cup final replay against Rangers, both sets of fans invade the pitch and start a riot. The cup is later withheld, and ends Celtic's chances of a third successive double. |
| 18th | 1925: At the age of 41 years and four months Alec McNair becomes the oldest player to represent Celtic. The 1-1 home draw with Queen's Park was his 604th and final game for the club. 1908: Celtic defeat St Mirren 5-1 in the Scottish Cup final. |
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| 20th | 1907: Celtic claim the first league and cup 'double' in Scottish football history by defeating holders Hearts 3-0 at Hampden in the Scottish Cup final. |
| 21st | 1917: Celtic lose 2-0 at home to Kilmarnock to bring an end to their run of 62 league games unbeaten. |
| 22nd | 1899: Celtic defeat Rangers 2-0 in the Scottish Cup final. |
| 23rd | 1955: Celtic and Clyde draw 1-1 at Hamoden in the first Scottish Cup final to be broadcast live on TV 1988: Celtic beat Dundee 3-0 at Celtic Park and secure the league title in their centenary year. |
| 24th | 1937: A European-record crowd of 146,433 see Celtic lift the Scottish Cup with a 2-1 defeat of Aberdeen at Hampden. 1965: Celtic beat Dunfermline 3-2 in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden to take the trophy for the first time in 11 years. |
| 25th | 1868: Willie Maley born in Newry, County Down, Ireland. |
| 26th | 1904: James McGrory born in the Garngad, Glasgow. 1969: Celtic demolish Rangers 4-0 in the final of the Scottish Cup. |
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| 29th | 2001: Lubomir Moravcik hits a double and Henrik Larsson nets his 50th goal of the season as Celtic demolish Rangers 3-0 at Ibrox. |
| 30th | 1937: Celtic suffer their record league defeat as they are thrashed 8-0 at Motherwell. 1968: George Connolly makes his Hoops debut as a substitute in the 2-1 leaguevictory at Dunfermline. 1988: The gala premiere of 'The Celtic Story' is staged before a sell out audience at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre. 1989: A crowd of 60,437 watch Celtic play Liverpool in a game in aid of the Hillsborough Disaster Appeal. |
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