Sunday 14 January 2007

Celtic 2 Hearts 0 - 1st March 1997

Three days after defeating Hibs in the cup, Celtic welcomed another Edinburgh club to Celtic Park - and saw them off with the same scoreline. The game marked the Celtic debut of Enrico Annoni, a new signing from AS Roma in Italy. And the Italian was the recipient of that traditional Scottish refereeing welcome when you turn out in the hoops - a yellow card for your first tackle.

Paranoia aside, this was an important victory. While Celtic were claiming the 3 points, Rangers were dropping 2 points at Pittodrie. The gap was back to just 5 points with the final Old Firm league match at Celtic Park just a fortnight away. The race for the title, it seemed, was back on.

Oh, and look out for the lovely bit of skill by Di Canio on the byeline just before halftime.







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