Saturday 13 January 2007

Celtic 5 Motherwell 0 - 4th January 1997

Celtic's mini-resurgence over the Christmas period came to a grinding halt at Ibrox in the New Year Old Firm game - albeit in extremely controversial circumstances. 2-1 down, Jorge Cadete grabs a late equaliser, only for the goal to be chopped off for wearing a Celtic strip while being in possession of the ball. Rangers duly run up the park and score a third, and another generation of paranoid Celtic fans are born.

Two days later, Celtic are back at Celtic Park and take out all the pent up frustration on an unsuspecting Motherwell side. Paulo Di Canio opens the scoring from the penalty spot and Pierre Van Hooijdonk adds a second to give Celtic a 2-0 half time lead. 3 more goals follow in the second half, all coming in the last 15 minutes - a brace from Jorge Cadete, and one from Morten Weighorst.








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