Saturday 13 January 2007

Hibs 0 Celtic 4 - 26th October 1996

Following the last gasp win against Motherwell, Celtic faced two consecutive away matches in Edinburgh. The first of the games, against Hearts at Tynecastle, should have given us wanring of how the season would turn out. With Rangers only drawing at home against Aberdeen the previous day, Celtic had the chance to move to the top of the table for the first time that season. But despite being 2-0 up early in the second half Celtic capitulated, throwing away both the lead and, with it, the chance to climb above Rangers.

The following week Celtic returned to Edinburgh to face Hibs at Easter Road. This time Tommy Burns' side made no mistake in snapping up the points, routing Hibs 4-0. Andy Thom opens the scoring to give Celtic a 1-0 lead at the break. Pierre Van Hooijdonk adds a second, before Andy Thom grabs his own 2nd and Celtic's 3rd. And Simon Donnelly rounds off the scoring following up a Van Hooijdonk shot that comes back off the bar.







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