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On This Day - August
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
August
| 1st | 1950: Goalkeeper Willie Miller leaves Celtic and joins Clyde. 1951: Celtic defeat Aberdeen 3-2 (having been two goals behind) at Hampden to claim the St Mungo Cup. |
| 2nd | 1981: Celtic beat Dukla Prague 2-1 in Rotterdam to win the final of the Feyenoord Tournament. |
| 3rd | 1974: Celtic beat Rangers 4-2 on penalties at Hampden to win the Drybrough Cup final for the one and only time. The game finished 2-2 after extra time with Jimmy Johnstone scored the winning penalty.. 1997: Henrik Larsson makes his Celtic debut in a 2-1 defeat at Hibernian. |
| 4th | 1888: Celtic played Hibernians for the first time in a 3-1 Friendly win at Easter Road. The match had to be abandoned due to a crowd disturbance amongst the Hibernians fans. 1891: Neil McCallum missed Celtic's first ever penalty kick. Morton 2-5 Celtic |
| 5th | 1951: Gil Heron signs a full time contract with Celtic after a succesful trial 1995: Return to Paradise - Celtic Park re-opens with a friendly against Newcastle United. Rod Stewart opens the new 26,000 seater North Stand. 2009: Tony Mowbray records his first win as Celtic boss with a superb 2-0 victory at Dinamo Moscow as the Hoops record a 2-1 aggregate triumph in a Champions League qualifier. |
| 6th | 1960: Celtic take on Sedan in the Anglo-Franco-Scottish-Friendship Cup. The fitst-leg game is played in Lens and the French club are victorious by 3-0. As part of the tournament rules Celtic wear yellow numbers on the back of their hooped shirts. The second-leg at Parkhead in October would end a 3-3 draw. |
| 7th | 2002: A Shaun Maloney goal helps Celtic to a 1-1 draw in a friendly with Tottenham Hotspur. |
| 8th | 1950: Chic Geatons resigns as coach 1979: Celtic beat the China national side at Parkhead by 6-1 in a pre season friendly. 2001: Celtic beat Ajax 3-1 in Champions League qualifier in Amsterdam. |
| 9th | 1987: A crowd of 43,000 attend Celtic Park for the Tommy Burns testimonial in which Liverpool defeat the Bhoys 1-0. |
| 10th | 1891:Dan Doyle signs from Everton. 1895:Barney Battles makes his debut in a 2-1 victory over Dundee. 1935:The future Celtic Captain Willie Lyon makes his debut against Aberdeen. 1977: Kenny Dalglish leaves Celtic and signs for Liverpool in a £440,000 deal. |
| 11th | 1962:Lisbon Lion Bobby Murdoch made a scoring debut for Celtic in a 3-1 victory over Hearts at Celtic Park. 1965: First issue of the Celtic View published. 1979: The 1979 League flag is unfurled at Parkhead before Celtic's 3-2 win over Morton. |
| 12th | 1972: Jock Stein tackles sectarianism in the Celtic terraces 2007: Celtic Ladies play their first ever game as they lose 2-1 to Hamilton at Barrowfield |
| 13th | 1938: Celtic thump Kilmarnock 9-1 in a league encounter at Parkhead. 1960: John "Yogi" Hughes makes his Celtic debut in a League Cup game against Third Lanark which Celtic won 2-0. 1977: Celtic raise League flag before opening game of the season v Dundee United (0-0). They wore the Celtic badge on the hoops for the first time ever and this did not go down well with some fans. 2003: Henrik Larsson creates new British record for European goals scored with one club (31) |
| 14th | 1965: Brazilians Fernando Consul and Yorge Fara arrieve at Celtic Park for trials. 1978: Jock Stein is given a terrific send off when 62,000 fans turn out for his testimonial game against Liverpool. Celtic lost 3-2 on the night. 1992 - Celtic make three signings in one day as boss Liam Brady unveils new Bhoys Rudi Vata, Andy Payton and £1.5 million man Stuart Slater |
| 15th | 1903: Celtic wear the Hoops for the first time as they defeat Partick Thistle 2-1 in a league tie at Parkhead. 1990: Dick Beattie the Celtic goalkeeper in the famous 7-1 League Cup Final victory over Rangers in 1957 died in Old Kilpatrick aged 54 years. |
| 16th | 1890: First Scottish League match, Celtic 1-4 Renton 2008 - Celtic sign Dutch defender Glenn Loovens from Cardiff City. |
| 17th | 1944: Bobby Murdoch born in Bothwell, Lanarkshire. |
| 18th | 1934 - Celtic fans witness the debut of a future all-time great when Jimmy Delaney makes his competitive Hoops debut in a 0-0 league draw with Hearts. 1979: 10 man Celtic come from 2-0 down to snatch a draw with two late goals at Ibrox on the day that Rangers opened their new Copland Road stand. Aitken was ordered off but Sneddon and McAdam scored the goals. 1983: John Kennedy - the grandson of the great Jimmy Delaney - is born, Bellshill, Scotland |
| 19th | 2010: Celtic defeat Utrecht 2-0 at Parkhead in a Europa League qualifying tie. |
| 20th | 2005: Ref Stuart Dougals sends off Alan Thompson and Neil Lennon as Celtic are defeated 3-1 by Rangers in a controversial league clash at Ibrox. |
| 21st | 1983: Scott McDonald born, Melbourne, Australia 2002: The BBC in Belfast receive a phone call claiming to be from the Loyalist Volunteer Force warning that Neil Lennon would be "seriously hurt" if he played for Northern Ireland that night against Cyprus |
| 22nd | 1890: Peter Dowds becomes the first Celtic player to net a hat-trick in the league as the Bhoys defeat Cambuslang 5-2. |
| 23rd | 1880: Jimmy McMenemy born in Rutherglen 1958: Billy McNeill makes his debut in a 2-0 win over Clyde in a League Cup Tie. |
| 24th | 2000: Mark Burchill scores the fastest hat-trick in Celtic history with three goals in a little under four minutes as the Hoops thumped Jeunesse d'Esch in the UEFA Cup at Parkhead. |
| 25th | 1993: Andy Payton becomes the first - and so far only - Celtic substitute to come off the bench and bag a hat-trick as the Hoops crush Arbroath 9-1 in a League Cup tie. |
| 26th | 1970: Danny McGrain makes his debut in a 2-2 against Dundee United at Tannadice. 1997: UEFA CUP 2nd Qualifying Rnd, 2nd Leg. Celtic beat FC Tirol Innsbruck 6 - 3 at Celtic Park. |
| 27th | 2000: Celtic thrash Rangers 6-2 at Parkhead. 2003: Celtic's 100th home European tie. A 1-0 win over MTK Hungaria, puttimng Celtic into the CL group stages. |
| 28th | 1994:Neil Mochan dies in Falkirk Infirmary |
| 29th | 1973: Bobby Murdoch plays his last game for Celtic at Gayfield Park as Celtic beat Arbroath 3-1. He moved to Middlesbrough a couple of weeks later. 1987: A Billy Stark goal gives Celtic a 1-0 victory over Rangers at Parkhead. |
| 30th | 1943: Bobby Lennox born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire. |
| 31st | 1949: Bertie Peacock the Captain of the famous 7-1 team made his debut in a 3-1 defeat to Aberdeen. 1986: The first live TV broadcast of a Celtic and Rangers league clash sees the Bhoys lose 1-0 at Ibrox. |
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