Celtic On This Day – 20th October – David Potter’s Celtic Diary
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 1917
The war continues in spite of the arrival of the Americans (as yet in small numbers) and the casualties keep rising, but today at Ibrox, Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 with goals from Jimmy McColl and Andy McAtee. 40,000 are there to watch a rather feisty encounter between the two sides.
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 1956
Willie Fernie and Bobby Collins were away playing for Scotland against Wales in a 2-2 draw (Fernie scoring a brilliant goal) while at home Celtic drew 1-1 in a slightly disappointing game against Raith Rovers. Billy McPhail scored Celtic’s only goal, but the biggest cheer of the day was for the re-appearance of Charlie Tully who had been out injured.
WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 1971
Even without the injured Billy McNeill, Celtic have few problems in defeating Sliema Wanderers 5-0 at Celtic Park in the European Cup. Harry Hood scores twice, and Jim Brogan, Lou Macari and Tommy Gemmell score the others in front of a slightly disappointing crowd of 29,000.
The death is announced at the age of 78 of Jimmy McGrory, arguably the most famous Celt of all time. He has been ill for some time. Meanwhile Celtic are in Spain playing and losing 0-2 to Real Sociedad in the European Cup.
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