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Over the past few days David Potter has been taking us through the Scottish Cup fairytale for Celtic as 40 times a Celtic Captain lifted the famous old trophy and hopefully it’s Callum McGregor’s turn this afternoon to make it 41 and in doing so compete a World record eighth Treble for Celtic Football Club…

Celtic celebrate winning the Tennants Scottish Cup Final against Dundee United at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Saturday May 28, 2005.Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA.

CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 33…CELTIC 1-0 DUNDEE UNITED – HAMPDEN, 29 MAY 2005 –  Not for the first time, Celtic fans approached Hampden on this dull, depressing, misty day in a state of depression, and needing to win the Scottish Cup to save a trophyless season. Sunday had been “Black Sunday” when the League had been thrown away at Motherwell.

It was Martin O’Neill’s last game as well, for he had resigned to look after his sick wife. But today Alan Thompson scored early in the game, and it stayed that way even though Chris Sutton missed a penalty and Dundee United almost scored with a terrific shot that went just over the bar near the end.

Celtic fans extend best wishes to Martin O’Neill’s wife Geraldine.

The Celtic team was: Douglas, Agathe, Balde, Varga, McNamara, Petrov, Lennon, Sutton, Thompson (McGeady), Hartson (Valgaeren), Bellamy

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 34…CELTIC 1-0 DUNFERMLINE – HAMPDEN, 26 MAY 2007 –  In what has to be described as a dreadfully poor game against already relegated Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic eventually crept over the line with a scrappy late goal from Cameroon International Jean Joel Perrier-Doumbe. It was Gordon Strachan’s first (and only) Scottish Cup as Manager, and it did complete a League and Cup double, and Celtic had now won the Scottish Cup for the 34th time.

The Celtic team was: Boruc, Perrier-Doumbe, McManus, Pressley, Naylor, Nakamura, Lennon (Caldwell), Hartley, McGeady, Miller (Beattie), Vennegoor of Hesselink.

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 35…CELTIC 3-0 MOTHERWELL – HAMPDEN, 21 MAY 2011 –  Celtic had been heading for a League and Cup double, but had blown up inexplicably at Inverness a few weeks ago to throw away the League, and once again we found ourselves looking to the Scottish Cup to redeem a poor season which had also included a defeat to Rangers in the League Cup final.

But this was a fairly easy victory in the perpetual Hampden rain. Ki scored a lovely goal in the first half, then Motherwell conceded what was technically an own goal but had a lot to do with Mark Wilson, before Charlie Mulgrew with a free kick from the edge of the box finished matters. It was a good victory for Celtic’s 35th capture of the Scottish Cup.

The Celtic team was: Forster, Izaguirre, Majstorovic, Wilson, Mulgrew, Loovens, Brown, Ki, Samaras (Stokes), Commons (Forrest), Hooper (McCourt).

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 36…CELTIC 3-0 HIBS – HAMPDEN, 26 MAY 2013 – The authorities in their wisdom decided that this game should be played on a Sunday, and that Celtic should play in black, so in some ways, this was a most unusual Scottish Cup final. It was however a fairly comfortable win in the Hampden sun to complete a League and Cup double.

Gary Hooper had not always been in top form for Celtic that year, but today he scored a couple of fine goals in the first half, and might even had scored a hat-trick but it was Joe Ledley who finished the job to win the Scottish Cup for Celtic for the 36th time. Fortunately Celtic once again changed out of that black rubbish into the green and white hoops to pick up the trophy.

The Celtic team was: Forster, Izaguirre, Wilson, Mulgrew, Lustig, Brown (Ambrose), Commons (Samaras), Ledley, Forrest (McCourt), Stokes, Hooper.

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 37…CELTIC 2-1 ABERDEEN – HAMPDEN, 27 MAY 2017 – This was a truly remarkable game in what was a really good season for Brendan Rodgers’ men who were already being referred to as the “Invincibles”. Celtic had already won the other two trophies.

They had already beaten Aberdeen in the League Cup final quite easily, but this time Aberdeen put up a far better fight. The game was played in hot, humid conditions with thunderstorms going on all round the stadium. Aberdeen scored first through Johnny Hayes, then Stuart Armstrong equalised for Celtic before half time.

The second half saw an epic struggle with Celtic gradually gaining the ascendancy until late in the game when Tommy Rogic ran through and scored a great goal which saw the Celtic End at Hampden explode with joy. Kieran Tierney who had been taken off with a broken jaw was back in time to take part in the celebrations!

The Celtic team was: Gordon, Lustig, Simunovic, Boyata, Tierney (Rogic), McGregor, Brown, Armstrong, Roberts (Sviatchenko), Griffiths, Sinclair.

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 38…CELTIC 2-0 MOTHERWELL – HAMPDEN, 19 MAY 2018 –  In glorious sunshine, Celtic today completed their second treble in a row with a clinical defeat of a Motherwell side who were, by no means, a poor side.

This was the day of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and the Celtic fans sang a few songs about that which were not featured on the BBC. More respectable praise and acclamation was bestowed on the two fine goals scored by Callum McGregor and Olivier Ntcham, and indeed an accomplished performance by a very good Celtic team.

The Celtic team was: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Ajer (Simunovic), Tierney, Ntcham, Brown, Forrest (Sinclair), Rogic (Armstrong), McGregor, Dembele.

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 39…CELTIC 2-1 HEARTS – HAMPDEN, 25 MAY 2019 – For reasons that no-one really understood, Brendan Rodgers had suddenly jumped ship to go to Leicester in mid-season, but Neil Lennon had returned and fitted in seamlessly to take the club to its eighth League championship in a row, and now to its treble treble at a rainy Hampden against Hearts.

The first half was poor, but Hearts scored early in the second half before Odsonne Edouard scored with a softish penalty, and then scored the winner as he ran on to a through ball and finished clinically. About an hour later, Neil Lennon who had been doing the job on a temporary basis was given the job full time.

25th May 2019, Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland; Scottish Football Cup Final, Heart of Midlothian versus Celtic; Celtic players line up for a team photo

The Celtic team was: Bain, Lustig, Simunovic, Ajer, Hayes (Bitton), Brown, McGregor, Forrest, Rogic (Ntcham), Johnston (Sinclair), Edouard.

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CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINAL VICTORIES – Number 40…CELTIC 3-3 HEARTS – (Celtic won 4-3 on penalties) HAMPDEN, 20 DECEMBER 2020 –  The strangest Cup final of them all! Played in front of an empty stadium because of the Covid restrictions in mid-winter, Celtic won their quadruple treble in a game from which Hearts emerged with a lot of credit.

Celtic had struggled all season, and were already out of the League Cup (which meant that there could be no quintuple treble). They were 2-0 up at half time with goals from Ryan Christie and a penalty from Odsonne Edouard, then Hearts fought back to make it 2-2. Extra time saw both teams score (Leigh Griffiths scoring for Celtic) and although Celtic came very close near the end, the game went to penalty kicks.

Celtic’s hero was Conor Hazard who saved two penalties, and Griffiths, McGregor, Johnston and Ajer did the job to win the 40th Scottish Cup and to gain the quadruple treble for season 2019/20. It was the first time that Celtic had won the Scottish Cup on a penalty shoot-out.

Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

Photo: Andrew Milligan

(Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

(Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

The Celtic team was: Hazard, Ajer, Jullien, Duffy (Johnston), Taylor (Frimpong), Brown (Soro), McGregor, Christie, Turnbull (Rogic), Elyounoussi (Laxalt), Edouard (Griffiths).

The very best of luck to the Bhoys today in the 2023 Scottish Cup Final against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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