MATCH 1550 - Friday, 14 March 2014

Season:  2013/14
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  RUGBY PARK

                                      

KILMARNOCK    0    CELTIC    3

Scorer:  Commons(3)

Kris Commons became the latest Celt to notch a hat-trick in recent weeks with three second half goals.  The novelty of Friday night football (introduced to SPL this season) encouraged a large away support of 5000 in an overall crowd of 7500.

Highlight of the night was the two Celtic ends singing "C'mon you Bhoys in Green" to each other, unless ofcourse you are Kris Commons!

Personnel note:  35th match of the season

MATCH 1492 - Saturday, 8th December 2012

Season: 2012/13
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  RUGBY PARK

                                      

KILMARNOCK    1    CELTIC    3

Scorers:  Sheridan; Brown, Ledley, Samaras

Fresh from their successful Champions League group campaign Celtic produced a solid performance to record a good away victory.  The third goal was a thing of beauty as it contained 20 passes before an inch prefect cross from Matthews was headed home by Samaras.

Kilmarnock

• 01 Bell 02 Tesselaar 04 Fowler 05 O'Leary 06 Nelson 07 Racchi (Sissoko - 56' ) 08 Kelly 11 Harkins (McKenzie - 68' ) 12 Sheridan 14 Heffernan 15 Perez (O'Hara - 68' )

Celtic

• 01 Forster 02 Matthews 03 Izaguirre (Kayal - 76' ) 04 Ambrose 06 Wilson 21 Mulgrew 08 Brown 16 Ledley 67 Wanyama 11 Nouioui (Samaras - 66' ) 88 Hooper (Miku - 82' )

Att:

• 6,501

Pre-match we enjoyed some refreshments in the Park Hotel situated outside the main stand.  A God send considering how miserable the weather was outside. Ideal for a snack and/or a few drinks before or after the match.

http://www.theparkhotelayrshire.co.uk/

Personal note:  63rd time seeing Kilmarnock (all against Celtic) and this was my 24th visit to Rugby Park.

FLASH BACK - Match 810 - Aug 1997

Season:  1996/97
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue:  RUGBY PARK

DI CANIO ROCKS RUGBY PARK TO IT'S CORE

           

KILMARNOCK    1    CELTIC    3
Scorers: ??; Di Canio, Thom, Cadete
Att: 15,900

With Celtic looking out of sorts Paulo Di Canio was introduced as a second half subsitute for his first appearance for the club and he made an immediate impact.  There had been great excitement following the Italian's summer move from AC Milan and in a very short period of time showed what all the fuss was about.  His quick feet and clever movement made him an instant hit with the Celtic support.
The Celtic fans like what they saw and the Chadwick Stand rocked as the 3,000 away fans went wild as they celebrated a great second half fight back and a new star.

Di Canio equalizer

Thom 1:2

Cadete 1:3

Match 1459 - Saturday, 7th April 2012

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue - RUGBY PARK

Kilmarnock	Celtic
0	6
Team Lineup
1 Bell 3 Hay 4 Fowler 6 Nelson19 Gordon 88 Sissoko 8 Kelly 11 Harkins 18 Johnson 20 Shiels 27 Van Tornhout	Forster, Fraser Matthews, Adam Loovens, Glenn Wilson, Kelvin Mulgrew, Charlie Brown, Scott Yueng, Ki Sung Ledley, Joe Commons, Kris Samaras, Georgios Hooper, Gary
Scorers
	Mulgrew, Charlie (7) Loovens, Glenn (16) Mulgrew, Charlie (35) Hooper, Gary (45) Ledley, Joe (88) Hooper, Gary (89)
Substitutions
Dayton replaced Hay Barbour replaced Johnson Heffernan replaced van Tornhout CELTIC CLINCH THEIR 43rd LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP	Twardzik, Filip replaced Brown, Scott Stokes, Anthony replaced Samaras, Georgios Blackman, Andre replaced Mulgrew, Charlie