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Sunday Round-Up

It's gameday, baby!

Action from the Celtic-Real Madrid game on this day in 1980

Just a brief round-up today

  • Celtic are in action against St Mirren in just a few hours time, here's our preview of the game
  • As we reported yesterday, Craig Gordon is set to sign a new contract
  • Celtic apparently had scouts watching the recent Red Star Belgrade-FK Partizan derby
  • ON THIS DAY: In 1980, Celtic recorded one of our most famous victories, defeating Real Madrid 2-0 in the first leg of the European Cup quarter-final. Backed by a fervent crowd of 67,000 Celtic took the lead in the 52nd minute when George McCluskey fired home after the Real Madrid goalkeeper Ramon spilled a shot, the second goal after 74 minutes was a powerful header by the late Johnny Doyle.Undeniably one of the great European nights in Celtic's long and illustrious history. Watch brief highlights below