CELTIC’S WORST EVER CUP CALAMITIES

CELTIC’S home loss to Ross County yesterday was the Parkhead club’s first domestic cup reverse in 36 games and left fans calling for Neil Lennon to be sacked. Here, Sportsmail looks at some of the other most significant defeats in the club’s history.

Clyde ................................. 2 CELTIC ................................1

ScottishCup,Jan2006

Roy Keane suffered humiliation on his Celtic debut as the club were dumped out of the Scottish Cup. Chinese defender Du Wei also made his one and only Celtic appearance on that fateful day at Broadwood.

CELTIC ................................1 Inverness CT .................... 3 ScottishCup,Feb2000 One of the most infamous results in the history of Scottish football, prompting newspaper headlines of: Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious. John Barnes was sacked on the back of this defeat.

Lincoln Red Imps .............1 Celtic ................................. 0 ChampionsLeague qualifier,July2016 In Brendan Rodgers’ first game in charge, Celtic suffered arguably the worst defeat in their history against the Red Imps minnows in Gibraltar. They would, however, go on to win 3-0 in the second leg in Glasgow.

Artmedia Bratislava....... 5 CELTIC ............................... 0 ChampionsLeague qualifier,July2005 Gordon Strachan’s first game at the helm was memorable for all the wrong reasons as Celtic were battered in Bratislava. They won 4-0 in the return leg, but it wasn’t enough to prevent an embarrassing Champions League exit.

ScottishCupsemi-final, April2010 Then-caretaker boss Neil Lennon thought his hopes of permanently replacing Tony Mowbray were a goner as a team featuring on-loan Robbie Keane were humiliated by Derek Adams’ First Division side. A decade on, the more things change...