The Sunday Post (Newcastle)

This weekend

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20 YEARS AGO

Scotland manager Craig Brown was looking into the possibilit­y of calling up Ipswich Town’s Jamaicanbo­rn striker David Johnson (above).

Ally McCoist suffered a broken leg playing for Kilmarnock against Rangers in a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park.

Henrik Larsson and Mark Viduka both bagged hattricks as Celtic thumped Ebbe Skovdahl’s Aberdeen 7-0.

Dennis Wise was sent off for the ninth time in his career as Chelsea lost 1-0 at Liverpool.

40 YEARS AGO

Murdo MacLeod missed a penalty-kick for Celtic as they lost 1-0 against Morton at Cappielow.

Bobby Thomson stabbed home the winning goal for the home side.

An goal from Eric Sinclair (above) gave Dundee victory over local rivals Dundee United.

Terry McDermott and Garry Stanley became the first players to be sent off in a Liverpool derby in the 20th Century. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Spurs beat Leeds United 2-1 at Elland Road, thanks to goals from Gerry Armstrong and Chris Jones.

60 YEARS AGO

Third Lanark went second in the First Division after beating Celtic 4-2 in their first home game under new manager George Young (above).

Matt Gray scored twice for the Hi-Hi, along with strikes from Joe McInnes and Ian Hilley. John Divers and Mike Jackson scored for Celtic.

St Mirren beat Rangers at Ibrox for the first time since 1905. Goals from Gerry Baker (2) and Tommy Bryceland sealed a 3-1 win.

Ian Crawford scored twice as league leaders Hearts beat Arbroath 4-1.

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