This weekend

30

YEARS AGO

Rangers signed former Aberdeen midfielder Neale Cooper (above) from Aston Villa for £250,000.

Steve Archibald scored twice as Hibs beat Celtic 3-1 at Easter Road.

Rowan Alexander was Morton’s two-goal hero as they beat Kilmarnock 4-3.

Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool were beaten in a league match at Anfield for the first time in 18 months.

Brazilian Mirandinha converted a penalty to give Newcastle a 2-1 win.

40

YEARS AGO

An Andy Lynch penalty and a solo effort from Alfie Conn gave Celtic a 2-1 win over St Mirren.

Gordon Smith bagged a brace in Rangers’ 4-1 victory against Motherwell. Alan Rough (above) saved a Joe Harper penalty in a 1-1 draw between Aberdeen and Partick Thistle.

Jimmy Case scored his first hat-trick for Liverpool as the reds beat Bolton 3-0. Davie Robb celebrated his Norwich City debut by scoring in a 3-0 win over Derby County.

50

YEARS AGO

Aberdeen manager Eddie Turnbull claimed Celtic’s Bobby Lennox (above) punched the ball out of goalie Bobby Clark’s hands for the winner in their 2-1 success over the Dons. Davie Wilson scored twice, to add to goals from Kenny Cameron and Wilson Wood, as league leaders Dundee United beat Arbroath 4-2. Former Dunfermline boss Willie Cunningham was favourite to take over from John Prentice at Falkirk.

Liverpool thrashed Wolves 6-0, with former Wanderer Alun Evans scoring twice.