This weekend

20 YEARS AGO

Rangers moved to sign Dundee’s Polish midfield player Dariusz Adamczuk (above) for £250,000.

Celtic managing director Fergus McCann fired a broadside at football agents by calling for tighter regulation of the way they operated.

A Kenny Miller brace gave Stenhousemuir a 2-0 win over Whitehill Welfare in the Scottish Cup and secured them a glamour tie with Rangers at Ibrox.

Chelsea went top of the Premiership when a Dan Petrescu goal saw them beat Newcastle United 1-0.

40 YEARS AGO

Only one senior game took place in Scotland because of a big freeze – the first to go ahead in 1979.

Stranraer drew 1-1 with Dunfermline. Danny McDonald converted a penalty for the home side and Don McLaren equalised.

Billy McNeill’s Celtic and Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen both flew to Portugal to play friendly matches.

West Brom went top of the English First Division after a 1-1 draw with Norwich City.

Cyrille Regis (above) scored for the Baggies, with Martin Peters replying for the Canaries.

60 YEARS AGO

Manchester United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Third Division Norwich City.

Archie Maculay’s team beat the Reds 3-0, with Terry Bly scoring twice.

Ex-Falkirk striker John McCole played in goal for 89 minutes to help Bradford City get an unexpected 2-0 win over Brighton.

Joe Baker (above) got a hat-trick in Hibs’ 4-1 win at Queen of the South, taking his tally for the season to 27.

Celtic offered a trial to Italian-born Canadian player John Santesse of Welland Italians.