1987–88 Celtic F.C. season

The 1987–88 season was Celtic's 99th season of competitive football, and also marked the club's centenary. Davie Hay was dismissed as manager in the close season following the team's failure to win any trophies during season 1986–87. Billy McNeill returned as manager, following four years in England with Manchester City and Aston Villa.^[2]

The playing squad saw a large turnaround in the summer of 1987, with Brian McClair, Mo Johnston, Murdo MacLeod and Alan McInally all leaving. Danny McGrain was given a free transfer and Davie Provan retired due to ill health.^[2] Centre-half Mick McCarthy was signed by Davie Hay a few days prior to his sacking.^[2] Billy McNeill then went on to sign Motherwell striker Andy Walker, Sheffield Wednesday full-back Chris Morris and Aberdeen midfielder Billy Stark over the summer.^[3] As the season progressed, forwards Frank McAvennie and Joe Miller were also signed.^[4]

Celtic made a strong start to their league campaign, and went on to win their 34th league championship title. During the autumn, Celtic were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Borussia Dortmund and the Scottish League Cup by Aberdeen. Celtic reached the Scottish Cup Final having come from behind against Hearts in the semi-final, scoring twice in the final four minutes to win 2–1.^[5] Celtic again went a goal down in the final against Dundee United, but came back to win, Frank McAvennie scoring the winning goal in the last minute to clinch a league and cup double.^[6]

Competition results

Scottish Premier Division^[7]

1	Sat Aug 8 1987	Morton	0–4	Celtic	Greenock
2	Wed Aug 12 1987	Celtic	1–0	Heart Of Midlothian	Edinburgh
3	Sat Aug 15 1987	Celtic	4–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
4	Sat Aug 22 1987	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Celtic	Dunfermline
5	Sat Aug 29 1987	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	Glasgow
6	Sat Sep 5 1987	Dundee United	0–0	Celtic	Dundee
7	Sat Sep 12 1987	Falkirk	0–1	Celtic	Falkirk
8	Sat Sep 19 1987	Celtic	2–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
9	Sat Sep 26 1987	St Mirren	0–1	Celtic	Paisley
10	Sat Oct 3 1987	Celtic	1–1	Hibernian	Glasgow
11	Wed Oct 7 1987	Dundee	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
12	Sat Oct 10 1987	Celtic	3–1	Morton	Glasgow
13	Sat Oct 17 1987	Rangers	2–2	Celtic	Glasgow
14	Sat Oct 24 1987	Celtic	1–2	Dundee United	Glasgow
15	Wed Oct 28 1987	Celtic	3–2	Falkirk	Glasgow
16	Sat Oct 31 1987	Aberdeen	0–1	Celtic	Aberdeen
17	Sat Nov 7 1987	Heart Of Midlothian	1–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
18	Sat Nov 14 1987	Celtic	5–0	Dundee	Glasgow
19	Tue Nov 17 1987	Motherwell	0–2	Celtic	Motherwell
20	Sat Nov 21 1987	Celtic	4–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
21	Wed Nov 25 1987	Celtic	1–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
22	Sat Nov 28 1987	Hibernian	0–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
23	Sat Dec 5 1987	Morton	0–4	Celtic	Greenock
24	Sat Dec 12 1987	Celtic	2–2	Heart Of Midlothian	Glasgow
25	Sat Dec 19 1987	Celtic	0–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
26	Tue Dec 22 1987	Falkirk	0–2	Celtic	Falkirk
27	Sat Dec 26 1987	Dundee United	1–2	Celtic	Dundee
28	Sat Jan 2 1988	Celtic	2–0	Rangers	Glasgow
29	Sat Jan 9 1988	St Mirren	1–1	Celtic	Paisley
30	Sat Jan 16 1988	Celtic	2–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
31	Sat Feb 6 1988	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
32	Sat Feb 13 1988	Dundee	1–2	Celtic	Dundee
33	Sat Feb 27 1988	Celtic	1–0	Morton	Glasgow
34	Wed Mar 2 1988	Dunfermline Athletic	0–4	Celtic	Dunfermline
35	Sat Mar 5 1988	Celtic	2–0	Falkirk	Glasgow
36	Sun Mar 20 1988	Rangers	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
37	Sat Mar 26 1988	Celtic	0–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
38	Wed Mar 30 1988	Aberdeen	0–1	Celtic	Aberdeen
39	Sat Apr 2 1988	Hibernian	0–2	Celtic	Edinburgh
40	Tue Apr 5 1988	Celtic	2–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
41	Sat Apr 16 1988	Heart Of Midlothian	2–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
42	Sat Apr 23 1988	Celtic	3–0	Dundee	Glasgow
43	Sat Apr 30 1988	Motherwell	0–1	Celtic	Motherwell
44	Sat May 7, 1988	Celtic	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow

Scottish League Cup^[7]

R2	Wed Aug 19 1987	Celtic	3–1	Forfar Athletic	Glasgow
R3	Wed Aug 26 1987	Dumbarton	1–5	Celtic	Dumbarton
QF	Tue Sep 1 1987	Aberdeen	1–0	Celtic	Aberdeen

UEFA Cup^[7]

R1	Tue Sep 15 1987	Celtic	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Glasgow
R1	Wed Sep 30 1987	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Celtic	Dortmund

Glasgow Cup^[8]

SF	Tue Nov 3 1987	Queens Park	0–2	Celtic	Glasgow

Scottish Cup^[7]

R3	Sat Jan 30 1988	Celtic	1–0	Stranraer	Glasgow
R4	Sun Feb 21 1988	Celtic	0–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
R4 r	Tue Feb 23 1988	Hibernian	0–1	Celtic	Edinburgh
R5	Sat Mar 12 1988	Partick Thistle	0–3	Celtic	Glasgow
SF	Sat Apr 9 1988	Celtic	2–1	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
F	Sat May 14, 1988	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Glasgow

Squad statistics

^[7]^[8]

Pos.	Name	League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Pat Bonner	32	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	39	0
GK	Allen McKnight	12	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
DF	Roy Aitken	43	1	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	54	1
DF	Lex Baillie	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
DF	Stuart Balmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Mick McCarthy	23	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	28	0
DF	Paul McGugan	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Chris Morris	44	3	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	55	3
DF	Anton Rogan	31	1	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	41	1
DF	Derek Whyte	41	3	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	51	4
MF	Tommy Burns	25	2	5	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	36	5
MF	Peter Grant	37	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	44	2
MF	Paul McStay	44	5	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	54	5
MF	Steven Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Tony Shepherd	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	1
MF	Billy Stark	37	8	5	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	47	13
MF	Owen Archdeacon	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	11	2
FW	Frank McAvennie	32	15	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	39	18
FW	Dugald McCarrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Mark McGhee	21	6	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	30	8
FW	Dougie McGuire	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Joe Miller	26	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	3
FW	Andy Walker	42	26	4	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	51	32

Transfers

Transfers In

Dates	Player	From	Fee
May 1987	Mick McCarthy	Manchester City	£500,000
July 1987	Billy Stark	Aberdeen	£75,000
July 1987	Chris Morris	Sheffield Wednesday	£125,000
1 July 1987	Andy Walker	Motherwell	£350,000^[9]
August 1987	Charlie Christie	Inverness Thistle	£50,000
October 1987	Frank McAvennie	West Ham United	£750,000
November 1987	Steven Murray	Nottingham Forest	£50,000
November 1987	Joe Miller	Aberdeen	£650,000

Total spend: £2.575 million

Transfers Out

Dates	Player	To	Fee
12 May 1987	Danny McGrain	Hamilton Accies	Free^[10]
June 2014	Murdo MacLeod	Borussia Dortmund	£250,000^[11]
June 2014	Peter Latchford	Clyde	Free
1 July 2014	Mo Johnston	FC Nantes	£330,000 (set by tribunal)^[9]
July 2014	Alan McInally	Aston Villa	£250,000^[11]
1 July 2014	Brian McClair	Manchester United^[9]	£850,000 (set by tribunal)^[12]
1 July 1987	Davie Provan	Retired^[9]	n/a
October 1987	Mark Smith	Dunfermline Athletic	£50,000
October 1987	Paul McGugan	Barnsley	£55,000

Total received: £1.785 million

References

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↑ Reynolds, Jim (11 April 1988). "A heart stopping finish leaves Celtic one step closer to double glory". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
↑ Wilson, Brian (1988). Celtic - A Century with Honour. Willow Books. p. 189. ISBN 0-00-218230-0.
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↑ Reynolds, Jim (31 July 1987). "McClair price is right for United at £850,000". The Glasgow Herald. p. 31. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

Celtic F.C. seasons

1888–89 1889–90

1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1987–88 in Scottish football

« 1986–87 1988–89 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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