St Mirren 0 Celtic 5 1986 (God Bless Albert Kidd)

The league clincher in '86 while Hearts were being beaten by Dundee thanks to 2 goals from Albert Kidd.
This is still my favourite Celtic game ever.

[@jimmymcgregor3900]

McGrain involved at the start, and the end of the move that led to the third goal. Danny was truly world class 💚🤍🧡💚🤍🧡💚🤍🧡

[@JMC77]

Best Celtic away kit ever.. The memories of that day will live with me forever 🍀

[@duneideannaer5990]

Jude Servina me too my friend. My mum broke her toe playing football with me n my brother for 1st & only time that night. I stayed in a high rise block with a square playing area outside our living room n kitchen. I can still here the Bogside volunteers belting out from our front windows 5 flights up while we played in almost darkness! Think that’s the only bone my mum ever broke and in her own words was “more than worth it”! That coming from a mother who adopted Celtic & Scotland as who she aligned with and where she decided to stay. My mum came from Mansfield Nottinghamshire with no football interest other than George Best and none other than Dalglish. My dad didn’t find it hard to sell Celtic to my mum lol. And this is my most cherished football memory that I shared with her. Anyway true story. Haha 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@pauli6794]

And it’s back thank you Adidas

[@stevenfairlie3407]

and it's back!

[@konnorcolten9298]

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[@jessestetson1228]

@Konnor Colten Instablaster :)

[@francisgreen8925]

The spirit of 1986. Never give up. 🍀👍

[@HenryRaeburn367]

3rd goal still gives me goosebumps brilliant CELTIC ☘️☘️

[@FrancisPGalvin]

It was quite common for fans to bring a transistor radio to the match - especially for a league decider. I was there that day. I had no right to think Celtic could do it but that morning.....I just had a wee sneaking feeling that we'd win the league. I have a tinge of sadness now about my delight. My father, now dead, was a Hearts fan.

[@tatty73]

Aye, I've got similar feeling about ma Grandad, he too was a Jambo and is also sadly not with us anymore. I don't think I'd ever saw him more disconsolated over anything. While it was personally one of the greatest days in my life as a Celtic supporter, I kind of look back and think how much more it meant to Hearts and their fans and in retrospect one less title wouldn't make much difference to us, you just knew we'd have another day, but for Hearts it meant everything.

[@TonyBananas101]

3rd goal "one of the goals of the season". One of the goals of all time!! And the 4th wasn't too bad either.

[@Rightbyme]

The goals are terrific.. I was 12 yr old but remember this day really well.. unbelievable

[@roddycavin9002]

What a day! Standing beside a guy who was listening to a radio.There was a commotion in front of us, some thought Dundee had scored.He looked at me and said "it's only a corner" then went mental.What a feeling.

[@etontrifle]

+roddy cavin Same here. We were in the Shed next to the St Mirren fans.

[@TheCVee]

I was at this game and i dont think i will ever forget the experience.I remember waking up that day not knowing wether to bother with going to Love St as all Hearts had to do was draw but Celtic had to score a few goals.The tickets had already been bought and off we went to the game.I remember the amount of Celtic fans in the ground had spilled on to the trackside at the Celtic end,ah those were the days u could squeeze more in that allowed lol. Championeeeeeeeeees!

[@robertwalsh6935]

The night before l seriously thought about going but l just could not see that both unexpected results would happen ,maybe 1 result going celtics way but not two . Really did not want the disapointment of failing on the last Day. Its been a lifetime regret. Two points though st mirren had a right good team then for st mirren to lose 5-0 was really unexpected. Second point .kidds second goal was world class yet hardly gets a mention.

[@robertwalsh6935]

R

[@MrMallorcaboy]

what great memories, i was there, great kit, great goals and the biggest unexpected ending to a season ever. no one expected hearts to lose, the most unlikely of titles was won as celtic were nowhere 8 games earlier, we needed to win our final 8 games, seeing as we had only won 12 out of our previous 28 it seemed well beyond us, but we done it.

[@paulcawkwell5555]

hibs fan love this wen out for meal always get a nice bottle 1986 wine lovely lol ggtth

[@TheJonjay777]

Great day I was at game with my brother and big Hughie McKinney I was meant to go night shift on the railway tracks that night but went to the Royal Oak in nitshill to party all night with the rest pollok willowford celtic supporters what a memory ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@richardcoats6430]

Mojo what a legend 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@loaxin]

what a performance by danny mcgrain at nearly 36 years old

[@josephmontague396]

Rip tommy

[@sharonhopton5685]

Goosebumps. Celtic till I die!! ☘️💚☘️💚☘️💚☘️💚

[@MrMallorcaboy]

what a day, i was there. some great goals that day, 3rd and 4rth especially. i never thought hearts would lose and that the season we would end up empty handed. was a difficult inconsistant season but we won the last 8 games and took the title.

[@raborian]

3rd and 4th goals of the season contenders in any league!! magical day.. possibly my fav day ever as a celtic supporter..probably because it was so unlikely at the start of the day!

[@md20120]

I was 9yrs old, met Billy Connelly on the way to the game with my dad, even remember the referee's name ( Waddell ) , ended up on the pitch at the end with my old man.....the only other game that was as good as this was the Baca with when Tony Watt scored. ..COYBIG

[@baldytrucker]

md20120 I was the same age and I was there with my dad and we seen billy before the game just noticed the hair bouncing as he walked 🍀🍀🍀 Brilliant memories

[@mikekeelan1888]

Third goal was world class. Shame it was scored by that Judas tuck though

[@tarmonhill]

give over. hes still one of celtics greatest ever player.

[@AGxAG]

Hah ,is he hell. A judas and always will be .

[@scottybhoynumero1]

3RD GOAL,COMMENTATOR SAYS IT ALL..............ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFECENT!!!!

[@RICHTAYL]

Not a Celtic fan but the 3rd goal was just superb.

[@danielmcglade2214]

Our 3rd is still one of the best goals scored on any football pitch period

[@paulb9871]

That reaction when news of Kidds 2nd goal was poetic, still gives me goosebumps 🍀🍀🍀

[@tonybroderick4808]

I think that was the first goal?

[@michaelmccurry7273]

First goal I believe. Never seen the reaction to the second. Would love to see it

[@markybhoy4312]

Never forget that been watched over and over and over again on the recorded betamax

[@MarkPaulThompson]

The ref looks gutted @ 4:00 hahaha

[@1962starchild]

AS A HIBS FAN I LOVE THIS .

[@mightywubo]

was at that game with the Phil Cole CSC.one of the best games ever and the third goal is class. cud do with some of that teams never give up attitude now.we were watching legends back then and didnt realise it.

[@Sandwich13455]

Phil from Coatbridge?

[@sweatymrkim4578]

A forklift couldn't have moved the carry out we bought that night. I was the only one that made my work on the Monday. Memories.🍀.

[@ThefightingCelt]

The third goal was a thing of beauty .

[@Paolo1973]

Spirit of Albert Kidd. Here's hoping it is in Dundee tomorrow again

[@michaelmciver4440]

Was at the game just knew celtic where going to win the league that day

[@charliesaiz4715]

I was playing an away game in Possil that day on the way back on a bus full of Orcs me and two others had a rather jovial time ramming it right up them hehe

[@nelbachops]

3rd goal has got to be the greatest celtic goal of all time or one of the greatest

[@paulmartin4898]

Albert Kidd CSC

[@Rightbyme]

Wow what a day 🍀👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@aprc1977a]

isn't this the famous "love street" jersey I've heard about from Celtic fans? If so what a beauty. As an Irish lad I've always had an affinity for celtic and one of my prize possessions as a boy was the 1888 centenary jersey although Man United always have been my true love. I can also clearly see why SAF made "chocy" McClair one of his first signings

[@GorbalsRebel]

3rd goal is probably the best goal ever!!!!!! if Danny McGrain was playing now, how much would he be worth????

[@patrickreilly3322]

Was there the roar when dundee scored was unreal happy days

[@markhalliday2397]

Third goal was sheer class

[@gavinritchie649]

McGrain, McStay, McClair.What players they were.

[@GorbalsRebel]

"Its lift off here at Love street" ... TOTAL football by the way.

[@paulbrady868]

Happy Albert Kidd Day GBAK

[@Elljay2001]

A no mate. Was an amazing day, I mind the last thing we heard as ma Da parked the car was Gerry McNee saying we couldnae do it. As Dundee got their 2nd, The Maestro was right in front of me to take a shy and a shouts.... "Paul its 2-0!" AMAZING!!!!!

[@robertjarman4261]

I'm an Englishman living in Russia 🇷🇺 This was the first Saints match I saw.Supported them ever since. Don't believe Ukraine Nazis lies.Russia is Orthodox but as Christian as true Celtic Catholics are.

[@Elljay2001]

Amazing day, Amazing team, if only the glory hunters that follow our team now could appreciate a day like that, but a guess they would not have been there. TGFITW. Ha Ha. God Bless Celtic.

[@chicster1888]

You can tell the colours of St Mirren fans from that video? Celtic fans were all over Love St that day.

[@gerrycoogan6544]

Great performance, great result, great ending and a great day all round. What's more, the attendance was over 150,000. At least, that's what it must have been, judging by the number of people who've said they were there! ;)

[@AlbertKidd]

I wasn't there Gerry, was rather busy, but glad to have contributed to the day.

[@stevegee8282]

what a final day of the season

[@lenafan492]

I was there. Also saw the Smiths at the Barrowlands that summer. It was a good year.

[@scouseprovo]

...and my team Falkirk got promoted to the premier division for the first time ever that day,so very happy days indeed..yi got to laugh at the heart

[@oranbhoy67]

Fifa Bhoy your team Falkirk .. but you call yourself Bhoy ??

[@scouseprovo]

Cause if yi cut me ad bleed green...simple

[@gavinreid8937]

Theres a classic photo of Aitken drinking from a champagne bottle held by McGrain, turns out it was the only one they had, ,meant to to drown their sorrows after the game.!

[@davidbroadley126]

It will always b sir albert Kidd and scott judas McDonald

[@joseph5549]

An insane day.

[@baldy1]

great memories

[@finhq018]

@GorbalsRebel Ur so spot on mate. Top 3 in my lifetime with Larsson's lob against the Rotten Mob 6-2 and Johnny Doyle's header against Real Madrid. Danny Mac was the man. Roberto Carlos couldn't lace his boots.

[@mickjones7775]

Johnny Doyle aye.....It's my attic.........

[@shauny1boy]

@GorbalsRebel i was there that day and can you inagine the media reaction today if the current barcelona team scored that goal - i always love jim stewarts face as he catches the ball and the celtic end goes crazy

[@sharonhopton5685]

Love this video x

[@BhoyDoneGood]

Happy Albert Kidd Day everybody : )

[@AlbertKidd]

Thank you. And to you too.

[@FrancisPGalvin]

Aye, that's pretty much how I feel about it, Martin.

[@kevinbrown1585]

Wot a day heavy celebrations in Paisley Hail Hail🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@jambodave72]

isn't it strange that despite the score at dundee back then that celtic mysteriously scored enough goals to win the league based on hearts losing 1 - 0 (even though they lost 2 -0 in the end).

[@rossharper1675]

They didn't need to win by such a big margin. 3-0 to Celtic and 1-0 to Dundee would have seen Celtic win the title.

[@rabbieburns2501]

Made a couple of GIFS from 2 of the goals here (had to cut Danny McGrain's wee overhead kick out at the start of that great team goal as longer than the 15 second maximum)

[@rabbieburns2501]

Made another couple of the fans celebrating Albert Kidd's goal .. & a few of Albert Kidd's goals & celebrations fae a different video. Great memories!

[@Rightbyme]

Guys... look at the build up for 3rd goal ffs is super duper 🍀

[@toneymontgomery2964]

Wish I was there

[@OhTheRangersAreShite]

@GorbalsRebel The 3rd goal is sheer class

[@mccolgan5]

Would love a similar scenario to this to happen this season and see Romanov going mental in the stands when Hearts fuck it up again

[@stephenmacdonald76]

i wish hearts had won that year

[@davidbroadley126]

Well they didnt and lost cup final the following saturday hearts fans can sing the west ham song were forever blowing doubles

[@jambodave72]

isn't it strange that despite the score at dundee back then that celtic mysteriously scored enough goals to win the league based on hearts losing 1 - 0 (even though they lost 2 -0 in the end). I not trying to sound bitter cos there were a few games where we did drop points and should have done better - just that the result went exactly their way at the exact time required. Even CSI Gorgie couldn't work that one out.

[@michaelgallagher7549]

Hearts only needed a draw silly guy 2 points for a win then

[@rossharper1675]

Celtic only need to win by 3 goals if Dundee won 1-0.

[@paulwiley8902]

Shame Hearts didn't win that title. Celtic have won so many titles before and since, and nobody outside of Celtic or Rangers have won it since.

[@scotzbhoy]

What's that even supposed to mean? We were already 5-0 up by the time you scored! We set out to win by the required 3 goals, which we did, and hope that you screwed it up, which you did. Your result was nothing to do with us.

[@billyblues2600]

R.I.P Davie Cooper,

[@urbankhat65]

St Mirren didn't turn up,even their boss at the time thought so.

[@jmyjnstn67]

jambodave,3-0 would have done that day if youse had been beaten only 1-0. Note the celebrations for the third goal compared to the fifth. Are we not the ones that are supposed to be paranoid?. :)

[@JJarvisEsq]

were the st mirren fans happy with that result? Seen loads cheering

[@davidbroadley126]

They probably hate hearts as well there not a nice club hearts

[@TheLexyboy]

@Yahya76 hah, this was in the days when we still liked him lol!

[@patrickmcdonough4472]

Smart away kit

[@densparker]

@jambodave72 I don't think it would've been too difficult for Celtic to put 5 past St Mirren that season if they really needed to.

[@JJarvisEsq]

Just assumed that they'd only be in the away end. Either way, result!

[@defidepetri]

great day. missed the first goal quein' tae get in and then fell on my arse runnin on tae the pitch at the final whistle and had white jeans on.

[@blairmuldoon5514]

Celtic celtic!!!

[@urbankhat65]

Yeah the old St mingen put up a good fight that day eh?

[@Eddiebhoy1888]

How did they all find out about Dundee scoring?

[@gavinreid8937]

Pre mobile phone internet ,someone was bound to have a transistor radio on them.

[@MrMallorcaboy]

@@gavinreid8937 must have been about 100 radios in the ground, most of us were huddled round the nearest radio for the last 30 minutes. dont think anyone watched the game in the last half hour. was bedlam when news came through dundee had scored, even more mental when they got the 2nd.

[@Stubhoy1977]

@jambodave72 You do know that the St Mirren keeper that day used to play for Rangers don't you? Fact is your side shat it.

[@godblessthepope.]

Lift off at Love St.

[@billcowie]

3:32 Liftoff!

[@amysmileyreid95]

Pre Angeball

[@amysmileyreid95]

3:32

[@DavidByrne85]

Ditto Paul McStay!

[@jakeburns7331]

St Liedown. Beastie lovers.

[@Roche1983]

ok trying to post the link but it won't let me. just go to classicfootballshirts.co.uk then other uk clubs

[@Gonzoidzz]

@hectorhamish Trust the huns to get the wrong Kidd. LOL.

[@Roche1983]

@niceguyJamboJim haha it's nothing to do with st mirren, you're team blew it ! it was in your hands and you threw it away. how you can blame that on another team is laughable.

[@urbankhat65]

St mirren could have tried at least.

[@davidbroadley126]

Celtic wud have done that to anybody that day they were outstanding

[@murtyl]

@GorbalsRebel thaqt happened to me :S

[@mazyrun09]

nice to see hearts fans being called huns coz theyre bitter orange ....just proves its a sectarian slur ! Glasgow Rangers Champions ..!

[@markhalliday2397]

Third goal was sheer class

[@loaxin]

what a performance by danny mcgrain at nearly 36 years old

[@markhalliday2397]

Third goal was sheer class