Celtic FC · Sep 3, 2021

Ronnie Simpson comes in as cover for John Fallon

It was on this day 57 years ago, on September 3, 1964 that Ronnie Simpson signed for Celtic from Hibernian, with Easter Road manager, Jock Stein, selling the 33-year-old stopper. When Stein himself took up the manager’s seat at Celtic Park just six months later, Simpson must have thought his time was up once more. However, in true fairy-tale fashion, the keeper turned the tables and had an Indian summer of a career to beat all others as he kept goal in the most revered Celtic side of all time...

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