CELTIC have had many outstanding goalkeepers over the years and one who came into that category was fans’ favourite Pat Bonner…

BIG NOR (Cathcart) – How many times did Pat Bonner play for Celtic and is it true that he was Jock Stein’s last signing for the club?

Pat “Packie” Bonner turned out for Celtic on no fewer than 642 occasions. He won four League Championships, three Scottish Cups and one League Cup.

He was indeed the last signing Big Jock made for Celtic before he left to manage Leeds United in 1978.

His first competitive game was a 2-1 home win against Motherwell on March 17 (St Patrick’s Day), 1979.

Pat’s last appearance for Celtic came in the 1995 Scottish Cup Final 1-0 victory over Airdrie.

He holds the record for appearances by a Celtic goalkeeper and is fifth in the all-time list of Celtic players.

Pat also won 80 caps for the Republic of Ireland and was an integral part of the team which qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 1990.

FRANK (Stewarton) – Did Kilmarnock, while still a Division B club, defeat Rangers in a cup semi-final at Hampden? If so, do you have any details?

This would be the League Cup semi-final at Hampden on October 4, 1952.

Kilmarnock were languishing close to the bottom of Division B at the time, but upset the odds when they beat Rangers 1-0.

The goal came two minutes from time and was rather fortuitous, a John Little clearance rebounding off Kilmarnock inside-left Jack into the net.

However, reports of the game suggest the result was merited. In the final on October 25, Kilmarnock went down 2-0 to holders Dundee.

The semi-final teams were:

Kilmarnock Niven, Collins, Hood, Russell, Thyne, Middlemass, Henaughan, Harvey, Mayes, Jack and Murray.

Rangers Niven, Young, Little, McColl, Woodburn, Cox, Waddell, Paton, Thornton, Grierson and Hubbard.

For those in doubt, both goalkeepers were called Niven, John for Kilmarnock and George for Rangers.

R. ANDERSON (Airdrie) – In season 1959/60 Airdrie defeated Dunfermline 6-3 can you supply the Airdrie goalscorers?

On December 5, 1959, a meagre 5000 crowd saw Doug Baillie playing at centre-forward for Airdrie score four of his side’s six goals with Rankin and McGill netting the other two.

It was 2-2 at half-time then Airdrie led 5-2 with the Fife side pulling one back with eight minutes to go, but a minute later Baillie finished the scoring to make it 6-3.