A Celtic fan cheers during the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool at Anfield. The fan, and Scotland,...
ON THIS DAY -- March 20 March 20, 2003: SOCCER - A Celtic fan cheers during the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool at Anfield. The fan, and Scotland, had much to cheer about that year. Celtic won that second leg match 2-0, sealing a 3-1 aggregate win and a spot in the semi-finals against Boavista. The Scottish side beat Boavista 2-1 in a two-legged semi-final, but their form and fortune ran out against another Portuguese outfit in the final, losing 3-2 to Porto in the final played in Seville by virtue of an extra-time goal from Derlei. Prior to that final, no club from Scotland or Portugal had ever won the UEFA Cup. The game had what UEFA described at the time as "the largest travelling support to have assembled for a single game" - around 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to Seville for the final. REUTERS/Ian Hodgson