JOHN HARTSON “BEFORE I MOVED TO CELTIC, I CAME CLOSE TO SIGNING FOR RANGERS BUT FAILED A MEDICAL. IT WAS THEIR LOSS”
The most successful spell of your career was at Celtic. What were the highlights of your time at the club?
I won three titles in five seasons, and scored more than 100 goals. We reached the 2003 UEFA Cup Final and lost to Jose Mourinho’s Porto, then there was winning the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park in front of a full house. Just playing at Celtic Park every other week was brilliant – it was so enjoyable.
Do you have a standout memory from all of the Old Firm derbies you featured in?
My nine goals! [] To score the winner in consecutive league derbies was very special, in arguably one of the biggest games in the world – and one of the most
