Celtic’s 4-0 thrashing to St Mirren on Wednesday night was their worst defeat for 30 years outside Old Firm derbies. The last time they were beaten by four goals by anyone in Scotland except their Glasgow rivals came on April 19, 1980.

The team responsible for inflicting such a defeat on the Parkhead side was Dundee when Billy McNeill’s side were thrashed 5-1 in Tayside.

Celtic took the lead early on when Roy ‘The Bear’ Aitken netted from the edge of the box, but the home side equalised thanks to Iain Ferguson blast past keeper Peter Latchford.

It wasn’t to be Latchford’s day as Danny McGrain gave away a penalty to allow Ferguson to bag his second. Ian Fleming made it three after getting his head on the end of Peter Mackie’s cross.

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Celtic never looked beaten in the match and fought hard to get back in the game, but Dundee launched a counter attack after a Celtic push and Eric Sinclair made it four with 30 minutes left.

Latchford’s misery continued when a kick up field was caught by the wind and blown back towards goal. It fell for Sinclair on the left wing who rounded the keeper and cut it across for Mackie to grab the fifth.

Since then Aberdeen, Hearts, St Mirren and Dundee again have all gone close to emulating that scoreline but no Scottish team outside of Rangers had managed to finish a game with a four goal advantage against Celtic until the Buddies' efforts on Wednesday night.

Andy Dorman and Steven Thomson will now be the names etched in Celtic history as the architects of their downfall, both scoring twice at St Mirren Park in their team's first win over the Parkhead club at home in 21 years.