ON 12th December 1984
Celtic were drawn in the Second Round of the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1984/85 season, against Rapid Vienna.(PRESENTLY 6th IN THE AUSTRIAN LEAGUE)
The first leg was played in Austria and Celtic were beaten 3-1 but the Scots won the second leg in Glasgow 3-0 to win the tie 4-3 on aggregate. Or so they thought!
Crowd trouble at Parkhead, which included a bottle being thrown onto the pitch and a linesman being pelted with missiles (mainly coins), resulted in UEFA ordering the second leg to be replayed at a venue at least 100 miles from Glasgow.
That match was played at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground on December 12th with around 40,000 Celtic fans travelling south to see Rapid win 1-0 to give the Austrians a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Sadly there was more trouble at that match** - two Austrian players were attacked by Celtic fans - which saw UEFA order Celtic to play their next home European match behind closed doors and fined them £17,000. Rapid went on to reach the final of the ECWC that season - they lost to Everton - while Celtic played their only home European match in 1985/86, against Atletico Madrid, behind closed doors.
And in 2023, after Austrian League club matches played on 10 December top five rankings: Red Bull Salzburg, Sturm Graz, Lask Linz, Rapid Wien, Austria Wien.
Rapid's last League game v Red Bull Salzburg Lost 0-1 
** For more information on the "problem match"
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