Walter Smith’s team were chasing a historic quadruple but ultimately finished the campaign with a double as Celtic secured the title in 2007/08.
Aiden McGeady has admitted he felt the greatest sense of relief in Scotland when Rangers were beaten in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.
The Celtic faithful favourite played a key role in Gordon Strachan’s side clinching three consecutive titles against the odds, following a late surge that saw Rangers’ hopes of a quadruple unravel.
Smith’s squad claimed both the League Cup and Scottish Cup, but stumbled at the final stage against Zenit St. Petersburg in Manchester before also falling to Aberdeen on the last day of the season.
McGeady – who swept up multiple Player of the Year awards – says he would have been haunted forever if their fierce rivals had achieved such a milestone.
He told the Record Celtic podcast: “We couldn’t affect Rangers’ UEFA Cup run, but nobody was more happy than me when they lost that.
“Honestly, because you were hearing all the talk of Rangers possibly doing a Quadruple and us being left with nothing – the ones that threw the season away.
“Being a Celtic fan and growing up and living in Glasgow, having to listen to that for, if that was to happen for the next hundred years, would have been really difficult.
We could impact the league, so thankfully they came up against a very, very strong Zenit team. I know them well because I then moved to Russia.
“They came up against a very strong Zenit team who outplayed them in the final. From Rangers’ point of view, they did have a lot going on.
“I’m not saying that’s a factor, but when you’re fighting on so many different fronts it can be difficult.
“We managed to do our job and win the league and stop that from ever being a thing in folklore. I think back to that season and Rangers effectively still managed a double, but that’s never spoken about.
“It’s about us winning the league that year and probably more Rangers losing the Europa League final.
“I’m thankful to say it clicked into place, the things that we could affect and the things we couldn’t affect actually!”