It was a magical day for a magical club as they celebrated the 100th trophy of their glittering history.
Hampden Park has been the scene of too much recent heartbreak but there was never any prospect of a repeat from the moment Tom Rogic opened the scoring against Aberdeen.
Determined play from Jozo Simunovic created the chance with the Australian tucking the ball into the net with style to lay down a marker that this Celtic side weren’t to be beaten.
Motherwell, Alloa and Sevco had already been dismissed in the competition with the team created by Brendan Rodgers picking up a tangible reward for their early season efforts.
Other than Moussa Dembele it was a group of players that Rodgers inherited in the summer from Ronny Deila but today’s side are unrecognisable from last season’s version.
The passing is slick and purposeful, the defending resolute with a very definite end product around goal.
It may be too early to talk about a golden era but the signs are certainly there- behind the warm assured comments there is a steel about Rodgers that will never accept second best.
The rest of the season holds plenty of promise, the fans are back in numbers believing and enjoying the success of a manager who has literally been taken off the terracing, given a suit and place in the dug out- the future is as bright as the 67th minute light show at Hampden.