Tomorrow’s Scottish Cup final is Celtic’s biggest game since Seville. Having banked our 100th trophy, and an invincible league title, the opportunity to achieve a clean sweep of domestic trophies without loss of a single game is wholly without precedent. Even the Lions didn’t achieve this.
We are in an incredibly special season, an incredibly special time, for the club. When anything seems possible, it is hard to properly evaluate just how well things are going. We have had many title winning seasons, but the club’s trajectory, not to mention the sheer enjoyment of what we’re watching, has seldom come close to this season.
We face the club who have pushed us most in recent years at Hampden. They will arrive rightly believing they can win the trophy. It will be a huge task for Aberdeen, , but the odds on them taking the cup back north with them will be considerably less than those against Celtic completing an undefeated season a year ago.
Congratulations to the Celtic FC Foundation and everyone at the club who contributed to the incredible event at The Hyrdro last night. The scale and sheer professionalism of the night belied the fact that everyone involved were miles out of their comfort zone.
It was an incredible Celtic event. Thanks also to the performers who donated their time to the Foundation for free.
See you later at Greenock!
The final word from Wee Bertie tonight @CQNMagazine @GreenockCeltic “Say a wee prayer for Billy & Stevie.” pic.twitter.com/icFeSOMEi3
— Paul John Dykes ⭐️ (@PaulDykes) May 26, 2017
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Oh, and just seen the better news regarding Lionsroar. Billy, I don’t know you (yet), but the affection that you are held in by all CQNers I met last night knows no bounds. That must be good to know, so best wishes for a speedy and full recovery, with the emphasis on the latter.
i will be on the aitkenhead road tomorrow, between asda, the polis station , the old garage, and the busstop. i will be wearing a jock stein t-shirt and will be selling CQN Brendan badges,
i will have fake id saying i can be a street seller.
dont pass buy,, bye a badge instead.
yogiehughas
God bless your sisterinlaw!
Saint Stivs,
I used to be bothered with the ads,
now i open a private window on Firefox and dont get any ads at all
Yogihughes,
prayer said for you,your sister in law and family
Gooooood Evening CQN
Hope the Greenock Celtic night has been as good as the Lisbon Pink Street party or Green and White street as its now known :-)))
Some even call it the Jorge Cadette street :-)
Just to confirm the brilliant news ( a follow up to HT)
Lionsroar67 – Billy, is being released from Hospital tomorrow morning
If someone can let big An Tearmann know, would be much appreciated ( his phone is not working, so needs to be someone with him tonight or staying at the 7 Hotel in Lisbon with him)
Thank you
Right Bhoys, please add that FtSFA cup to our collection tomorrow
Hail Hail
Lionsroar67 (Billy Bhoy, you know how I love calling you as this name…lol), my good friend, I heard of your news on the way to Alicante airport this morning. A quick text to CRC I learned of your trouble but was glad to hear from him that you were on the road to recovery. Glad to read from Hamilton that you will get to see the game tomorrow. Enjoy and I will think of you in the 67th minute.
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Brilliant day at the Lisbon Lion Tribute Lunch topped off by a sing a long at Malones bar !
These are special times and in years to come we will look back with pride at the 50th anniversary celebrations.
One of those special Celtic summers ahead, enjoy.
Good luck to the team tomorrow !!
COWIEBHOY on 26TH MAY 2017 11:55 PM
Your phone not working either, sent you a text earlier?
Saw a photo of you, H, An Tearmann and MurdochAukdandHay earlier on faceache.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
YOGIHUGHES on 26TH MAY 2017 11:23 PM
She will never walk alone…
stay strong and make her smile…
Braw.
And just a wee reminder for us Bhoys and Ghirls still in Lisboa
CQN “IMPORTANT Update”
For those still in Lisbon, and hoping to watch the Cup Final
A larger venue for CQN Bhoys and Ghirls has been identified today and approved by Oldtim, BT, Pogmathon, Richie etc ( feeling is Henneseys is to small for the group)
Their words food is good and very good drink – at reasonable prices :-)
The Bar has agreed to put the game on big screen
Doca Seis
Doca de Santo Amaro
Armazem 6
Alcantara
For those who went to the stadium on the train yesterday
2nd stop on the train station (heading out to stadium)
Just past another Irish bar ( can’t remember the name of this)
Anyway at least 12 Bhoys from CQN heading there at 1 to ensure they have front row seats —-
At the bar :-)
Hail Hail
Yogi- best wishes
Hi..this is Billy’s (lions roar) sister.. Just want to thank all the cqn members for looking out for my brother and taking the time to keep me updated.. I am forever in your debt! HH x
Park Road , thanks.
Its not just the SFA who are idiots , the SJFA are too.
It could be a day of double (or should that be treble) celebration for you tomorrow.
I saw footage of Lisbon’s green and white on youtube from last night’s street party, excellent
Yogihughes , best wishes for your sister and family.
Now there is a lions roar…wonderful news…
Na. Awfy braw news ..
all aboard the Paradise Express…
Hail hail
Braw
And BTW a hope Dermot has sorted oor Winning Captain out with a ticket…
I will be watching DD
Braw
PARADISEGHIRL on 27TH MAY 2017 12:06 AM
I sent Billy a text earlier this evening, not sure if he has access to his phone but he’ll catch it at some point. Please give him my best.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Yogi . Thoughts with you and your family.
The blog has been at its best for the last couple of weeks ,especially the last 2 days . I would like to give a big shout to the Michael Davitt CSC in Ayr . A wee club started 16 years ago ,that when it first ran buses it struggled to fill a 29 seater . It now regularly uses a double decker and a smaller 49 seater to many home games .
The small committee has done wonderful work ,non more so than last night when 370 Tims filled Ayr cinema to watch the 1967 final in glorious black and white on the big screen . I’ve just received word that the total money raised was over £5000 of which the club will add another £1000 to the total and also contribute the same to the Kano Foundation.
19 hand held containers were filled with food for the local food bank . £3000 will go to the same food bank and the Bobby Lennox statue fund , for up the road in Saltcoats will also receive £3000 .
I don’t think so many people wearing Green or the hoops have ever been witnessed in Ayr town centre.
I couldn’t manage Lisboa with many from CQN or get a ticket for the Hydro but the sense of community and goodwill last night was special in its own Celtic way . Right in the heart of Ayrshire.
Roll on 3 o clock and hopefully another special day ahead. Stivis I’ll be looking out for you .Safe journey home for everyone in Lisbon . HH
Celtic Squad v Aberdeen
11 Games 05 Shut Outs Craig Gordon
01 Games 00 Shut Outs Dorus de Vries
28 Games 04 Goals Scott Brown
19 Games 00 Goals Emilio Izaguirre
17 Games 10 Goals Kris Commons
16 Games 05 Goals James Forrest
16 Games 01 Goals Mikael Lustig
13 Games 07 Goals Leigh Griffiths
13 Games 00 Goals Efe Ambrose
13 Games 00 Goals Nir Bitton
08 Games 01 Goals Stuart Armstrong
08 Games 00 Goals Callum McGregor
07 Games 03 Goals Tom Rogic
07 Games 00 Goals Erik Sviatchenko
06 Games 02 Goals Patrick Roberts
06 Games 00 Goals Kieran Tierney
05 Games 02 Goals Dedryck Boyata
05 Games 00 Goals Jozo Simunovic
04 Games 01 Goals Scott Sinclair
04 Games 01 Goals Gary MacKay Steven
03 Games 01 Goals Moussa Dembele
02 Games 00 Goals Liam Henderson
01 Games 00 Goals Scott Allan
01 Games 00 Goals Nadir Ciftci
01 Games 00 Goals Cristian Gamboa
01 Games 00 Goals Saidy Janko
01 Games 00 Goals Kolo Toure
Yogi Hughes
Sorry to hear the news about you sister in law.
Prayers said for her and may all the family stay strong.
Amen.
Angel G- wow great stuff
Dallas
The Sean Fallon programme was excellent…….. so much for these “great times” after that and the BBC documentary there has been more tears in a week, than all through the blinking 80’s & 90’s :-)
Fantastic news about Lionsroar 67.
Just shows you the power of prayer.
GOD bless.
Rod Stewart- champions 67 hydro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6z2jYds__U
COWIEBHOY…
Cheers for the heads up on the new location for the game tomorrow, I’ll pass it on to bmcuw and head there with my Welsh lass. Hail Hail
Gerry, Sean , the few times I met him, always left me in awe. Firstly because of the type of person he was and how much he contributed on and off the pitch to our team.
It was good to hear Kenny Dalglish mention Wullie Fernie as being.an influence on his developement and career. Another man who contributed greatly on and off the pitch to Celtic and in my opinion, is deserving of more recognition. My dad told me Wullie was a fantastic player for us.
Good night all and sleep well.
the GREEN BRIGADE
copyright
67, In The Heat of Lisbon – Johnny Mac and The Faithful
67, In The Heat of Lisbon – Johnny Mac and The Faithful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlM4QA0rkUc
https://mobile.twitter.com/CeltsAreHere/status/868131310274871296/video/1
Lionsroar, I hope you make a full recovery.
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
IF Brendan Rodgers didn’t feel the hand of history on his shoulder before now, he certainly does after Thursday night. A week of tributes on the 50th anniversary of the Lisbon Lions’ historic European Cup win culminated in a spectacular show at the SSE Hydro, where he had the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson and famous former holders of his office like Martin O’Neill, Kenny Dalglish, Gordon Strachan and Neil Lennon all queuing up to shower him and his team with compliments. Even Rodgers seemed to baulk a little yesterday when asked to answer chief executive Peter Lawwell’s assertion that he saw a little bit of Jock Stein in the way this canny Northern Irishman has inherited a group of players and transformed them into history makers.
“It is hard to say that,” said Rodgers, who does enjoy learning more about the methods of Stein in chats with the likes of John Clark and Danny McGrain. “It is different times, different eras. I have only been here a season. I would hope my ways of working [are similar], in terms of how the team plays and the identity and the style, the demands which are put on players and what they do for the club. But every manager is different. I didn’t know Jock so I couldn’t really comment. But if anyone thinks that it is always an honour.”
You might think the pressure on the manager and this group of players would have eased somewhat after completing the first invincible domestic campaign since 1899 against Hearts last Sunday, but in fact it has perhaps just ratcheted up a notch. Stein is one of just two managers in the club’s history to record a treble and there is quite simply no precedent at all out there for a Scottish team recording an unbeaten treble but Celtic are 90 minutes – perhaps plus penalties, perhaps plus extra time – away from that feat today. It is a good thing that this manager makes such a big play of working out coping mechanisms which allow his players to take this strain, rather than feel suffocated by it.
The Northern Irishman simply called upon his players to embrace this as the “once in a lifetime opportunity” which it is. Though given Celtic’s current dominance, you would have to be a fool to suggest that could be equally possible in 12 months’ time.
“I just got great pride sitting there, a real sense of family,” said Rodgers, of the Hydro event. “I looked at all the other players who were there, Murdo MacLeod, Roy Aitken, Packie [Bonner], Tosh McKinlay, all these great players from the past and the Lions themselves. And all the supporters themselves bring a real vibrancy to everywhere we go.
“I know where I am at,” he added. “I knew what I was coming in to, I knew the expectancy here. I know the demands that are on you here and I enjoy that. I’ve loved the feeling this season of pressure to deliver for them. For us, there is one more step to go to cap what could be a once in a lifetime achievement. You only have to see how long it has taken for a team to go through 38 games unbeaten and you see how few times it has been done, a team winning three trophies in the same season. To actually have the two together is like a dream right there.”
Leigh Griffiths scored one and had a hand in the other two the last time Celtic met Aberdeen. While it would be a huge surprise if he didn’t start up front, Rodgers confirmed last night that Moussa Dembele would be fit enough after a hamstring problem to take his place in the squad. “Moussa is fine,” said Rodgers. “He will be in the squad. He has trained all week. He could have trained towards the end of last week but we he has been doing a lot of the individual work with the guys. So he has been out on the pitch for a few weeks but this was his first week back in. Obviously he is not match or game fit having been out for a little period of time but he is certainly going to be able to be in the squad.”
Fan….Tastic week CQN……Lovely Tales………
Great ..Toons………
And the bestest name ever to appear on the sainted blog?
ParadiseGhirl………………….
Speedy recovery Billy……
H.H.
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YOGIHUGHES AND LIONSROAR
Prayers said for your health to improve , and a miracle to help your sister in law.
I have just finished watching the Sean Fallon programme on Bt sport, he epitomises what
It is all about to be Celtic, a humble man with the heart of a lion.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you bhoys for the magic posts and links to the
Lisbon trip and the Hydro concert. Most of my time is spent in the house these days and the entertainment
and the laughs I get on here help me get through some long days.
Big Jimmy you and I are of the same generation as I was 11.1/2 when the lions won the big cup born Oct.55
Your posts along with Tony Donnelly are ones I look out for, I hope that judge has the sense to find in your favour and you get back on your feet . I am optimistic for tomorrow but don’t want to be too cocky after this fabulous week. COYBIG. HH
talking to my boy about how things are, how they’ve been. there is no religion, racism or misogyny, this is about those in power and the powerless. These are all constructs to divide and conquer ,oh how they laugh at the gullible.
Watch Shoah guys(ok 9 hrs long,think bbc2 split it into 3 I think). clear illustration of the above, and riveting.
Regardless, would love some history tomorrow, and know that without the usual suspects, I could be confident, but attended the ICT game ,so anything possible.
PS Socialist till the day I die, tony was further to the right than Thatcher and Corbyn about as right wing as Thatcher. I want independent Scotland ,so we can all vote Labour with a clear conscience, But hay ho we live in a herd of sheep,and wool all to easily pulled over the eyes, so bleat on!!.
Celtic.
The stage is actually set.
Olde Hugh is the Real Deal.
Hearing about Hugh’s Mum locking herself in the toilet. Not Fake one iota…. Matthew 5:18.
Forgiveness is paramount.