Celtic blitzed Aberdeen with three goals in the opening 11 minutes in what at that stage looked set to be a drubbing, but the hosts pulled a goal back in the 12th minute, which set a parity for the remainder of the match.
Leigh Griffiths has had to be patient this season but he made the most of his starting opportunity tonight. The opening goal, came from his corner, which was headed into the net by Dedryck Boyata. Patrick Roberts had a clear chance to open the scoring seconds earlier, but Aberdeen keeper Lewis turned his effort behind.
The second Celtic goal arrived on the 8th minute. There was nothing really on when Griffiths collected the ball wide on the right, but one cheeky nutmeg later and the Aberdeen defence were chasing shadows. Leigh crossed and Callum McGregor fired a shot which was blocked by Logan. The rebound fell to Stuart Armstrong, who contorted his body to make a contact good enough to score.
Again, there was little obvious danger when Leigh Griffiths collected the ball 30 yards out in 11 minutes. The Celtic striker took on two defenders before cracking a shot from 24 yards, which moved and deceived Lewis before smacking the back of the net.
At this point Celtic looked more likely to score six than to settle for three, but, remarkably, the fourth goal of the game arrived just a minute later, when Jonny Hayes lost Kieran Tierney with a quick change of direction before thundering one into the top corner from 23 yards.
It was now Celtic’s turn to rock. Perhaps the game’s most important subsequent moment came after just 14 minutes when Stockley lost the Celtic central defenders, but couldn’t make contact with a cross 7 yards in front of goal.
Celtic’s passing in recent weeks has been exceptional, but they didn’t get this right on a choppy Pittodrie surface, as the unforced error count spiked. The ball rotation we have become used to seeing this season didn’t happen often, underlining the importance of suspended Scott Brown.
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THE EXILED TIM on 14TH MAY 2017 5:38 PM
They do. Had a look on FF, their head of youth (mulholland) is a visionary and we will be copying them in years to come.
Conveniently they ignore the fact we did the playing the development team in friendlies around England when the reserve league folded (due to them not being able to afford a reserve team). It was a waste of time and abandoned as nothing can replace competitive football. We now play our youths in Europe and in the EPL International Cup, as well as playing in the domestic league. Tierney, Ralston, Johnston etc are testimony that we are on the right track.
BT
Unfortunately got back from Mass and felt unwell – sore throat and high temperature. Posted a donation and a message of apology. But thanks for your help.
sicknoteCSC
SAINT STIVS on 14TH MAY 2017 5:45 PM
Cheers mate.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
67HEAVEN .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I AM WEE OSCAR…… IPOX BELONGS TO THE CREDITORS on 13TH MAY 2017 10:49 PM
Received my tickets for the most memorable 4 days of my Football life today
25 May SSE HYDRO LISBON LIONS CELTIC FOUNDATION EVENT ….CELEBRATE67
26 May attending ‘street’ events in Glasgow
27 May …Cup Final ….(via CELTIC Hospitality)
28 May Henrik v Lubo Charity Match
and, to cap lt all….my grandson will be accompanying me (except 26th, due school )
I honestly and truly just CANNOT WAIT …… I was 17 when we won the European Cup, and I remember every minute of it to this day … Castlemilk ‘urupted’ that night … and my mother’s Donegal smile has ‘lived’ in my heart and memory ever since…!!!!
H H
WHAT IS THE STARS on 13TH MAY 2017 10:49 PM
Almore
I will raise a glass to your health in the Cafe Brasileria
Here is a fun fact on Eurovision song contest night while we discuss Lisbon
In 1974 the coup against Salazar the Portuguese dictator was started by a coded message played on National Radio
The coded message was the playing of the Portuguese song for the Eurovision.upon hearing the song the Officers and men who were ready to overthrow the government made their move ……and appointed OLDTIM emperor for life of Scotland and Portugal
Most of the above is true
GORDYBHOY64 on 13TH MAY 2017 10:52 PM
For those that like to see the bookies take a beating,
I know of 2 bets running on for Celtic to be unbeaten this season,
in the league and both cups ,150/1 the price,
unfortunately neither of them are mine.
DRAMBOWIECELT on 13TH MAY 2017 10:54 PM
Petec ..How are you fellow tim?
Remember your among good friends ……..Keep well .
H.H
ALMORE on 13TH MAY 2017 10:55 PM
WITS: Cheers. There is something planned for Dublin on the 25th in the city centre. Not sure it is definite yet. Will post as soon as I know.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 13TH MAY 2017 10:55 PM
WITS
I am in hotel next door to Cafè Brasileria.
Will buy you a cappucino.
WHAT IS THE STARS on 13TH MAY 2017 10:58 PM
Delaneys
Stick a brandy in the coffee and you have a deal
By the way
Last time I was in Lisbon it was very easy to procure the old herbal remedy …If you Ahem ..get my drift
DRAMBOWIECELT on 13TH MAY 2017 10:58 PM
Re,, last nights gemme………
Emdae notice big Bhoyatems heid was on every corner that Thumb sent in.
His movement was hard to handle ..as the song goes.
H.H
MOONBEAMSWD on 13TH MAY 2017 11:01 PM
Looks like this Warrington v Martinez fight could be stopped after an accidental clash of heads after Dickson v Ward was stopped after an accidental clash of heads. Ward won on count to point were fight was stopped when his head split and blood was running into his left eye. Martinez has a massive lump of fluid growing under the skin above his right eye on his forehead. If it keeps getting bigger or it takes a punch it’s going to splat open too.
Not a good way for fights to end for the fans or boxers but safety of boxers has got to be more important.
MWD
WHAT IS THE STARS on 13TH MAY 2017 11:01 PM
Drambowie
Boyata..should have had a hat trick
Thats how much Aberdeen dominated the game,they lost 3-1 and the opposition centre half should have scored a hat trick
PETEC on 13TH MAY 2017 11:01 PM
Drambowiecelt,
hail hail brother.
ALMORE on 13TH MAY 2017 11:03 PM
Oíche mhaith, Tims.
Horrible TIMe to be a hun.
MARGARET MCGILL on 13TH MAY 2017 11:05 PM
67HEAVEN .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I AM WEE OSCAR…… IPOX BELONGS TO THE CREDITORS on 13TH MAY 2017 10:49 PM
Phenomenal schedule there
You should record it for posterity
Make a movie!!
DELANEYS DUNKY on 13TH MAY 2017 11:05 PM
WITS
Courvoisier of course.
Was speaking to OldTim today. He confirmed your story of getting kaya no probs in Lisbon. The OldTim seadog knows his Ports.
DRAMBOWIECELT on 13TH MAY 2017 11:05 PM
WITS..Aye big time…..If they play the long ball in the final ……….
Well …we will destroy em…….Sheep Dip…..
H.H
MNCELT on 13TH MAY 2017 11:06 PM
I thought McInnes made a lot of good points about the game. If we hadn’t scored 3 goals they would have comfortably won 1-0.
PETEC on 13TH MAY 2017 11:12 PM
Lets go
DELANEYS DUNKY on 13TH MAY 2017 11:13 PM
MNCelt
Happy that Deek is deluded.
Bring on the Dandy Dons!
DRAMBOWIECELT on 13TH MAY 2017 11:17 PM
MNCELT….Cannae stand that bassa……….
He’s a Jim Jeffries clone….It’s always They..Them..Cannae speak our name.
Greetin suntanned face bassa…….
And ats just at Halloween………….
H.H
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 13TH MAY 2017 11:18 PM
MNCELT on 13TH MAY 2017 11:06 PM
I thought McInnes made a lot of good points about the game. If we hadn’t scored 3 goals they would have comfortably won 1-0.
Yeah. He spoke well for a classless arsehole.
Brendan showed how a proper manager handles an interview.
PETEC on 13TH MAY 2017 11:19 PM
<a href="I know anger is an energy
GORDYBHOY64 on 13TH MAY 2017 11:20 PM
McInness is a magician of a manager,
his team raise their game against us and disappear when it comes to playing the huns
DRAMBOWIECELT on 13TH MAY 2017 11:22 PM
At Petec….Always admired the footwork on that Prodigy vid…
Puts Fred Astaire to shame :) good find Bro……
H.H
WHAT IS THE STARS on 13TH MAY 2017 11:23 PM
Gordybhoy
Thats an interesting point and one I have seen made here before….but surely the players must take some of the blame for that
Interesting to see how they will do at Ibrox
Its a chance for them to show Rangers that they (Aberdeen) are the “best of the rest”
DELANEYS DUNKY on 13TH MAY 2017 11:25 PM
Gordy
Wee angry Deek disnae like us much. I heard it fae his own mouth on Byres Road during his hun playing days. Choob of a boy.
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK on 13TH MAY 2017 11:25 PM
MWD,
Not to tear the a.se out of this, but the experiment to which I referred was in seeing how the defence coped under pressure.
Holding midfielders are not, nor ever will be, the forte of Armstrong, Calmac or Rogic and Brendsn will be well aware of that.
I am not speaking in hindsight, because I flagged the imbalance before kickoff, on reading the team lines.
I believe Rodgers took a calculated risk, with back up on the bench.
The three early goals gave him the necessary slack to persevere.
As long as Mc.Innes thinks they would have won if it wasn’t for those pesky early goals, then it all worked out well for us.
BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 13TH MAY 2017 11:29 PM
THOMTHETHIM
Good points. But I have to say-no Scott,send for Eboue.
Quite puzzled about him,tbh.
GORDYBHOY64 on 13TH MAY 2017 11:29 PM
WITS,
you would think the players would want to prove the point,
dont know if its his team set up or tactics
,but they always seem far more committed against us than against his old team.
Delaneys,
from Byres Rd to the H and B,
my how you have fallen ;-)))
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67 HEAVEN,
Do you have any details about the Glasgow street events on the 26th May ?
Cheers
HH
I've just came on the blog and saw 1/2 posting that Bhoyata could have had a Hat Trick…..I posted that very fact pages back. we could have been 5/6 goals in front by half time.
HH
Hoops…I mean OOPS…I didn’t mean to post all of the above just a post to 67 Heaven and about Bhoyaya. I don’t know what happened there sorries.
HH
Just noticed the 25th is a Thursday same as 50 years ago.
Marvellous.
Have we been under cyber sttack?? HH
Saint Sivs
and it’s Ascension Thursday as it was back then
Lmcbhoy
if you send me £500 in bitcoin I will release Paul67
Gene
Was it Ascension Thursday or Corpus Christi? I was six I’m told it was the latter
Random wee question.
Name your top 11from all the players who did 6 in a row .
1. Gordon.
2. Lustig.
3. Izzy.
4. Jozo
5. Virgil.
6. Wanyama.
7. Roberts.
8. Scot brown.
9. Hooper.
10. Griffiths
11. Commons
We are also having a mass that morning in Lisbon before our pilgrimage to EN
Gene
At least you tried….
SAINT STIVS on 14TH MAY 2017 5:53 PM
Just noticed the 25th is a Thursday same as 50 years ago.
Marvellous.
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Not just Thursday, Ascension Thursday!!!!
DESSYBHOY on 14TH MAY 2017 5:59 PM
Gene
Was it Ascension Thursday or Corpus Christi? I was six I’m told it was the latter
It sure was.
And if I recall correctly, Liturgy made a number of references to ‘This Cup’.
Dessy
you are right it was Corpus Christi
SAINT STIVS on 14TH MAY 2017 5:59 PM
Forster
Lustig VVD Mulgrew Tierney
Brown Wanyama Ledley
Griffiths Hooper Commons
I’m still nostalgic for the days when a broken blog meant Hun calamity overload and a frantic gleeful search of the news outlets ensued before returning to a revived CQN to revel in their bitter, bitter misery.
I’m so sentimental…
Lennybhoy
The ole Patrick Thistle are even easier to deal with than Partick Thistle for obvious Celtic reasons.
They take anybody’s dosh especially online, then they make noises about all the Celtic supporters that invade
Patrick, I mean Partick, I mean Maryhill.
Hope you are well.
Mon the away Sellick Support CSC
Thanks to all for pointing out that the blog was down.
I thought Paul67 was trying to tell me something ?
HH Bhoys and Ghirls…
Under Mourhino Manure are………manure !
HH
Cheers guys
Apologies, according tae the internet Ascension Thursday was
4th of May………I’m not nearly the expert I thought I was, I’m away
tae read some books.
EMBARRASSEDCFC.
I’m fed up of these cheap sites constantly coming up with permutation after permutation of which Celtic player is leaving… to Arsenal, to Liverpool, to Manchester United, to Tottenham… back to their Mam’s… anything to justify their Internet presence and the revenue that might come with it and perhaps, to satisfy their anti-agenda. I suppose it could be read as a form of flattery; confirmation that we have good, coveted players but it is irritating in the extreme.
When Blog was down…I felt unwell and called the Doctor…he diagnosed CQNitus ?
C…cold Sweats…Q….Queazyness….N…nervous disorder,
It amazing how a downed BLOG and down a BHOY !
Does the Pope support ROMA ?
Roma v Juventus tonight.
HH
May 27th, the Ascension of the Lord.
GENE on 14TH MAY 2017 5:58 PM
Lmcbhoy
if you send me £500 in bitcoin I will release Paul67
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£500 is worth 0.36 Bitcoin.
I blame Brexit.
SANDMAN on 14TH MAY 2017 6:09 PM
I’m still nostalgic for the days when a broken blog meant Hun calamity overload and a frantic gleeful search of the news outlets ensued before returning to a revived CQN to revel in their bitter, bitter misery.
I’m so sentimental…
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Stay tuned…! :-))))
The ascension: he 25th but as is the practice these days, services will be at the weekend: 27/28th.
I know Thursday 25th May 1967 was supposed to be a “Holiday of Obligation” BUT….I seem to remember getting the Half Day off school, to allow us and the Teachers to prepare for the game. I was nearly 12 years old, and we left Easterhouse Glasgow, to go to my uncles house in Dennistoun, Glasgow to watch the game.
At the bus stop afterwards with my Grandparents and uncle….Duke St, Dennistoun ( Hun Country) was full of The Green and White, with folk running up and down Duke St and hanging oot windows with Celtic scarves and flags.
HH
This 25th May…I’ll be in feckin Edinburgh Sheriff Court !
Hopefully an OMEN ?
HH
PATMCGRATH @ 6.18
Paul McStay threw his shirt into the jungle way before the internet CSC
“This is the best Tottenham team,…….. I’ve ever seen”
The Bheast of the EBT
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 14TH MAY 2017 6:10 PM
Thanks mate.
I am doing just fine thanks, I trust you are well as well!
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Point taken, and I’d love to think that that kind of loyalty is being bred in the current squad and that the players know there’s more to life and football than the extra money. It’s easy for me to say, but if there is a team that provides offers different “extras”, it’s the one we support.
Saint Stivs on 14th May 2017 5:59 pm
Random wee question.
Name your top 11from all the players who did 6 in a row .
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Nic eides, SS.
— Mine:
Gordon – The rejuvenated Cat proves a sensational steal from the scrapheap.
Lustig – Comeback after comeback from a guy fast becoming a legend. Been written-off as ‘too injury prone’ for at least the last 3 seasons…
Virgil – Class on the ball, fantastic attacking threat and greta presence. Thought his failings haunted us in his final games but overall a greta Celt, and another great piece of business.
Jozo – Looks like a fit Jozo could be the most accomplished Centre back we’ve had this century. defends like an italian from the days of Franco Baresi. Wouldn’t look out of place in front of Buffon in that Juventus defence.
Teirney – A proper ‘wonderkid’. All-in honest player with great engine and ability. Best youngster I can remember coming through in my time wathcing Celtic? Maybe not the swashbuckling sensation that was Chick Nick, but certainly a better professional and Celtic through and through. Best full-back since McGrain.
Broon – Refined, responsible captain hewn from raw tearabout, reckless barnstormer. Was it Lenny who harnessed the Broon horsepower properly? Somewhere in the past few season’s Broony’s gotten focus, confidence and purpose perfectly balanced and his game is beyond anything I ever expected from him. Just refer to his CL stats to see what a fine player we have, as well as a popular, driven captain.
Wanyama – Big Vic the Barcaskelper. Helped us attian CL levels we have dreamed of since. Bargain buy, fitted in quickly with his efficient foermidable style. Sad to see him go but remembered fondly. now proving his worth in the EPL, much to the Scottish hacks’ chagrin.
‘He’s no as good as Bawwy Bawbag…’
Kris Commons – Hunskelper supreme. Arrived on a wave of apathy, proved to be the most astute signing in the past decade; delivered us titles, CL and greetin’ Huns by the hunners of thousands. Unassuming lad makes legendary impact.
Scotty Sinclair – One season, yes, but brought a dimension we’ve missed since Larsson – lightning feet and speed of thought. He’s been dynamic, terrified opposition, defied his latent reputation for being a slacker; haven’t seen the bhoy hide for a moment this season – and if we can improve our on-field communications with him and up his service, we’re going to be thrilled.
Griffiths – Comical anarchistic genius. Sparky had the blog in uproar as hands were wrung and knickers twisted over his off-field karaoke career; thankfully those of us prepared to give a man a chance to prove himself didn’t go wanting – actually managed to score more goals than weans fathered.
Hooper – Poor Gary, became the classic career-arseing-up money-over-glory modern football cliche. Before his pockets and belly swelled with filthy lower-tier EPL lucre he was poised to become an England striker, aiming for World Cups and Euros after his dynamic goalscoring feats with Celtic had his star flaring brightly in the firmament. Hunskelper extraordinaire, fitted perfectly in that Celtic side and ate up the service. Sometimes wonder if he watches the Hoops european games on TV, wondering what might have been. Us too, mate.
Just seen a clip on the news that Sturgeon has admitted worsening literacy and numeracy under her watch – and that doesn’t include Diane Mc abbott :))
Reading about Davie Provan and his battle with ME and some of his symptoms.
I have a different condition and it’s also horrible as Davie said, that you can be in a lot of pain 24/7, and no one thinks that your unwell ?
Cos you are not bleeding, doesn’t mean that your okay ?
I know I am getting worse , and there’s no cure.
if I had the money, I would probably get drunk 4/5 times a week to null the feckin pain.
HH
patmcgrathtakesapenalty on 14th May 2017 6:20 pm
May 27th, the Ascension of the Lord.
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I’m assuming he’ll wait until after the Cup Final, to see us get the treble first?
Big Jimmy
sorry to hear about your problems – my wife suffers with acute sciatica (and me of course)
Stay strong