You and I get to celebrate trophy wins more than any other football fan on the planet. We have lived through a procession of unparalleled success, which started at the turn of the century, and kicked up a gear nine years ago.
This means we can be accused of taking success a little lightly compared to fans of other clubs, who would perhaps cherish a sliver of our silverware. This debate crept into the open this week, after the defeat at St Johnstone. The criticism, that we are indulged and unappreciative is unfair, for some of us, anyway.
This period (generation +) of domination was preceded by the long, dark, 90s, a decade which delivered the same number of trophies we expect to collect this season. Success was rare, those of us who supported Celtic through it, have appetites sharpened in those times.
Let me take you back to the season this Generation of Domination all started; 2000-2001. By April 2001 Celtic had won the League Cup, were on their way to winning the Scottish Cup and were miles ahead in the league. The third treble in our history was within touching distance.
We needed six points to secure the title and our next two games were at home, to Dundee and St Mirren. The Wednesday night game against Dundee was far from straightforward. An early Tommy Johnson goal was cancelled out in the second half as Dundee, with the likes of Caniggia threatened to spoil the party.
Celtic’s winner came with minutes remaining from Johan Mjallby. Post-match, Martin O’Neill was clearly irritated by the audible frustration of the fans when play did not go Celtic’s way. Martin’s point was that the players were achieving hugely, football was not easy, so what was everyone stressing about?
He was completely blind to what 58,000 of us were thinking. We wanted to be there to see Celtic win the league. Watching on television is great, but being there! It is something special, something that no matter how many times I experience it, remains a touchpoint in my life.
Our disappointment last weekend is not about a poor performance, it’s that for most of us, we will be sitting at home when Celtic win the league, instead of being at Celtic Park. No matter how many times we win, these trophies still matter.
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Aye, that’ll be Friday.
Might be Friday Aipple but Just another day when you are working 7 days a week :)
Work? Whassat?🤔
It’sh the lawsh of the game thatsh wrong Moneypenny!
Spot on P67,far too much negativity surrounding a possible Treble? Looks like some on here didn’t suffer the huns cheating 9 IAR ,but some critics clearly having a cheap shot at our manager, proxy bullets fired on behalf of a previous CEO,who won’t leave the building .
DENIABHOY – 7 days? Take a day off.
BRRB – We all know you have to look at your phone to know what day of the week it is.
Aipple
It’s Thursday, you impertinent young pup.
BRRB
Quite right, have a good one good sir.
Paul67
Where were Celtic when another mercurial Irishman notched up his 11 trophy, from a possible 12?
Mon the Hoops 🍀🇮🇪
Paul 67,
Was sooooo much looking forward to a party tomorrow.
Cest la vie.
Rightly or wrongly; Maybe some of us are not quite so excitied about a treble anymore . Its not that unusual. I think we have done it 8 times.
For me the Champions League has eclipsed it. It was brilliant , but possibly we could have done better. I look forward to better.
European football refreshes the parts that domestic football cannot reach..
I doubt anyone on here will admit to that, but I truely feel European success is where our aspiration must lie.
HH.
Bigbhoy yesterday at 5.24
Are you a plastic Basque ? 🤪
Copywrite Mhairi Black
which started at the turn of the century, and kicked up a gear nine years ago.
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I wonder what happened 9 years ago…?
Right we’ve hid a chip in and we’ve just bought a Reggy
Who fancies a five- elevener or a ten – twenty wanner..
You had to be there ! 🤪👍
If we win tomorrow and the Huns don’t lose, then we can win it the next game (two weeks). Not sure if our last 5 have 2 or 3 at home, but there’s still a chance we can win at home in a fortnight.
Ziggy- the cops will decide the post split games
Starting watching Celtic in the 50s, I never saw us collect any silverware (apart from maybe the Charity Cup) until 1965. That day is etched on my soul. Nothing comes near to that feeling of sheer elation and joy. Many a game has passed since then (and many a wonder goal scored) but I can instantly see in my mind Big Billy rising to head Charlie Callagher’s corner into that Dunfermline net.
Ideally you want to win the title at home, even better on the last day of the season as in 1997-98, but failing that dont we get presented with the trophy at home anyways? As for the G.O.D. schtick, I’l leave that to the David Murrays of this world. And no I do not expect to win the remaining two trophies of this season, the SPL title is within our grasp certainly, and I hope and believe that we will win the Scottish Cup, not expect to.
7deadlysinsCSC
Provided the Huns don’t lose and we win, then the first game post split could be title day.
I don’t believe we’ll be sent to Ibrox with the opportunity to win the league so we’ll more than likely get a CP match first game after the split.
That said, I expect the Huns to get beat on Sunday.
Fred
After Barca win, I feel my Catalan DNA coming out
If we win tomorrow I will celebrate as if we’ve clinched the league.
Good times.
I’m comfortable with the generation of domination label …
Not because it is a stick to beat with or a bauble to publicly crow about
But rather it happens to be accurate.
I also like to reflect on the fact that it has not happened by accident.
A small group of guys got together and decided how they were going to lead Celtic up, over, past and beyond Murray’s overleveraged behemoth.
Took vision, brains, faith AND guts .. to ride out the many bumps along the way and to have the mettle not to bow to short termism or populism.
It also took four special human beings doing the most important job at any football club across a 25 year period to bring it home …
.. including our current manager.
Good to hear Brendan saying the squad needs a revamp for next season
Erratic, count me in LOL
The original and honest NIAR:
1966 – Fir Park
1967 – Ibrox
1968 – East End Park
1969 – Rugby Park
1970 – Swinecastle
1971 – Hampden, the Celtic Stand was being renovated at the time)
1972 – Methil
1973 – Easter Road
1974 – Brockville
Brendan presser
https://youtu.be/CC24w_o_ck0?si=7tlRQTLaeUQ5GNrp
HH
1977 – EASTER ROAD, MY FIRST TITLE WINNING MATCH.
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AM I NOT RIGHT IN THINKING WINNING THE LEAGUE AT HOME IS A RELATIVELY MODERN OCCURANCE ?
i seem to remember the 4-2 dame was celebrated as being so rare to win at home ?
wiki
The 1953–54 Scottish Division A was won by Celtic, who finished five points ahead of the second placed club Heart of Midlothian. Celtic won their 20th league title with a match still to play, when they defeated Hibernian 3–0 at Easter Road on 17 April 1954. It was the club’s first league championship win in 16 years.
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Last week was a shitshow from start to finish and took away the chance to win the league this week at Paradise. Given what this team has given us, it can be excused, though I am looking for us to come out flying from first minute tomorrow and get right at Killie.
In Benalmadena for this one as I was last week before young Kelvinbhoy and I head to Seville for Easter weekend and the Sevilla v Alaves game.
1938-04-23: St Mirren 1-3 Celtic, League Division 1 –
Trivia
Champion form was the order of the day for Johnny Crum who scored in the first minute to settle any nerves the champions elect might have had. Jimmy Delaney added a second in 27 minutes then St. Mirren’s internationalist Robert “Bobby” Rankin headed home from a Alex Hanlin cross just before half-time to make the score 1-2. Crum’s second in 75 minutes sealed a win for the bhoys at Paisley, that was fairly comfortable in the end.
Celtic are confirmed as League Champions for the 19th time following this game on a day that saw East Fife and Kilmarnock draw 0-0 in the 60th Scottish Cup Final before 78,000.
The King, was involved in a slight accident while driving his car near Windsor Castle when it collided with another car.
It is predicted that in the forthcoming budget Sir John Simons, the Chancellor will close loopholes which allow tax-evasion.
A trade agreement between the governments of Eire and Northern Ireland is to be released at Stormont today while Mr de Valera lunches with Mr Chamberlain in London.
Ah the auld Heidy Fitbaw. What larks!
1936 – firhill
1926 – tynecastle
1922 – the cappielow riot as celtic win the flag
I totally get it. I really do. Totally!
I’m going to tell you something right now. I really am.
Absolutely.
That was a wonderful piece of skill. It really was. A wonderful piece of skill.
I can understand what the laws of the game say. I really can but the Ref was wrong to send him off/award a penalty/disallow a goal. He really was.
Some of the inane utterances of a fat trumpet who loves the sound of his own voice.
1919 somerset park, last game of the season
Review
The excellent Celtic historian & author David Potter wrote this, an excerpt from a chapter in his book “Celtic – How the League was won 49 times” LINK
“This [date] was exceptionally late for 1919, but it was an exceptional season with Victory Internationals hastily arranged the previous Saturday.
Celtic travelled to Ayr United while Rangers were at Clyde. Celtic only needed to beat Ayr for the Championship. The weather was pleasant and 10,000 were at Somerset Park with the trains from Glasgow all full.
They saw a nervy display by Celtic for the first half hour but then good work from Patsy Gallacher found the unmarked Andy McAtee who shot home from the edge of the penalty box.
The second half was long and painful with news coming through the public address system than Rangers were beating Clyde, but eventually with 10 minutes to go Adam McLean, now playing at centre forward because McColl was injured, took up a pass from McAtee and scored.
The delight of the fans was tangible and obvious with Ayr Station that night seeing great scenes with “The Wearing O’ The Green” mingling incongruously with “Pack Up Your Troubles” and “It’s a Long Way To Tipperary”.
There had been no trouble that day, but the Ayr police were not sorry to see the trains depart, for Ireland was a tense place in 1919, and Celtic fans were aware of it all.
They did now however have something to cheer about, as more and more soldiers came home to renew their acquaintance with Patsy Gallacher, Jimmy McMenemy, Eck McNair and Andy McAtee.”
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The 4-2 game when the TV Cameras were conspicuous with their absence similar to the 7-1 game where they also were absent.
Hmmmm CSC
Greenpinata
Totally agree with you that Europe must always be the main focus for us. Since watching Celtic throughout the 1960s I’ve always felt that we are a big European Club. However, we have underachieved because our custodians have not always matched our ambition. The League title is important because it is the means to getting into the CL and the Scottish Cup is important because it gives us a day out to celebrate.
Emma Dodds and Alan Hutton stood outside the tunnel pre-match and were gushing in their praise of the noise being created by the Hun support, to a backdrop of “We’re up to oir knees in Fenian blood”.
Tells us all we need to know about Scottish Football in the 17th — sorry — 21st century.
Burnley78 — I haven’t posted for a while and might have missed something, but I sincerely hope someone has hijacked your CQN account.
BSR
4-2 game was blocked by a strike.
The 7-1 game was a strange one. There was film of the first half taken but someone is supposed to have put a lens cap on the camera at half time and forgot to remove it for the second half.
The claim was / is that the camera was running for the second half but only filmed the inside of the lens cap.
Another great camera / live broadcast story is the live broadcast of the hun v cologne game when Cologne scored a goal and a still of the crucifixion scene from Jesus of Nazareth appeared on TV screens throughout almost immediately.
A trailer for the series was being broadcast on the national ITV stations at the same time and a switch was “accidentally” flicked, switching the STV programme to receive the trailer.
A Celtic supporter working in STV (hard to believe I know) is alleged to have been sacked over that one but I don’t know the truth of that.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story CSC
GG’SHAMSTRING
I wasn’t there for ‘Hampden in the Sun’ but I was at CP to celebrate the the historic 10 men won the League 4-2 victory.
The joy at that victory was slightly incomplete as there was no TV footage from the game. But a few weeks later there was news of a film of the entire game being screened at a parish hall in Cardonald, I think.
So, it was into the car and up the M8 to Cardonald . Some Celtic director fronted the film which he described as ‘experimental ‘. It was indeed quite the experiment. The audience saw experimental film of the CP grass, the nets, players’ boots, mud and there was one shot of George McCluskey celebrating a goal. In total the admission price was ten bob.. Daylight robbery. We should have e been awarded a tenner each to compensate for the disappointment.