It was the Gary Hooper show as a five goal performance by Scottish football’s top scorer this season lit up a wet and windy Celtic Park on trophy day. Two poachers’ goals inside the opening 8 minutes had the capacity crowd celebrating. The opener came after Hearts’ keeper Jamie MacDonald saved a Kris Commons shot but Hooper was on hand to knock home the rebound.
The crowd had only just settled from that goal when Georgios Samaras broke down the left channel and squared a pass for Hooper to knock into the empty net.
Celtic were awarded a penalty six minutes before the break when Joe Ledley had his ankle clipped inside the box. Gary Hooper, not a prodigious scorer from the spot, smashed the ball straight down the middle and into the net.
David Templeton was unable to hit the target midway through the second half with what turned out to be Hearts only attempt at goal all game.
Hearts conceded cheaply on 66 minutes when Kris Commons found the unmarked Hooper inside the box who gratefully converted for his fourth.
By now it was all about whether we would see Hooper score a fifth, a feat most of us had never witnessed by a Celtic player before. He duly obliged two minutes from time when he rounded the exposed MacDonald and slotted the ball home before the late-arriving surge of Hearts defenders.
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Udinese still winning and looking good for the Champions league qualifiers. Smashing supporters but could do with the cash to upgrade that stadium!!
Agent Craig green and whyte,
I remember Petric saga too.
I remember TB also wanting to sign Neil McCann and Alan McLaren. Dariusz Adamczuk was also supposed to be signing for Celtic. Guess where they all went?
I distinctly recall Davie Provan on radio saying Rangers had made a last minue bid for Phil O’Donnell but the player woud not hear of it.
23rd May is now like a big game or massive night out you have circled in your calendar. There is nothing that would shock me though.
Our only crime was not being paranoid enough
TJ
Big up to poster yesterday who was saying
“Get on celtic -2 v diet huns 11/4 resting players for cup*
Never got 11/4 got 5/2 in hills and pushed my usual £1 bet up to £20
and I was talking about thier own stadium not the one on espn now :)
Great day in Paradise today, absolutely magic, couldn’t have written the script any better, Man City and the EPL, think about this before anyone has any good thoughts for them, the Abu Dabi Arabs have spent £938 million since 2009,
Net £500 odd million on Citeh when you take away sales and turnover in 3 seasons, there will be no good feelings from me, they represent everything that is rotten with modern football in the UK, they are closely followed by Manure (hahahaha GIRFUY) and Chelski…………scum.
The EPL is a poisoned chalice, i hope we never end up there.
Hail Hail Neil and the Bhoys, i hope they have a great night!
WeedontneednostinkinhunsCSC!
gebhoy
Tommy Joad
Huns also did a last minute attempt on John Collins
he told them to GTF
The coverage from Sky today was crap.
HH
Martin 42
I think you are correct. I believe a 1-1 draw at Love street (where we equalised seconds after their goal) was followed by a 4-4 draw at Celtic Park (we were down 3-1) then we won the second replay 5-2 with Neil Mochan scoring all five. I was at all three games but am giving these “facts” from memory so check it up if you want to be sure.
JJ
So will minty lose his gong? ..oh dear :)
Now that RFCiA have been saved (Whew! what a relief that is!!!), does that mean Motherwell won’t get to play their Champions League games at Ibrokes next year then?
Especially crap
Re Murray allegedly phone hacking – Gordan Petric.
Heard every time we bid, they came in with an extra £100k.
The story I heard goes that Tommy Burns asked for Petric and told Fergus he was worth £800k.
Rangers bid £900k, £1.1m, £1.3m and £1.5m in response to our bids.
When TB asked for £1.6m, Fergus said to him, “Let it go Tommy. You’re asking for twice what you said he was worth. Rangers can have him.”
I wonder if phone hacking is how Murray knew what we were bidding?
If true about moonbeams then the Bunnet will be like a dog wi a bone in the courts.
HH
Oh dear, their potential future is green (with envy)!!!
Hi Guys, having missed the Killie 6-0 game I thoroughly enjoyed seeing us “winning” the SPL today.
But how frustrating that we’ve gubbed the teams that cost us the Treble 11-0!!
BTW there are 30 mins of celebrations on celticfc.net.
Also, mobiles were out in ’89. They were the size and weight of a brick and you could dig a trench with the “aerial.
I think it is more likely to be agents rather than any hacking
johann murdoch on 13 May, 2012 at 20:29 said:
I think you’re wonderful too …..LOL
It was great to meet your good self and Tiny Tim ….. Pity it was at the end of celebrations…. I was knackered…..look forward to meeting up with you Ghuys next season…… Have a great summer….
Malorbhoy, you better get me a CQN BADGE by the first game next season.
I don’t know if any speedway fans are here?
Lee Richardson died in Wroclaw after accident he had during the race. Only 33 years old.
Our friends Villarreal are going down as it stands.
Billy bhoy,
We were diddled.
HH
Rayo Vallecano just scored, famous ex-Rangers EBT target Raúl Tamudo just scored against Granada. Villarreal are the team who will pay the price. Villarreal are down. The Rayo game all over. Granada lost to Rayo but stay up.
Rayo were going down until the Tamudo goal. It came right at the death.
Villarreal have been in the top division for 12 years, mostly punching right above their weight for a team from such a small city.
I really feel for them.
Martin42…
Hope you are well.
Re Neilly Mochan -see my post at 19:33.
Saint Stivs…
11-0 v Dundee?
Apparently William Ferguson scored 5 that day (including 4 penalties!) another one for the list!
Other scorers were Meechan, Doyle, Battles (2) Blessington.
The referee was never seen again!
Think we should remember that miller dropped out after 2 days due diligence …. I’ll give Green until Wednesday…….
Margaret McGill wherever you may be,
Last night I posted a small tribute to Francis Hughes on his anniversary and you said I had cheapened his memory by posting it on this blog.I take absolute gross exception to that comment and make no apology whatsoever to saluting an Irish hero.Far from being kept out of the picture,this is exactly the sort of place where these people should be remembered.You stated that a blog is not a place for these heroes.No,this is where they will be remembered.Always.
Sally to have discussions with the new owners regarding transfer targets for next season – but we have no money says Green -it’s never stopped us in the past says Sally
Raúl Tamudo scored for Rayo Vallecano on 91 minutes 30 seconds.
67 heaven ..it was old tim you met ..not tiny tim ..however he was nearby ..hh
Loved the whistling too !
Potential buyer Green is one of a few ” venture capitalists” of the clan. The clue here is the second word of that description. Capital, which there is none in SPL to make profit. Therefore assets to sell are the focus……mmm?
Green hasn’t bought anything ..preferred bidder at the moment ..subject to due diligence …then. Kaboom !
Tricoloured Ribbon on 13 May, 2012 at 20:52 said:
Wouldn’t let them upset you TR.
You are 100% correct that this is a place to remember.
long haired yins man on 13 May, 2012 at 20:56 said:
Don’t you mean ‘vulture capitalist’ – they’ll have a look if there is no reasonable prospect of a ROI they will ‘walk away’
Hear Hear Tri coloured ribbon.
R.I.P Oglach Francis Hughes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqdu4OyrGDM
Top ten in La Liga with points totals.
1 R. Madrid 100
2 Barcelona 91
3 Valencia 61
4 Málaga 58
5 At. Madrid 56
6 Levante 55
7 Osasuna 54
8 Mallorca 52
9 Sevilla 50
10 Athletic 49
A hun relative of mine has put this up on FB earlier
” Listening to Radio Clyde… Selik fans singing “Glasgow Celtic Champions oh oh oh oh oh ooooho”. If you don’t need Rangers then stop copying our songs… it’s been the trend for years. Prove you can stand on your own two feet for once! ”
HUNBELIEVABLE!!!!
LMAO!!!
Stupid hurtin’ huns!!!
CHAMPIONS!!!
Hail hail
MME
Amazing stuff. Athletic Bilbao were magic, wiped the floor with Manchester United, but finished more than 50 points off the pace.
Saint Stivs… miised out a scorer, Sandy McMahon, in that 11-0 drubbing of Dundee.
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I am sitting here well bluttered probally had to much of the Irish necture that is Jameson’s.But hey Iam a tim and Iam one lucky person (for want of a better word that I cannot use on this site)You know I could not care to fecks what happens to the dark side they can die they can survey, as long as I have my team my family my team Celtic I will be a happy man.God Bless Glasgow Celtic