Where to start on last night’s CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner? We knocked it out the park. Hundreds came, thousands of pounds were raised, enough to help Mary’s Meals build a kitchen for a thousand more school kids in Malawi, and a £5,000 donation to Lisa Hague’s 30k Challenge for Marie Curie Challenge for Cancer Care.
My sincere thanks to everyone who came along and made the night so special, especially those who stepped forward and helped Mary’s Meals and Lisa’s Challenge. The night could not have happened without Phil Agnew’s experience, work and charm. He is a credit to everything good about the Celtic support.
Special thanks to Tom Boyd, John Hughes, Joe Miller and Tommy Coyne, who added range to the night at the Q&A session. Thanks to Stuart Armstrong, who dropped in to spend an hour with us, and share some of his undisguised joy at being a Celtic player.
Archie Macpherson spoke about the world Jock Stein blew apart when he arrived at Celtic 50 years ago this week. Archie’s range on Scottish football is peerless. He became a friend and confidant of Jock, and gave us an insight into the extraordinary man.
No St Patrick’s Night would be complete without great music and for that our thanks to Patricia Ferns and Liam McGrandles, and a special mention those who put their shoulder to the wheel on the night, especially Geo from Biglens and the great hospitality staff at Celtic.
I’ve many people to catch up with but I’m planning to sleep for the next several days. Cup Final apart.
If all weekends were like this weekend………
If all gatherings were like Celtic gatherings……….
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WEE BGFC!
A prediction based more in reality than euphoria!
I’ll take it!
T
CELTIC have made just one change to the starting XI from last weekend’s draw against Dundee United for today’s Scottish League Cup final, presented by QTS, against the Terrors at Hampden.
Kris Commons has returned to the side for today’s showpiece match and will replace James Forrest on the right wing.
The creative attacker last featured for the Bhoys in the 4-0 victory over Aberdeen in the league at Celtic Park and sat out the Hoops’ last two games against St Johnstone and Dundee United to recover from a hamstring problem for today’s match.
He will line up on the right of an attacking three alongside Stefan Johansen and Anthony Stokes, who will all support Leigh Griffiths up front.
CELTIC (4-2-3-1): Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Commons, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths
Subs: Zaluska, Guidetti, Scepovic, Fisher, McGregor, Forrest, Henderson
Oops. Forgot about the rub adub dubs
Zaluska, Guidetti, Scepovic, Fisher, McGregor, Forrest, Henderson
Tom McLaughlin
I reckon we will all be on that couch with you and your Dad today.
Guess he can’t play commons and Forrest
Captain Beefheart,
Same to you mate,
HAIL HAIL.
jmccormick
14:06 on
15 March, 2015
tom mclaughlin
14:02 on 15 March, 2015
cheers, don’t think he’s as good as big George, reminds me of Busquets more. He can be as good as him in my opinion.
Agreed.He could step into that Barca team and you would think it was Busquets.
Stokesy to Scorey!?
He probably will bankiebhoy1, he probably will.
Tom ….braw post….enjoy your day……I have always enjoyed Bells …slainte
this will be the first Cup Final with out ma Dad ….strange feeling …….but they are all watching and hoping just as we are …..come on the Celtic …
braw
Right , time to walk in and walk on….’ mon the Hoops, HH
Tom McG, enjoy watching the game today with your dad. I wish I had my boy watching it with me. And we will get that dram one day.
HH bruv
Emdy at the game with an update on the playing surface?
Lots of standstill football in that team.
Maybe toooo much for Hampden?
Efe and KC on 1 wing, Stokesy on the other……mmm???
LOTS of running for Johansen, or an onus on Brown to get forward?
Lets take our chances and we will win.
Well thats me for now.Just cracked open the 1st bottle of crisp white,if we win,I will be on gibbering later(Whats new there)Enjoy the game troops.
COYBIG.
Cant see them scoring without shifty.
Gone for 4-0 @ 12/1…………… just because -))
LG for 1st goal @ 33/1
Tom, on the bus to the game and have just read your post.
God bless u and your parents
GCT
Well done. Now that’s a good brother.
Hope you have a great day with your parents.
HHo
Team news out yet Fholks?
tom mclaughlin
Hope you have a great day with your mum & dad. Touching tale.
Burgas Hoops,
I do believe that one of these days you will get it spot-on mate.
Hope it’s today!
HH
I hope you score a hattrick Tony and shut this mob up!!
C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THAT INCLUDES ANTHONY STOKES!!!!
Minceyheidmhan, pitch looks ok, but no one has tackled on it yet.
Lovely stuff Tom!
Prayers and best wishes to your folks and you!
Surface looks good Minceyheidman.
MM, are you at the game today? Got a text from pedro, he and dan the man are on their way. Have to settle for watching on the telly. Taking miss acgr to the airport immediately afterwards to start her journey to cambodia.
If you’re going, enjoy mate.
HH
Phillbhoy, so do I, but we are still allowed an opinion
COYBIG , every single one of Us :-)
Hail Hail
At game. Pitch looks fine
To enjoy the game with your Da. God Bless
KTF!!
doc
League Cup final team: Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Commons, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths.
Subs: Zaluska, Guidetti, Scepovic, Fisher, McGregor, Forrest, Henderson.
Cheers Doc, that was my main concern.
A surface where we can move the ball around quickly will suit us.
The bench looks a bit light defensively – hopefully our attackers will negate that as a factor.
C’mon the Hoops!
Neil Lennon & McCartney.
Cheers mate.
Last season i hammered my bookie with KC’s 1st goals the prices were crazy, bit more difficult this season, today’s the day though as you say -)))
Surface looks fab,no bad seat but I’ll sit anywhere tae watch ma beloved hoops.
Hail Hail tims one and all.
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And I’ve got the podium :-)
Hail Hail
Craigellachie10
It normally is and it only ever has either Efe, Mathews or Lustig on it, but their injuries have us down to pretty much players who’s strength’s lie in attack!
With a beer in my hand and matchsticks in my eyelids….Mon the Glasgow Celtic
The live updates is up.