When tickets went on sale for Saturday’s game against Kilmarnock the hope of many was that this would be the game 8-in-a-row would be tied up. What could have been a party will instead be a day we gather to respect the memory of our greatest ever captain.
Many, especially the older generation, will just want to be at Celtic Park on Saturday, to sit among friends and recall times of joy and angst.
Memories of Vojvodina, Cruyff – three times, 10 men, standing nose-to-nose with a referee on the touchline. Of the utter joy that was the Centenary Season, the glory and celebrations of a lifetime at the top of the game. Other fields bestowed greater prizes on Billy, but Celtic Park was home. I’m glad we will gather there this weekend.
I loved Cruyff, but he had an edge to him. He twice got the better of Billy in the early 70s, those encounters leaving an aftertaste that lasted until the 1982 European Cup meeting between Celtic and Ajax, when Billy was manager and Johan back as a player at Ajax. After a first leg draw at Celtic Park Johan made a dismissive comment that loosely translated as ‘getting the better of McNeill as a manager, as well as a player’. The Dutchman was silenced in Amsterdam two weeks later.
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Jobo: BBC 1 or 2?
wee Karamoko Dembele is 1.6M
Almore – neither! Its the new-ish BBC SCotland channel that launched a few weeks ago. You can watch the channel live via BBC iPlayer (I understand) but some of the cleverer clogs on here might be able to supply more detailed advice.
Sky 115
An Tearmann at 1.54am on the previous thread. Thank you for posting Frantic07 ‘s photograph of Billy holding the big cup looking down the Celtic Way.
Its a photo as classy as Billy was.
Thanks again to Frantic for his work and your good self for sharing it here.
jobo: Thanks. I’m trying to watch it through an IPTV subsciption but that channel isn’t listed.
Jobo…thanks for the reminder….freeview 009 for us on council tele ;-))
IPlayer doesn’t work here either.
Might it be on YouTube?
Can you get a bet on the game tonight HH
So not only did I convince myself it’s Friday and head into town to meet my nephew, I had already tagged the game for a reminder…this getting auld is a basturt ;-))
Almore…Mobdro? Redbox TV? TVTap or Kodi?
Paul67 et al
Lenny is well intended but I hope we ignore his idea that the number 5 strip is ‘retired’. Although we are getting into NFL numbers squad wise, I hope we do not go down the road of American Sports. We didn’t do it with Jimmy, Kenny and Henrik got that opportunity, and we should not do so with Billy’s jersey. If there is a player that can fill it, and there might well be, let him wear it.
TLT: thanks, but they are not options for me, I’m afraid.
Hamdump empty…FTSFA better get used to it ;-))
Was the youth cup final tickets by invitation only rather than open sale?
The lurkintim
I just got my suit out the wardrobe to go to a tomorrow ooops it’s next Friday ? HH
Ffs…even the ref looks like an u-18
Wedding that is ?
Celtic Mac – my thoughts exactly, thank you.
FrannyB67 thanx…so it’s not jist me then ? Both teams still trying to settle…bloody hell Sevco jnrs shot in the box deflected for corner…and another
Sevco take the lead. 4 minutes. Well placed shot.
1 doon
Ffs…corner breaks to edge of box…Dixon places in into left hand bottom corner 0 – 1 down grrrrrr
2don
Not the best start. 2 down after 6 minutes!
Oh dear…fk headed out…drive from edge of box 0 – 2 down
A lovely worked free kick
Great through ball from mid…keeper jist beats our striker to it…better from us
Rotten start, clearly they have been working on set pieces, need the next goal to let the bhoys settle
Corner tic
And another
Corner Celtic…just cleared by defence…better one driven in…Celtic player down burst nose
Young celt down ..busy nose ?
Busy ???? Bust
like to see how he was injured
Question…why are black armbands traditionally worn on the left arm?
Davie Hay and Danny Mac with NFL in the sparse crowd…zero replay of the injury
Side Show Bob hiding out in the Sevco Under 17 team.