Dateline 66-67: Celts open League Cup defence at Tynecastle

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The Football Specials will be packed today with optimistic Celtic fans ahead of their opening competitive game of season 1966-67 at Tynecastle.  The Glasgow club hope to win the League Cup for the fourth time in their history. They face a Hearts team looking to win the League Cup for the firth time, which last season became increasingly dependent on lightning-fast striker, Willie Wallace.

By comparison, the reigning Division One and League Cup champions have two of the best wingers in the country. Bobby Lennox and Jimmy Johnstone were the only Celtic players to score in their final eight competitive games of last season, as Jock Stein’s team’s fitness proved crucial with a barrage of late goals.

St Mirren visit Clyde in the other Group 4 game, the only group with all Division One teams, but it’s the two giants who meet in Edinburgh who are favourites to produce the group winner.

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  1. Mickbhoy1888

     

    How do you know I wear nail polish :-)

     

    HH

     

    Angelgabriel

     

    Yip, that should do it, thank her for me.

     

    Can you also ask her if you can get it in a Satin finish :-)

     

    HH

  2. BOURNESPICE, Celtic agreed to be in the ICCUP before end of last season. Saves us trying to sort out trying to ensure preseason games against decent teams while negotiating the CL qualifiers. Bet the Scottish media would be slavering over the Ibrox club if they were involved.

  3. wee bit of confusion there…..fasan comes for it but boyata disnae let him have it and a bit of chaos ensues

  4. briliant play from henderson who dummies n turns and gets his pass away as he is fouled

  5. I think taking part in this tournament and returning to the group stages of the CL this year hopefully will have raised the clubs Euro profile again after last seasons dismal performance.

     

     

    Might be me but things seem to be falling into place in a Celtic kind of a way..

  6. 20 minutes in 0-0 and the football should start soon.

     

    RC not able to get power into his shot when we broke

  7. gearoid1998 on 13th August 2016 7:31 pm

     

     

    Nothing seems to be going for Armstrong. He can trap a ball further than I can kick it.

     

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    He’s an average player, was the same at Utd crazy that we thought he was anything but

  8. It’s a bit of an education for McCart against this calibre of opposition but he’s doing well.

  9. Thunder Road on 13th August 2016 7:32 pm

     

     

    why do they not put the ball out the park when you need another bottle of beer?

     

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    You need to stream the match to tablets in your kitchen :o)

     

     

    In the olden days i used to have a radio on in the toilet just for such occasions