Arne Engels reached an interesting milestone on Saturday. He started his 35th competitive game for Celtic, which is exactly the same number of competitive starts he had made in his senior career before joining Celtic.
Augsburg signed him from the Brugge youth setup in January 2023, then threw him into their midfield for the remainer of the season. The following term he was used more sparingly, as the German side navigated the player’s development.
He arrived in Glasgow last summer, a few days short of his 21st birthday, and has played with very little rest since. He is not only the youngest player in the team, he’s the youngest player in the squad. Nicolas Kuhn, the next youngest who plays regularly, is four years older than him.
Given where Arne is, he has had a remarkable season, way more successful than we were entitled to expect a year ago. There will be dips in form to come, we saw the same with Matt O’Riley in his second season, but Arne’s growth potential is higher than anyone else at the club today. We all have a role to play in helping him get there.
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Wednesday?
Aye. that’ll be right.
An Aipple falls down from the Sky
Saint Stivs on 30th April 2025 11:51 am
Hampden capacity is 51,866.
In all our recent cup finals against provincial clubs there have been unoccupied seats.
Even accounting for unnessesary segregation, there are unsold seats in the opponents end.
Most notably in the debenture areas and lounged of the south stand.
The sfa do not do enough to make these showcase matched fully occupied.
That they allocate Aberdeen 20,000 seats, right around the west and north stands, I hope, but doubt, that they have a plan to get the unsold south stand tickets intto celtic hands. But then again, Celtics allocations for south stand end up as Hospitality packages from Celtic Park.
Build a bigger stadium for goodness sake.
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Aberdeen have secured an allocation of 20,000 tickets for next month’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic at Hampden.
The Dons says it is the “largest allocation we have received for a final” in recent years and they have agreed to underwrite the cost of any unsold tickets.
The club’s statement added: “After extensive discussions, we were initially faced with the option of accepting a guaranteed 16,800 tickets, with a potential (but not guaranteed) additional 2,000 tickets.
“However, driven by our collective belief and confidence in the Red Army, and wanting to give every Dons supporter the best opportunity of being there to back Jimmy and the team, we agreed to underwrite a larger allocation which includes the North Stand up to the halfway line.
“We believe this significant allocation is a testament to our commitment to ensuring as many fans as possible can support the team at this crucial match, our first Scottish Cup final since 2017.”
The game on Saturday 24 May (15:00 BST kick-off) will be shown live on BBC One Scotland and will also be available to watch via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
Happy Wednesday BSR from a Louisville prepping for big horsey race.
What a talent we have in young Engels. Here’s hoping we allow him to realise his enormous potential.
https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/04/30/scottish-gas-scottish-cup-final-ticket-information/
As Moravcik said….Some ST holders can buy 4 tickets…
Paul67
We’re fair missing O’Riley but we’re loving Engels instead 🎶
Oldies CSC
Aipple
Glasgow’s beer gardens are rammed , glorious sunshine ☀️
Somebody will post……. ‘ I think it’s fair Aberdeen should get the same number of tickets ‘ blah blah blah ………….
MissingthePointEntirely CSC
Aff oot
Before Wolfie logs in 👍
Fifty five titles is just banter amongst the three clubs that were in the Old Firm.
John Higgins CSC
To Sunday’s game.
If we lose with no injuries, it’s “meh”.
If we win, it’s “heh!”.
Only bad result for me is a boring draw – I’m mostly looking for no injuries but expecting no official assistance there.
Key members of the Rangers takeover consortium were given a VIP guided tour of Ibrox on Tuesday as a deal draws close to being finalised (Scottish Sun)
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Hello you Americans, my name is William MacWilliamson, legal representative for the sellers but you can call me Billy and I will be your host alongside these fine upstanding board members who will accompaning us, and can you intorduce yourselfs please,
Well howdy, I am Xavier, this is Declan, Dominic and Sister Assunta , and we represents the Saint Francis Catholic Benevoant fund, can we begin.
Okey dokey, lets meander through this entrace of oak panels and notice boards with the history of our chairment, all fine men, a brotherhood even, a bastion of protestant supremacy, loyal and true, each and every one of them.
Lets continue up these mable stairs, past the portraits of our greatest managers, some say there is more marble here than in the vatican city itself, but I would no these things as there will be no poery here.
Billy, can I ask you, what is behind that big door there,
The lights flicker, a chill coldness is felt , the hosts visibly pale, some other are ashen faced, Billy trembles …………….
That sir is the locked door to the fabled blue room, we do not talk about the blue room, and nobody ever dares go in, for there sir is the true history of the Rangers, Legend has it there is a bike and a looving cup, and some pottery, some oars and various pennants from battle campaigns of centuries ago, surrounded by Masonic symbols , some favours of orange and purple, Struths magic bowler hat and and gaurded by a ghostly knight templar, who wasnt really catholic at all.
But Billy can we not see insdie this mystical place ………………
No sir, forget everthing I have told you, it will be our secret,
Lets just say, that this blue romm is bear and there are no trophies there.
Of course Bobby Murdoch was playing inside forward for Celtic at eighteen…
Paul McStay……eighteen also
And Roy Aitken was still at school when he got his break
That said full Marx for Engels in his first season at Celtic
Celtic Mac on 30th April 2025 12:49 pm
full Marx for Engels in his first season at Celtic
Excellent ! -)))
I wonder what kind of season he would have had under Neil Lenin ?
Taps aff BSR!
psst, pass it on. I am sure most will know someone who was a son or daughter of Donegal.
WORKING OVER BY
https://donegal.ie/news/2025/april/share-your-stories-of-working-life-in-scotland
Share Your Stories of Working Life in Scotland
Did you, or someone in your family, spend time working in Scotland between 1940 and 1990? If so, Donegal County Council wants to hear from you. A new exhibition entitled Working Over By is being developed by the Culture Division of Donegal County Council in partnership with the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies. The idea is simple but powerful: to gather and share personal stories of Donegal men and women who made a life, temporarily or permanently, working across the water in Scotland.
“If you have a story to tell, you’re invited to record a short video – no longer than five minutes – using your smartphone” explained Joseph Gallagher, County Donegal Heritage Officer. “It might be your own memory or that of a parent, grandparent or relative. The project team is especially interested in what the work was like, what the working conditions were, and how it felt to be part of that community of Donegal people who worked in Scotland. Many people from Donegal found employment in Scotland between 1940 and 1990 including on farms, buses, roads, building sites, tunnels, bridges, dams, hydro-electric schemes, shipbuilding, domestic service, hotels, shops, biscuit or chocolate factories, health service, religious life and teaching. Some went for seasonal work and came home regularly; others stayed and built new lives there, often maintaining strong ties with home. Through the Working Over By exhibition, there’s an opportunity to record and share those memories for future generations.”
Higgins 12-12 from 8-12,deciding frame now
Williams 13-12 Higgins
Engels has been a great signing. Some of the stick he got earlier in the season was ridiculous.
I also think Idah has been a good signing. 17 goals so far this season on limited minutes – Kyogo scored 20 in his first season and 19 the season before last as a comparison.
I’m a massive fan of Engels and am even coming round to the development of Yang and our 2nd top scorer Idah. I am also a massive fan of the mixed ages of our team with majority in their mid 20s which undoubtedly helps the development of the handpicked few. A great strategy and well done Brendan and all the team involved.
One of the Oz bhoys,has been repporting from there about a young CH,he has watched,saying how good he was.Been reading an article on a new Oz wonderkid,Dylan Leonard,is this the same kid?.Red hot Celtic fan,who the Oz media have been raving about.
Might have been Quadrophenian praising him recently.
Surely someone is watching him.
Celtic Mac,
Bobby Murdoch was not a very good inside right.Too slow when he played there.Although I am sure he scored a hat trick against them in a Glasgow Cup tie,and equalised against them
in Scottish final in 1963.
Engels is a thoroughbred.
being the statto and historian that I am, some little current utterances bother me a little.
When comparing “major honours” as a benchmark between us and thems (collectively) , it is used to legitamilse the continuity myth.
But also, allocating the majour honour medal collection to James and Callum, and Scotty is good-ish, but who determines what a major honour is ?
The Glasgow cup and the Glasgow Merchants cup were, imho , equivalent to post ewar league cup.
All those British cups and one offs, in their day, their era were they an equivalent to a european trophy, The Empire Exhibition, the Coronation cup, the war victory invitation events, if it was a competition surely it is a major honour ?
I feel some we do our greats an injustice, Bobby and Billy, how many Glasgow cups when iit still attracted 70,000 crowds ?
Alec McNair and Jimmy McMenmy, how many combined cups, Maley himself treble winners before he ever became the secretary.
TURKEYBHOY; it was indeed me who gushed about young Dylan and me and Mrs Quad met him at a recent game where he stated his love of the Hoops; it was the Mrs who told him if he kept going he may one day play for Celtic; and he just beamed when she said that. Honestly don’t know if I’ve ever seen such a composed kid for 17yrs old:
https://aleagues.com.au/news/a-league-western-united-dylan-leonard-stats-highlights-celtic-transfer-news/
On a more sombre note, we just watched Louis Theroux’s new doco called The Settlers 2025.
Pathological madness personified:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC8l09ut418
@St Stivs at 12:02
“Build a bigger stadium for goodness sake.”
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The SFA could have bought a bigger stadium with a celebrated marble staircase for £5m in 2021…
how ? and why ?
hampden has always been bigger than the vadgers hovel
and lastly the smsm referring to brendan as scotlands greatest living manager.
distasteful to those who have passed on and even more so to our great managers still with us
what on earth relevance us it
This megalomaniac Trump, bringing Turnberry into the Tariff argument, to get it back on the Open roster,he’s a gangster.
TURKEYBHOY on 30TH APRIL 2025 2:08 PM
Celtic Mac, Bobby Murdoch was not a very good inside right.Too slow when he played there.Although I am sure he scored a hat trick against them in a Glasgow Cup tie,and equalised against them in Scottish final in 1963.
*History will tell us that it was the Big Mhan who turned him intae a world class right half, not so it had been already recognised but Paddy Crerand already held that position, oul Jimmy tried Bobby there but he didnae have the right partner to compliment him in midfield until; Jock had Sir Bob bring back wee then thirty and the rest is truly history.
Jimmy also originally tried the Bear on the left wing to devastating effect in the 3-1 win over them on John Thompson’s 33rd Anniversary, the first time in my young life I saw us beat them live.
bb.
outside hampden last sunday three elderly Celtic supporters were discussing going to Florida on vacation.
one said but what about that trump
the response was what has he got to do with us and anyways we are still playing at turnbury.
i despair
dear seats mind you maybe we do have some tory type supporters
Good afternoon all from the Brazen Head, Cumberland Street looking typically tropical. 🌞
No way Aberdeen will sell 20k of tickets for Hampden ,and if they do, be 3 up at halftime and they can catch the early train.
BRRB
Good afternoon from a roasting Trossachs. Phone says 22° more like 28° especially if you are staining the decking !
A few days of painting and drinking, only with the dug woof woof, then home for the hun game.
Prestonpans
I may have a pink gin J . In the Brazen. Let the good times roll!!
Prestonpans
Wtf are you staining the decking with?
Aberdeen want 20,000 tickets for the final?
A few years ago they were talking about building a new stadium out by Milltimber (?) With seating for 10 to 12 thousand fans ? That’s ambition? This was when there many oil jobs in Aberdeen. Board have no ambition at all
BRRB
I used to work for Siemens who were looking to relocate their southern office.
They were considering Staines until someone pointed out that the telephonists (remember them) would answer the phone with ” Siemens Staines” – they didn’t move there