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Almost exactly 10 years after Celtic fans alleged Porto’s adherence to the rules was less than faithful, when they won the Uefa Cup after extra time, their creative genius, Deco, failed a drugs test a substance used to mask performance-enhancing substances were found in his blood.
Is anyone surprised?
Congratulations to the Celtic under-20 team on securing league and cup double, the fourth consecutive season Celtic youths have recorded this achievement. John Kennedy and Stevie Frail’s operation is years ahead of what was previously known as their domestic competition.
Celtic have been fine-tuning youth development since Tommy Burns returned from Amsterdam all those years ago with new strategies, some of which are still being used. The cream graduate as Champions League players, but Celtic are pretty much running elite-level youth development in Scotland, a fact made clear when you look at the enormous number of Celtic training academy graduates earning a living across the rest of the league.
It used to be the case that Celtic wasted young talent. Perceived wisdom was “Go to Aberdeen or Dundee United, they’ll turn you into a player”. The opposite is now true.
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Missing apostrophe alert: clearly the article’s title should read “Fine-tuning Tommy Burns’ methods”.
Jackie Mac jnr and snr
8:00pm tonight Sky one
Greggs: More than meats the Pie…
Programme follows key staff from front store to boardroom and secret tasting labs, as they prepare for big changes on the horizon.
There’s irony in there somewhere…
Gordon Marshall and his 2 boys
paul67
the continued growth and development of our youth system shows when we are constantly invited to the next gen.series a fantastic acheivement for a team from scotland..and we compete not just make up the numbers
h.h
tommysbhoy
14:27 on
2 May, 2013
dmacb88…what list?were yi googlin m8lol
nah, i was thinking of the players then wiki’ing them to make sure they had had 3 teams.
honest guv! i dont think you’d find anywhere that would give you all the answers anyway.
not that ive checked, more enjoying thinking of past Blue Chip ;o) players myself!
bada bing
Qua is ok but the italian kitchen just next door is better and the italian caffe just down the road is better again . Its been a few years since i have been , new babies equals no social life
Fae last thread Paul Elliott
updated list :
1) Alan McInally
2) Pierre
3) Robbie Keane
4) Gravesen
5) Di Canio
6) TKOK
7) Chris Sutton
8) Roy Keane
9) Tony Cascarino – who unbelievably has played for 5 (yes FIVE) previous winners!!
10) Dion Dublin – well done to GlassTwoThirdsFull !!
11) Stephane Henchoz
12) Paul Elliott – from Green T (good shout)
13) possible – Evander Sno
Bobby M-borgo-ta
Andy and Simon Lynch
Hamiltontim, once upon a time but not anymore. Hamilton Accies may be the exception (and I’m not using Yorkshire rhyming slang there).
NatKnow, ha! Nice oxymoron.
GlassTwoThirdsFull, the gap between youths and a Champions League squad is huge.
Gordon_J, correct, but, in mitigation, apostrophes in titles causes problems for aggregators. I avoid when I remember to.
tommysbhoy, very true.
Season ticket renewal pack arrived today for me and junior number 1. Was considering season ticket number 3 for junior 2 but what’s the point, Tickets can be had for most games. I say this as the big envelope was not proceeded by a small one offering cup final tickets despite being at all previous rounds including being amongst the minority to see Arbroath come to town. Decisions, decisions, don’t know what to do, would like to know what criteria was applied to determine distribution of cup final tickets!
Good to see one of the @STVSport team is moving up in the world. http://t.co/0WmiJ4xtNy
Check the brown brogues on stvgrant.
jc2 thats 3from 10
!!bada bing thats five from ten in total
my wee maws cousin and his da both played for Hoops , both John Paton.
Paul you better have a word with @MattLyndsay at the Evening Times he tweeted that Rangers have the best youth set up :)
HenrIk
A colleague of mine told me yesterday that paul murray is telling anyone in the business world who will listen about the “serious fraud” taking place at ibrox. He seems genuinely convinced that the asset sale will be set aside.
Excuse my ignorance but what does ” the asset sale will be set aside” mean?
JJ
Bada bing – Qua is dross. You’re better trying the Italian Kitchen or Italian Caffè, which are close to it.
TB
I stopped playing as nobody else was
so here…..
ps Tommy Callaghan and his boy ????
mort 14:24
I was thinking the self same thing; as our host might say –
HMMMMM
divitbhoy 14:43
Criteria appears to be take up of cup ties, inc SFs at Hampdump, over last 2 seasons – somebody posted last night
FWIW it appears to me that Celtic took the view to reward those who took cup tickets and PUT MONEY INTO CELTIC.
Divitbhoy,
As one of the few who was at that Arbroath game, I would have thought that that was sufficient for anybody getting a ticket for the Final. We were few and it was bitter. I was lucky and got a ticket this time. There have been plenty of occasions in the past when I wasn’t so lucky.
Been in celtic shop in coatbridge twice today for training day tickets for monday.
They were sold out but were expecting another 250 when I was last in at 1340.
just phoned all gone :))
club holding 1000 tickets back for monday and probably opening a bit more of the ground up due to high demand.
natknow – “we welcome the paper-chase…”
14:27 on 2 May, 2013
Same seminary experience as you. I also found that all those that did not make it as priests turned out to be very fine human beings. As a few on this blog could testify.
Kenny Dalglish and Paul
Kenny and Paul Dalglish.
dmacb88
i was asked that question when it was only big rambo on it…you got 4more than i did on the current list..we were only meant to pass time until paul blogged and look what happens?
h.h
Chavez-cheers mate HH
jungle jim
14:49 on 2 May, 2013
Think he may mean asset sale reversed.
Stevie and Paul Chalmers
paul never made any first team comp.games..
Maybe Celtic will remove the Deco Porto shirt from their restaurant now
God and Henrik.
borgo67 I agree Italian Kitchen great for pre CL afternoon scoff- great staff and craic,foods not bad either, BMCUW concur about Ingram Wynd excellent Peroni also. Hail Hail Hebcelt
so far..
1 jack mac and jackie jnr
2 andy and simon lynch
3 an 4 g.marshall and two sons.gordon an scott(lucky dad)
5 stevie an paul chalmers
pre sixties for the other 5
Mike Conroy (70s/80s) & his father of the same name (50s?)
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon 14:36 on 2 May, 2013……….
Gordon, are you Keith Waterhouse??????? :)
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
kayal 33
weldone 6..4 to go