A five star performance from Celtic extended their lead at the top of the table to an incredible 17 points as Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper dictated the pace and outcome of the game. Stokes made sure he got on the end of a Charlie Mulgrew corner on 14 minutes to head the opening goal from inside the six yard box. Six minutes later it was 0-2 when Hooper collected on the halfway line before playing a forward pass to Stokes. Stokes advanced into the box before slipping the ball to Hooper, who slipped the ball underneath Graham Stack from 10 yards out.
Hibs first genuine attempt arrived midway through the first half when Adam Matthews failed to deal with a long ball and was robbed by Stevenson but Fraser Forster saved. Wotherspoon then had a good chance 8 yards out when he met a cross from the left but his attempt went wide.
Celtic should have had a penalty when Anthony Stokes again rushed into the box before cutting back and had his ankles clipped but the referee waved play-on.
Two minutes after the break Charlie Mulgrew removed any remaining doubt about the result. Gary Hooper was fouled 23 yards from goal and Mulgrew thundered the resulting free kick into the far corner of the net.
Hooper and Stokes linked again when the former back-heeled for the latter but Graham Stack blocked the shot from 12 yards. Hooper’s second goal of the game arrived seven minutes into the second half when James Forrest passed to Mulgrew who fed Hooper. The striker’s shot bobbled over the diving Stack into the net.
A careless back-heel by Kelvin Wilson was collected by Gary O’Connor who crossed for Leigh Griffiths but Forster collected comfortably. The rout was completed when Stokes fed substitute Kris Commons whose wayward shot struck the knee of Ki and deflected into the net. Joe Ledley almost made it six when he won a header from a Ki corner but his attempt rebounded off the bar.
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DAMN YOU KI!!!
Had £2 on stokes to score first and 4-0 celtic at 55-1; imagine my horror when ki scored by accident
Great win though, if there was any doubt about us being the best team in scotland, its gone now; a fantastic performance!!!
Gordon_J
Thanks, a cap is well past it’s due date. Then at least Heid will have someone to cover for his occasional howlers.
How did you know my feindish plan VertWolf?
Back to the drawing board ;o)
WouldHaveGotOffWithItIfitWasntForYouPeskyKids CSC
Tbb
That would be my guess.
But one of Phil’s tweets said something about the polis investigating one thing, and uncovering a past crime, get’s the mind working overtime….
TET
clearly it will have been some form of document
usually a signed document ..like a cheque , security or something of that nature
probably something to do with finance …loan documentation etc
Well just how much fun was THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
When we win the league?
Adult jelly and ice cream
For the lemon ice cream
■4 lemons (I would use organic) for lemon peel and lemon juice
■2/3 cups lemon juice
■1 1/2 cups water
■1 cups plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
■2/3 cup heavy cream
For the strawberry puree
■2/3 pound fresh strawberry (You can use frozen) should end up with 2 cups
■If fresh, wash strawberries in cold water. If frozen, defrost and puree strawberries.
■Chill at least two hours before using.
For the sparkling wine
■ 1 1/4 cups Prosecco
It’s a boozy slush puppie…
U
ernie lynch,
I was using the Craigorian Calendar where you can have as many days in the week as you like and every one of them’s a winner !
HT
lennybhoy said he met the auld yin today….
bjmac has a few crackers on FB of his visit to HMRC and MIM HQ….
oh dear… I have appeals tomorrow….. o((
Has nobody at ibrox heard of these things?
:O).
obonfanti1888 ,
I LOVE KI !
Had a tenner on them to win 5 – 0 !
Goal of the season !
Why would we want Charlie to be called into the Scottish squad,they are utter pash.He would just get blamed for their continuing rubbish displays.Charlie think of your Celtic career first and last and only.Slan
at the moment every day seems to be a funday…
welcome to the house of fun….
Celtic
Ragers
Motherwell
Hearts
HMRC
Neil an the wheans,
Thank you, you are showing the tax dodgers how Football should be played.
Bma
BRING BACK THE RANGERS
BRING BACK THE RANGERS
MWD
Hector’s House
Celtic have 2 games before Rangers play again:
Dunfermline – I want them stuffed for Yorkston’s fawning Cap doffing cringeworthy statement despite not getting 80K. Sutton was right.
Motherwell – sharpening their studs at this very moment and Lasley has a full week’s rest as he was sent off yesterday. Royally pump them Celtic.
Would love to see those teams get a beating but 1-0 both times will do.
23points before they go to Inverness. It could be 23 or 22 points of a difference. Thems have a game in hand (to be played on St Patrick’s day against United).
Butcher’s team are unpredictable but can take something – Hopefully a Draw
Then we play Aberdeen and can be 25/26 in front. They are at home to Hearts who still have their good players. I think the Jambos can win that one.
This then means that when they play Dundee United should they lose, they will be 25/26 points down having only 8 matches left – 24 points.
Celtic Champions officially. They can’t get other games in during our Cup quarter final.
Now that is the dream scenario.
What a St Patrick’s weekend that would be.
Paul 67
If this isn’t the end of TFOD I may have some serious explaining to do.
The quartet of CQN, Phil, Taxcase & Twitter have led me to be derilict in even pretending to listen to the wife. Total OCD at the moment.
At a crap night out last night she “caught” me hiding outside with the smokers checking the blog.
I have reasoned my way out of the doghouse by explaining that once the Hun cease to exist, pre administration levels of activity will be re established. If they are not liquidated I may find myself at Relate.
Again!!
Anyway, I would like to join those who have already thanked you. I feel as if you’ve almost been keeping me hostage on here, with the quantity and quality of articles. Clearly I have a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome.
Such a long road to vindication. Though not too lonley I hope. I’m sure your Ice Cream must be especially sweet.
Has anyone considered that maybe the Mayans were Rankers fans? Bring on the Apocalypse 2012 !
Cheers
Yogi
Navanbhoy – I think Celtic went 25 straight wins under MON in season 2003-2004. Great achievement by all the lads this time around, long may it last. It´s just coming at the right time.
BTW Only John Collins gave Celtic any credit for a 5-0 away win on the media panel I saw. The others were all lamenting poor Hibs´ defending and goalkeeping and talking about Celtic´s luck. Especially the moderator, hmmmm
BSR
I was expecting Hartly the Hare…
fanadpatriot,
I always take a long time to get the point. It’s just no credible that 20 odd years ago,the huns made a decision to cheat. That kind of thing is systemic.
THE EXILED TIM,
I truly believe that it is in their DNA. By the way enjoying a few glasses of red wine. Jelly and ice cream is not my scene.
Árd Macha
Maybe, just maybe, we have what it takes to get somewhere in Europe. We have goal scorers, we have a wealth of strong midfielders and our defence is starting to look the business at last. Add to that players who can create a spark of magic on the big stage… Keep Sammi and keep Ki!
ulysses mcghee says:
19 February, 2012 at 19:51
‘When we win the league?
Adult jelly and ice cream
For the lemon ice cream
■4 lemons (I would use organic) for lemon peel and lemon juice
■2/3 cups lemon juice
■1 1/2 cups water
■1 cups plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
■2/3 cup heavy cream’
That sounds more like ingredients for a fool than a jelly.
Continuity Pedant CSC
Btw Heavy Cream? I’m sure they must have played the old Burns Howff at some time or another.
PFayr
Do you see CW getting a wee lie down, or anybody else.
Utter – I love this word.. I love CQN.. It’s an educational read…
BT
I try my best to avoid Lennybhoy at the away games especially when he’s with that casual mob that he runs about with :-))
I did however meet up with bjmac at half time who at least was sporting a better hat than usual!!
Absolutely brilliant day apart from an unpleasant altercation walking down Easter Rd prior to KO. Ho Hum…
Bring Me The Heid of Thunder Crap Reid says:
19 February, 2012 at 19:53
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Well done mate, still, I could have done with that £112! ah well, should just be content to be watching such a fantastic team
Mulgrew is my POTY! Just knew he was scoring that FK!!!
hamiltontim says:
19 February, 2012 at 20:02
You got a ticket OK?
Back from Embra and I’ve had my tea.
2 great chants heard at the game today
“Your cheques are doing the Bouncy!”
and
“F**k you Motherwell, we’re gonna win the league!”
I like 5-0 wins. It’s the DBBIA regulation issue.
Thought our performance was pretty poor though.
How’s that for dissonance!
Good snap from Easter Rd
ernie
Yes thanks. It’s only the teams who don’t deal directly with Celtic FC that I have difficulty getting tickets for. I’ve taken the time to email them all that, possibly the best way to allocate the tickets would be to contact Celtic and establish who they would assign them to.
Did you enjoy that today?
TBB
Imagine the score if we had been playing well.
The Battered Bunnet’s a Trilby (⊙_⊙)
fanadpatriot-
Agree Scotland are pash, but your logic doesn’t add up. For them to improve and move out of the pash classification, they need their best players ie Mulgrew. For the record Chaz has expressed his enthusiasm for winning Scotland caps.
TET
CW may be in bother right enough
and with the sums involved and the publicity surrounding it ..a wee lie down would be in order
sftb
The Motherwell one was a cracker. I also thought the one that began at Tynecastle “No huns in Scotland!” was magic but I hear it’s not going down particularly well in some quarters :-))