The Scottish Cup quarter-finals get underway tonight as Hearts and Dundee get the chance to become the first side into the semis. Tomorrow, Queen’s Park visit Aberdeen while Livingston are home to St Johnstone on Monday evening.
Having watched Queen’s Park crumble against Scott Brown’s Ayr United on Tuesday, I don’t expect the lower league side to remain in the competition after their visit to Pittodrie. Fellow Championship club Livingston will fancy their chances against St Johnstone. Livi are still in contention for the title but will comfortably finish in the promotion play-off places. They could yet have a more important couple of games against the Perth side this season.
You and I have a great cup tie to look forward to on Sunday. Sure Celtic Park will be covered in banners of green, as so many people leave Edinburgh for a sporting event you would think the rugby was on. Try, though the club often has, to forget it, Hibernian have a different heritage to much of Edinburgh, indeed, for their first 45 years of their existence, Leith was a town in its own right.
Hibs performances have earned them the right to feel the hand of history upon their shoulder with respect to this season’s Cup. The last time they won a Scottish Cup tie at Celtic Park was 1902. Unusually, this was the final and was against Celtic. It was also the last time they won the Cup until current manager and then captain, David Gray scored the winner in the 2016 final.
When their team is on an historically good run, football fans believe in destiny. The 7,000 in the away end on Sunday are there to inspire an historic performance out of their team. You and I have a part to play in making sure that doesn’t happen.
Well done to our Coefficient Monkeys last night. I have lost count of all the Champions League money they have earned us in recent seasons. They truly are the most generous collection of ‘turn it on when it suits us’ merchants in the business.
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I watched all of FENERBACHE v The Huns last night…
FENERBACHE were a whole lot WORSE than ANY Team that played against Celtic in our CL League.
That wasn’t the Huns fault….but there SHOULD be some perspective about just HOW BAD Fenerbache were.
McCOIST is STILL a LIAR !
Big Jimmy
Re mccoist
Thats absholutely shpot on….
RC on 7th March 2025 6:34 pm
Alan Muir overturned a referees decison based on no evidence. He should be sacked by the SFA forthwith for cheating.
agree
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I AGREE also. Celtic were CHEATED yet again.
Wee Willie’s youtube channel – a “factual” decision with no conclusive proof🤔
Only the SFA could make that up.
For anyone so inclined, have a watch of the episode following our league cup victory.
I lost count the number of times wee Willie used the word “accountability”.
He didn’t mention it one during his latest performance.
McCoist has killed co commentary.
He offers absholutely nothing.
I can see plenty of ex pros with half a brain watching, listening knowing they’d do a far better job.
His repetitive patter drives me insane, well before I muted anyway.
VAR Audio Transcript
VAR: What do you think there?
AVAR: I can’t definitively say. Any other angles?
VAR: Ball looks out of play. (Shows angle from behind goal) We’re not going to get it from there.
VAR: Looks out of play there. (New angle) Do you agree?
AVAR: No, it’s inconclusive.
VAR: I know.
AVAR: I don’t think we can conclusively say that’s out.
VAR: That’s not conclusive either.
AVAR: I don’t think you’ll get a conclusive angle.
VAR: That’s a good angle here. (Decides it’s out) Factual overturn, do you agree?
AVAR: Yes.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS,
I was turned out of Easter Road that night, while I was in the turnstile. There were about 10 of us on my Uncle John’s lorry and 5 of us (if I remember correctly) didn’t get in. We had to wait to the end of the game to wait for the others. Still never seen John Clark score a goal for us.
Think it was Euclid, or wiz it Pythagoras who said?
Ye gotta know yer angles….
Hearts v Dundee Premier Sports
Rangers show the dim Tims how to horse the Josey in his ain midden in an away game in a major European Tournament.
Whilst dim Timmy brags about shirt sales amongst DimDumb!
Wee Eastern Star Ludge Emma was looking as though she had just put in a shift for the bears whilst the cameras weren’t on her but on the pitch!
Whit do these red and black klad fans in studios ‘really’ get up to…during the gemme? Hmmm?
Suckullent Celts & CQN are the centre of the Universe for childish, churlish, mean spiritedness.
Rangers got away with the biggest sporting crime – coz 60,000 Cellik sheep are the opposition!
Rangers got to keep all of thur 20+ stolen trophies – coz 60,000 Cellik sheep are the opposition!
Rangers and Celtic PLC’s even got Celtic fans to buy tickets with old Rangers prices onto newbies Sevco tickets to recommence the Old Firm in 2016 after Sevco’s promotion!
Coz 60,000 Cellik sheep are the opposition!
And the Celtic PLC recruited Brendan to sugar coat the Old Firm shaft in 2016 [ was Brendan aware or was he shafted as well? ] a ticket shafting which the dim Tims fell for.
Then when the Old Firm game was cemented back onto the fixture list and season books, the Cellik PLC gave Brendan the transfer window shaft and he was off!
But, Ssssshhhhhhhhh….or you’ll hurt the wee dim Timmy feelings!
Scottish Cup replay at Love St around 1980,Johnny Doyle double, a 2-1 win great game,I think crowd given was 27,000…
Parkheadcumsalford…
Aye, there was something special about those days…a kinda freedom that no longer exists. It was just a case of turning up. Only hun games and cup finals required tickets, hence the phenomenal crowds sometimes, although, if I remember correctly, the game at Tynecastle I mentioned was supposedly all ticket but lots got in without.
We shall thrash Hibs and the hun. Easy peasy.
I remember crowd surges at Love Street, Fir Park, East End Park etc…
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 7TH MARCH 2025 4:51 PM
I remember in 1961 we drew 1-1 with Hibs at Celtic Park in the Scottish cup: Stevie Chalmers scored a late equaliser for us. The replay at Easter Road went to extra time and John Clark scored the only goal to take us into the semi-final. There were almost 40,000 at the game in Leith…I don’t think John ever scored again for us…
*that first game was Bertie Peacocks last for the club as he succumbed to a knee injury, he failed a fitness test for the semi having played a midweek reserve game, no matter anyway as we gubbed airdrie 4-0 that sunny afternoon, in fact we were 4 up by half time against a side that contained the national goalie who would pull out of the 9-3 game 2 weeks later, my da bought me my first scarf just before that game.
Although fit for the final Sir Bob decided to stick with Luggy possibly due to his goal in the replay, on the following Wednesday night we were without Jim Kenndy due to appendicitis, ironically the pars had lost winger Tommy McDonald for the first game due to the same illness.
So Wullie O’Neil was drafted in for his debut, meanwhile wee Bertie was captaining the black north national side in a friendly that same evening, on hearing this the next morning my da was livid, again blaming Sir Bob for undermining James Edward in the team selection as he maintained that club captain Bertie, who had started out as an inside left before reverting to left half, could quite as easily slotted intae the Presidents left back position.
what a goal from the hearts boy
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 7TH MARCH 2025 7:51 PM
Parkheadcumsalford…
Aye, there was something special about those days…a kinda freedom that no longer exists. It was just a case of turning up. Only hun games and cup finals required tickets, hence the phenomenal crowds sometimes, although, if I remember correctly, the game at Tynecastle I mentioned was supposedly all ticket but lots got in without.
*there’s a you tube of it out there, wee wispy scored for the jambos while the star man was wullie hamilton who the big mhan coveted as he had him at easter road, but he had quite an erratic lifestyle, at the same time jock compared him tae King Kenny in footballing talent.
Jock as able to get some astonishing performances out of him during his time at Easter Road and would sometimes put him up in his own home on the eve of a big match to make sure he did not go out drinking.
He eventually emigrated to Calgary the same year that I come back here where he worked as a bricklayer before dying of a heat attack at 38.
Evening all.
Cracking day out with the ‘Shipwrecks’ as usual.
Ordinary Joe, you should get yourself along, you will be most welcome.
Funny thing is, I don’t expect to see you any time soon.
Nite y’all
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 7TH MARCH 2025 5:13 PM
“Back then the Scottish cup crowds were often a lot bigger than the league games”
In 1966 we drew 3-3 with Hearts at Tynecastle with nearly 50,000 in attendance. I recall the crowd spilling on to the running track. In the replay at Celtic Park there were over 72,000 with many locked out. We won 3-1
*I was at the replay and couldnae get innate the jungle or Celtic end as they were mobbed so a Desmond White crowd size was announced, that same night as we were exiting on to janefield street it was announced that the huns had lost 2-3 to falkirk.
Bada Bing
Was that not 3-2 after extra time at love St ? Or was that a different game ?
BelmontBrian
Ordinary Joe, you should get yourself along, you will be most welcome.
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Pretty sure VAR has legit overruled yer pish 😂
H.H.
Just watched first couple of cases in the VAR review.
Interesting.
You can tell a lot by choice of words and how they are spoken.
Muir “THERE, THERE !” … When he finally found an angle he could pin a decision to.
Reminded of me of my kids during an easter egg hunt when they were small.
The excitement at finding treasure was palpable.
(And my kids got excited too)
I then compared and contrasted the guidance provided to the refs at Easter Road and Tannadice.
VAR who chalked off the Dundee United goal told the ref “I need you to …..”
Muir? “I want you to award a goal kick to Hibs”
Hmm.
PS- respect to Willie Collum for fronting up.
Just had a recollection. Did we play Aberdeen at Dundee in a Scottish cup tie, for some reason.? Might be drunk
Ziggydoc
Yes.
Centenary season.
Second replay.
Walsh,Connor,Clancy for tomorrows game.FF in meltdown.
😂😂😂😂😂
On the subject of Mc Coist on the commentary,all the English here,think he is brilliant.Think the patter between him and that partner of his is great.
I kid you not.
Ziggy and GGH.
Remember it.
2-2 at Pittodrie.
0-0 at Celtic Park. (The crowd was ridiculous. Absolutely massive)
0-1 at Dens.
Can’t remember who scored but the Maestro ran the show. One of his best games for Celtic.
Just had a recollection. Did we play Aberdeen at Dundee in a Scottish cup tie, for some reason.? Might be drunk
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it was the pishin-doon-est game ive ever been to.
behind that goal at dens park.
Thanks for the replies on game at Dens. Midweek, as I recall and pouring down. I was at it. Wish I was as eager and capable of doing likewise nowadays.
Good evening all from the Scotia Bar. A great day with fine Celtic men. I cherish them all and the fine fellows who have passed away.
Hmmmm. wee Willie “fronting up” or is he a a front man?
The former implies he’s taking responsibility and looking to remedy the situation; the latter implies he’s a stooge to cover up incompetence, bias and cheating.
Turkey – he’s trying to sound like Sean Connery with his slurring at the end of words. To me he sounds like he’s forgotten to put in his false teeth. Unfortunately your English chums aren’t so perceptive.
if wee willie winkie does not sanction the var involved
The he is a front man
And that needs to be public
The fact he hasnt, tells us all we need to know
I remember a var decision that went against the huns and he said
“People will obviously hear me say that it’s wrong, but that’s not enough,” he said on the Scottish FA’s VAR Review show., external
“We need to now understand why did we get it wrong and how do we make things better, how do we improve, what’s the lessons learned from this incident, because people will find it very hard to accept this error.
“It’s a really, really poor decision. It’s an unacceptable decision. The VAR team know that, everyone in refereeing knows it.”
Wonder if he has been in contact with the Celtic mgt team to explain…..
and what he said about our honest mistake
“You need 100 per cent conclusive evidence to disallow the goal here and prove that the ball is over the goal line. In this case, it is not possible to prove categorically that the ball has crossed the line fully. We know from previous examples at World Cups that a ball can look out from certain angles, but then when you look at the camera above, a slight part, a millimetre of the ball can be overhanging the goal-line and that’s enough to say the ball is in play.
“So on this occasion, for us, we expect the onfield decision to be supported and the goal to be awarded. If the assistant referee had flagged here, and in his opinion the ball had crossed the line for a goal-kick, we would also expect that decision to be supported, because there is no 100 per cent conclusive evidence. It’s impossible to prove otherwise.”
Hugely different in tone
Clunks – aye, as I said earlier, “factual decision” with “inconclusive proof”.
Where do you begin with that?
I know you like your tunes: “the needle returns to the start of the song and we all go along like before….” and they’ll be huns tonight and huns tomorrow.
“And ignorant people sleep in their beds like the doped white mice in the college lab”
Del Amitri – Nothing Ever Happens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbIU0X-lCI
The replayed game at Dens wasn’t the centenary season but the one before the ill fated 86/87 season , we lost 1-0 to the Diets in the next round.
Had a wee check.
1987 with Brian McClaire scoring the winner at Ddns.
I attended both games , the Hearts one was a blow but at least they lost to St.Mirren in the semi final,was at Easter Rd that day,think Celtic won 4-1 but what stuck in my mind was the whole crowd singing “No Huns at Hampden ” when the scoreline came through (although the semi final was played at Hampden, but you get the drift)