It has been an emotionally charged week for the players and focus around the club will be on weighty matters of history, of what we are all about. You can be sure, however, that Derek McInnes and his Aberdeen players have only one thing on their minds.
Aberdeen can win the Scottish Cup on Saturday. They need to play at their very best, and will need Celtic to perform as they did earlier in the competition against St Mirren, but 90 minutes passes quickly at Hampden, and you and I both know to take nothing for granted.
No one is going to drink in the celebrations of 1967 more than me, but we have won only two trebles since then. The current team deserve every inch of preparation possible. They are already one of the great Celtic teams, with an undefeated treble they can look the Lisbon Lions straight in the eye.
CQN presents Lisbon Lions and wives, Greenock Celtic Supporters’ Club, Friday 26 May 2017
The Lions were paraded on a coal lorry when they reached Celtic Park on 26 May 1967. We have a coal lorry, we have the Lions. This will be an incredible event. There’s also a live band.
Admission by ticket only, get yours here. They will be posted until tomorrow or collected at the door thereafter.
Lisbon Lions and other former @celticfc players, chairman and Lord Provost at civic reception in Glasgow city chambers pic.twitter.com/5xup83FgRl
— Ronnie Esplin (@RonnieEsplin) May 24, 2017
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God bless wee Amelia.
HH
See, living in Englandshire, I don’t get the BBC Scotland news, whether it be about Fudge the hamster getting stuck under the floorboards or their blue tinted sports reporting…so really it doesn’t matter an awful lot to me what they say. Given that those that it will only be seen in Scotland, a place with it’s preconceived notions already very much set in stone, I don’t suppose it really matters all that much in the grand scheme things.
Chill out. Have a beer.
Now I’m off to switch on BBC Look East to hear about a local farmer who has found a tin of bully beef from 1943…
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK on 24TH MAY 2017 4:53 PM
If the quote was correct and complete then it does imply that Jock felt religion was a consideration at that time. He clearly loved Celtic and dearly wanted to be given the chance to take the club further.
He was ultimately given that change and the rest, as they say, is history.
We will never know what was in Sir Robert’s mind at that time.
It does seem strange that the BBC would drag this up at this time, but it is click bait those looking to diminish Celtic. That is probably why it is there, to generate traffic. Sad really.
Hail Hail
*Given that it will only be seen…
It’s not sad. It’s history. The oral history of Jim Conway (and other players). It was a matter of fact set in the context of its time.
TOLBOOTH BAR Glasgow Cross 25th May.
3 SINGERS on at different times from early on.
Drinks ( Beers @ £2.00 a Pint ? ).
FREE Bar Snacks.
FREE Celtic Raffles.
For anyone who might not be in Lisboa ?
HH
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 24TH MAY 2017 5:08 PM
It’s not sad. It’s history. The oral history of Jim Conway (and other players). It was a matter of fact set in the context of its time.
*didn’t big tam say that there was an anti-ken dodd among the playing staff only for Ian Young tae debunk it saying it was just kidology.
The Europa Final is on BT Showcase @ 6.30 , as someone hinted at earlier, as I’ve just checked.
Kick Aff 7.45.
Big Jimmy
Drinks ( Beers @ £2.00 a Pint ? ).
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I think they should sell pints at their 1967 price
;)
BT Showcase Channel 59.
Big jimmy 4.35 biggest reptile , novo or poison bell the ahem !! kit man
DAVIDOPOULOS on 24TH MAY 2017 5:14 PM
Big Jimmy
Drinks ( Beers @ £2.00 a Pint ? ).
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I think they should sell pints at their 1967 price
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I did suggest that to the Management…Nae Joy !
HH
Tontine Tim,
I was ten at the time of the ’54 Final.
I wasn’t at the game, the Hearts Final in ’56 was my first.
I remember my father coming back from the Aberdeen final, talking about Willie Fernie’s dribble along the byeline for Sean Fallon’s winner.
He said that the cut back from the byeline was the deadliest ball in football. It turned the defenders and the attackers were coming on to the ball.
I never forgot that and it has become my mantra whenever Celtic are making heavy weather of penetrating a defence.
Fitba’ is a simple game.
In Tenerife, just up from the pool.
Guy next door says to me over the balcony.
Leeds are signing or have signed Griffiths from Celtic for £3million.
He said it was in the paper .
He is a Leeds fan.
Does anybody know about this ?
I said if it is true then it must be after the final.
WEEBAWBABITTY on 24TH MAY 2017 5:16 PM
Big jimmy 4.35 biggest reptile , novo or poison bell the ahem !! kit man.
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Och they all the same I suppose, hope your enjoying your trip abroad ?
Where’s Muscia ?……Is it near Easterhoose ?
HH
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 24TH MAY 2017 5:08 PM
The quote is direct from Jock Stein, watch the video.
By sad I meant the BBC deciding to post that story at this time.
Heading home, have a great evening.
Hail Hail
That’s me showered and shaved….getting ready to grab a cab into Lisboa to join BRTH and the Bhoys for dinner at the Casa do Alentejo:)
This will be a night to remember and I might (aye right) have to go easy on the tinto;)
Slainte
Tony
BIG JIMMY on 24TH MAY 2017 5:14 PM
The Europa Final is on BT Showcase @ 6.30 , as someone hinted at earlier, as I’ve just checked.
Kick Aff 7.45.
It was me who said (hinted?), CH59 for SD and CH115 if you have HD. :-)
Once again thanks for posts about historical Celtic games. It really is CQN at its finest.
Hail Hail
Newradbhoy
Give that Leeds fan a shout, and tell him i said he is MENTAL:)
3 Million my arse:)
HH
TONTINE TIM on 24TH MAY 2017 5:12 PM
TG did say he got some verbals from a fellow player that nowadays we would characterise as sectarian. He didn’t name the player in his book, though he did in private. I think there was more made of it than the facts justified, presumably to publicise the book. It seemed to me to be little more than banter. I think it’s also fair to say that to a large extent TG brought it on himself, because he had red hair.
Even if the story about Jock Stein is entirely true the worst that can be made of it is that the Celtic Board made a mistake, learned their lesson and rectified their previous error.
Big jimmy hols just grand,thanks Murcia is Spain about hour south of Benidorm
Kick off 50 years ago
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
Good price we should take it:))
Wee Leigh’s got the hump best for everybody if he moves on…
HH
Starry Plough
Seriously!
Surely some mistake there.
Leigh Griff to move on for a measly 3 Million.
Cant happen….I wont allow it:)
HH
Lisbon Lions.
My own wee tale. John Clark, what a man!!!
My daughter managed to do her work experience at Celtic Park 13/14 years ago. She had no idea what she would be doing and I don’t think Celtic did either, maybe work in the shop, until John Clark took over. John took her under his wing for the 5 days and spoiled her rotten. Everything she asked for he sorted. It was an international week so Martin O’Neill and most of the players were away until the Thursday, however Henrik and Lenny had retired from international duty. John sorted it out for her to have lunch with them, well if you can call a KFC lunch but that’s why Lenny wanted, he made her promise not to tell Martin O’Neill as he would fine him. She was delighted at meeting them and said Lenny was brilliant, Henrik guarded. Her real wish though was to meet Shaun Maloney as as he had a shine for him. Shaun had been on u21 international duty and didn’t return to late on in the week. On the Friday John Clark said, look I’m really sorry Martin is in a really bad mood and he won’t let Shaun come to meet you. He then later in the day asked her to collect something from The Celtic shop for him and waiting in the backroom store was Shaun to surprise her. She was elated. John Clark had set it all up for her. What a man, she still tells everyone he is one of the most down to earth,nicest man she has ever met.
I was approaching 40 at the time and he passed a birthday card around the dressing room for the players to sign, so that was very special for me too when my 40th arrived.
John Clark, Lisbon Lion and a wonderful man.
Hail Hail
10:22, 24 MAY 2017Updated10:24, 24 MAY 2017
Sport
Rangers fans invade the pitch in Barcelona
Rangers agreed to a replay of their famous European Cup-Winners Cup triumph 45 years ago after a pitch invasion, according to sensational new claims from Dynamo Moscow legend Anatoly Baidachny.
The Ibrox side lifted the 1972 trophy and became legends when they beat the Russian dark horses in Barcelona.
However, the 3-2 victory was marred by a mass pitch invasion and battles with the Spanish police leading to captain John Greig getting the trophy presented to him inside the Nou Camp.
The Russians protested about the pitch invasion to UEFA and demanded a replay of the Final, but the result stood after an enquiry, although Rangers were banned from European competition for two years, later reduced to one year.
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But almost 45 years later to the day of the Final, Dynamo legend Baidachny, now 64, has claimed that Rangers accepted responsibility for the trouble, in an interview in a Russian publication.
And they even agreed to play a replay of the game in Rome.
Baidachny, who later went on to manage Belarus and Dinamo Minsk, said: “We proposed a replay of the game, on October 3, 1972, in Rome.
“And the Scots agreed to it because they were going to lose a lot of money with their European ban.
“But as usual politics prevailed. UEFA couldn’t be seen to let the Russians win.
“Everyone remembers what happened after the game, but people forget the Rangers fans invaded the pitch five times. They invaded the pitch for the first time at 1-0.
“Their fans all had mad eyes, it was a scary sight. They tried to set fire to the stadium. They fought with the police and there was casualties.
“When they ran onto the park at the end of the match, they tried to rip the shirts of us. I just ran until I got back to the dressing room.
“You have to remember back then everything was against the Russians. Our ‘supporters’ amounted to eight people from the Soviet Trade Company in the entire stadium, which was full of Scots. Our people were not allowed abroad.
“One of our players, Aleksandr Makhovikov, was absolutely taken out by a Rangers player on the wing. No whistle. From that, Rangers went up and scored.
“We went home and no one came to meet us. We were forgotten. If you lost in the old Soviet Union you were regarded as an enemy of the people.
“We did get some small financial reward for reaching the Final. It was enough to buy me a Grundig tape recorder.”
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD
If he goes to the Championship I don’t see him going for any more than 3/4/5 mil tops but I have a feeling he’ll go, he knows he’s second choice and he’s a great goal scorer but I’m not sure sure he plays the way Brendan wants his strikers to play.
I’ve thought for a while now he’ll go and we’ll bring someone in..
He’ll be daft to go but I can’t see him spending another season half in half out..
HH
If you know your history?
Utter nonsense, the quotes have been there for half a century in Tom, Dick, and Harry’s books until the BBC spin fresh for this week.
Read it and weep csc
TET
Huns let the Russians off lightly then:)
HH
Ernie
They were a product of their time. That they confronted the issue and ultimately placed values before long-held custom and practice, is commendable. They adopted by argument, what would become a decade later, “equal opportunities”.
That it was awkward, uncomfortable, and retrospectively, perhaps somewhat embarrassing, is an integral part of the story.
Good Evening.
Here is something new.
“WE ARE OUTRAGED!”
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/we-are-outraged/
Starry Plough
What happens when Mossa goes?
Do we ditch wee Leigh, who has been a prolific goal scorer for Celtic?
Who will replace him….Borini?
I think personally, selling Leigh Griff, would be the rather silly.
Id be surprised, got a lot of time for the bhoy…..proper hunskelper:)
HH
TGM
Anything to make them feel relevant :-)
HH
TET
They better hope the latest version of Russian fans…dont want revenge on the sevconians:)
In fact…i might suggest that online:)
HH
The Huns replaying the final in Rome?
Wonder how that would have went with their ‘fans’, would have made Barca look like a picnic.
The Lee Griffiths story seems to be doing the rounds on a lot of Leeds website.
On Findlay, I remember he was the defence for peter tobin, who murdered the Polish girl, tried to muddy the waters by making the trial all about the residing Priest. He will do anything he can to get his client off, but probably in this case, reckons he doesn’t need to do that much, given the calibre of the prosecution witnesses.
BSR
The quotes may well have been there for half a century but the 50 th anniversary programme is tonight. The link posted by Jammabhoy shows Jock talking of the matter quite clearly and my interpretation was that he felt his religion would have been a barrier to further progress at the Club. After I have seen the whole programme, I will be in a better position to judge its quality and fairness.
JJ
TET
Dear Russian comrades and fellow football fans, im rather surprised that the historic now liquidated hun army got the better of you….in fact they are bragging about it now…45 years later.
Your reputation is in tatters.
If i was you…Id do something about it:)
Regards from Scoddland.
HH