We’ve seen a few difficult games against Hamilton Accies in recent years, including what proved to be a costly draw after being denied a late winner at New Douglas Park, but we’ve never met them in this form.
Hamilton have the longest unbeaten run in Scotland. They lost their opening league game of the season, at home to Inverness, but have won seven and drawn two of their subsequent nine games. Their 0-4 win away to Motherwell last week was a display of sharp, organised football – and remember, Motherwell took at point at Celtic Park the previous weekend.
Alex Neil will have no intentions of leaving pointless tomorrow. This is the game he and his players will have been waiting for since the fixtures were announced four months ago. Their four SPLF away games: wins at St Mirren, Partick and Motherwell, and a draw at Tannadice, has been preparation for Celtic Park.
If Celtic have a Europa League hangover, Accies will boss them. Forget the lowly status of the club, respect is needed if we are the get the desired result and performance required.
I’m running the Great Scottish Run in aid of Celtic Foundation tomorrow morning, which presents a, erm, personal hygiene challenge for the game. It’ll be a full can of deodorant day. If you have a £1 or two for the fundraising, you can help here.
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eddieinkirkmichael
Don’t beat yourself up mate. We all say things we regret. You’ve apologised and that’s that.
Enjoy the game today.
bmcuwp
Young(ahem)free n single so brownie points are no longer required…….cash is though!
Did you manage to get a hotel sorted out?
Could perhapa have helped yous out but its probably a daft idea and would be more trouble than its worth!
Jobo Baldie
10:45
Yes, just about to leave for the bus in 5 mins
Jock Stein was born
5 October 1922
It was on this day in 1922, Jock Stein was born in Burnbank.
Celtic’s greatest manager arrived at Celtic as a player in December 1951 from Welsh side Llanelly. He made his debut against St Mirren on December 8, 1951 in a 1-1 draw. Jock played with authority and confidence who could read the game well and also organised Celtic’s defence superbly. During his time as a player, he won the league championship, the Scottish Cup and the Coronation Cup.
Injury forced Jock to retire from playing but he went on to manage Dunfermline, and he won the Scottish Cup with them in 1961. He then went on to manage Hibernian in 1964 before returning to Celtic as manager, and the rest is history.
Jock Stein transformed Celtic into European giants with his philosophy of inventive football and success followed too, with Celtic winning 10 league titles, eight Scottish Cups, six League Cups and the European Cup during his time as manager.
So Ally says he couldn’t manage another team…….. He cannae manage Sevco!!!!
Aff oot tae Paradise.
5-0
eddieinkirkmichael
Don’t beat yerself up,myself and others on here have posted thing’s
we regret,we tip….drinking,debating,posting,at the same time…not good.
BMCUWP
All the best to your mum and dad
HH
leftclicktic
you’ve got mail hopefully
HH
Off oot to the game,catch you all laters.
** NEWS JUST IN **
Paul Brennan @CQN 3 minutes ago
#GSR10K 59:31 Keep it quiet at Accies game, need a sleep
Well done Paul – great to beat the 1 hour barrier.
eddieinkirkmichael
mate we all feck up and say things in the heat off the moment so don’t worry about it
just about to dm you on twitter
:-)
HH
Jobo
Nae Podium for Paul then
Love
Jobo
Its just started on TV. Did p67 win…?
Paul must be on the Delia Diet.
BT –
Paul’s time was for the 10K which was earlier I think. ;-)
BobM, all the best to the auld pyromaniac, and to yer maw, anaw.
Sitting waiting on that brother of mine before tucking into a fat bhoy fry up at coias, washed down with some pints of moretti.
Enjoy the game hoopsters.
HH
Ernie.. Ive smoked and drank with henrik.. but most times he looked after himself.. eat chips at home..late at night..in the dark ;-)
Cheers jobo.
Just woke up. Rough night….o((
Enjoy the game bhoys….
Goldstar
Are you Gazebo bound today?
I’ll be there from 12 noon sans Americano Grande.
EC67
GooddaywiththeturfaccountantsyesterdaysairhiedthedayCSC
I remember a European match where I saw Henrik chase a throw in for 40 metres, navigating a stationary John Hartson in the centre circle as if he was a mini roundabout.
Henrik was lucky that he could eat what he wanted within reason. Most people aren’t. AFAIK, he hardly drank alcohol.
If you lose weight, you find you’re jumping higher, you get your body into the correct position earlier and your timing improves.
These things give you confidence so it’s a virtuous circle.
Jobo, what flight are you on next sat? I,m heading to spain on sat too. Hope to catch TET for some slaffbaw. Enjoy your break.
Any team lines yet?
eddieinkirkmichael
just dm’d you I think
can you check I’m tweeting you and not someone else
HH
ernie lynch
10:19 on 5 October, 2014
wycombebhoy
09:39 on 5 October, 2014
‘I’m a firm believer in the Delia diet, footballers should behave like athletes, some will not like it.’
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Henrik Larsson smoked and ate chips (not necessarily at the same time).
Chris Sutton was partial to the occasional half a dozen pints of Guinness over a game of dominoes in the Old College Bar .
John Hartson was John Hartson.
They wouldn’t have made the grade in the new super fit, show us your six pack, Spartan Celtic.
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Then again….
Reggie Blinker smoked and ate chips (not necessarily at the same time).
Mike Galloway was partial to the occasional half a dozen pints of Guinness over a game of dominoes in the Old College Bar .
Gerry Creaney was Gerry Creaney.
If your rubbish, proper diet can make you better. If your good, it living properly can make you great.
If your Henke, normal rules don’t apply! You just have it naturally.
barrach obampot
11:26 on 5 October, 2014
eddieinkirkmichael
just dm’d you I think
can you check I’m tweeting you and not someone else
HH
Got it mate
Off out for a quick swim then off to Paradise with Wee BGFC.
Anybody in two minds about what to do today – get to the game, you know it’s right :-)))
Hail, Hail
BGFC
Celts to win 5-2
Livingston programme:
“…the club then known as Rangers…plunged into administration on Valentines Day 2012…140 years of success…was consigned to history when…the club was liquidated”
FFin’ apoplexy:
“We should sue them for this.”
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“We BETTER as a club complain about this today and demand whoever
wrote it is sacked!”
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“A few angry tweets sent”
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“Rangers should have the legal dept all over this.”
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“If a club not recognising another clubs history and existence isn’t bringing the game into disrepute I don’t know what is.”
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“Surely given it is in print, factually incorrect and damaging to our brand this is an easy legal victory for the club.”
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“Can any fan there who bought this tell me if there is a disclaimer from the club on that article?”
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“Go the legal route – forget the SFA – sue for as much as can be justified. If there are ‘consequences’ for Scottish football for doing so – so be it.
The club board must go for the throat here. No compromise, no out of court settlements and no backing down.”
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“Scottish football is a rancid amateurish joke with not a shred of class or dignity to it’s name.”
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“My stepson bought one as a souvenir fir his daughter, her first ever match. It was close to being binned”
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“Our trophies and success haven’t been consigned to history!
The football club was never liquidated.”
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“I have wrote to Rangers, Livingston, and the SPFL.”
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‘They also have on Kris Boyd’s profile in the programme…
“Another who had a successful spell at the now defunct club”
Stevie Smith… “Stevie enjoyed eight years with the now defunct club”
And… “This is of course the first meeting of the two sides since the newly-formed Rangers joined division three”
A republican bigoted Club is Livingston’
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“If even one sentence in that appalling article is libellous then Rangers should not sue Livingston but the person who wrote it. Hit them personally where it hurts, in their pocket. If that means the financial damages and Court costs accrued ensures unemployment and loss of home, then so be it. They won’t be laughing at Rangers after that happens.”
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“There was crowd trouble at the game today, and I have no idea what caused it, but the provocative language in the programme would hardly have helped.”
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“we as a club should be more stern and have more backbone …..My own option would be to see them brought before the football beaks and brought up on a charge of bringing the game in to disrepute.”
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“Someone needs taken to court and prosecuted before this stops!”
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“Where does it all end? If we had some hacks telling us we are a bigoted club who despise Catholics and black people,and a huge section of our support hold membership for the BNP? We sings songs of hate at every game and Ibrox is used regularly as a venue for far right groups to congregate. There are some idiotic journalists and bloggers who would gladly print this bullsh*t if they could get away with it.”
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“im not that great for penning a email -if someone could give us a template with a strongly worded short statement and an email address for Livingston fc”
Veritas, Sammy, veritas.
Celtic AC game 0-0 dead rubber CL game and Costacurta and Maldini both in their mid thirties pushed up to the half way line , as they knew that Chris and Big John could win a header on the half way line but could never run past them.
Henrik was out injured.
We have no option but to catch up with the crafty continentals.
HH
I wonder how successful our previous chip eating, smoking and bevvying heroes would have been if the opposition hadn’t been chip eating, smoking, bevvy merchants as well?
Check Phil out. Off the drink for 5 days and now all high and mighty….8-))
How you missing the whisky mate..?
I’ve not had a drink since last Sunday myself….
Serie a .
A two horse race . The runners are Rubentus and Roma. Roma are handicapped in consequence of not being Rubentus .. They meet today -in Torino @ 5pm UK time .Could be quite a game !
ACGR –
On the 9.20am flight next Saturday. Picking up a car at Alicante airport so nothing stronger than a coffee for me ;-)
Henke at one point certainly was noted to have zero body fat. I suspect that whatever he was eating he was working hard to maintain peak fitness.
Monaghan1900
Ouch, some of ra peepul got the knickers in a twist!
We need some kind good hearted Tim to go over there and explain the meaning of liquidation..that it doesn’t mean getting bevvied at an away game!
There may be trouble ahead..
HoHoHoCSC
Weeminger I get what you’re meaning but no one alive has zero body fat.. anything less than 5% would make it virtually impossible to be an sportsperson.
BT
Had visitors for dinner last night so didn’t want anyone to feel uneasy because I wasn’t drinking………………….so I had a drink!
A wee(ish) Dalwhinnie 15 yo!
Hope your leg is well on the mend and you get home tomorrow!
Take care.
Any team news?
Wycombe – aye. I think its one of those made up metric. It’s probably just sub cutaneous or something.
Fitness ?.
Balotelli is not in the squad for Italys forthcoming international fixture . That is now twice in a row that Conte has not picked Super Mario .. Asked why -Conte said —” his current form doesnt merit selection. . I need players who are hungry not players who are famous on social media “.
High 20s way down south –off oot for a swim in the sea with the dogs.