When Anthony Stokes picked himself off the ground having won a penalty yesterday his eagerness for a piece of the action was clear. Having missed the majority of the season through injury he is a player with a point to prove.
The penalty correctly went to Kris Commons but Anthony still had an opportunity to remind us what a valuable player he can be. He is not the strongest or most skilful player at the club but he is a natural goal-scorer.
Competition for a place in Celtic’s attack has seldom been more acute. Lassad, Miku, Samaras, Stokes and Watt are all pressing for a place alongside Gary Hooper. Each of them will have to consider the possibility of new arrivals in the summer, when securing a place in the squad, never mind the starting line-up, will be a challenge.
Anthony’s return to fitness, and form, is a timely reminder of what he brings to Celtic, and what we have missed once or twice this season.
On Friday 1 March the Lisbon Lions will be at the Kerrydale Suite providing commentary and answering questions on their magnificent European Cup final win in 1967. This has never happened in 46 years since that game, to say it is a unique opportunity fails to tell the whole story.
The event is part of our 125 4 125 campaign – central to reinvigorating the charitable spirit which is part of the club we love. It will be a family occasions, tickets are available at £10 for adults and £5 for children. The night has been organised by several fans working in conjunction with the people at Celtic Charity, so please do your best to support this great occasion. Individual tickets or tables are available, details here.
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Sorry November 1998 of course!
The Battered Bunnet
11:45 on
18 February, 2013
Emdy remember a bitterly cold game in the 70s or thereabouts when the fans set a fire in the Celtic End to keep warm? Middle of the terracing. God alone knows what they burned on it.
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i think it was a game against dundee.
i remember it.
South of tunis we just give her the steamed milk . And yea she also gets a very watered down wee wine with her dinner. I concur with the italian an sicilian way .
Celtic Soul Brother- Supporting Kano 1000
My first Celtic v Rangers match was the game Archdeacon scored. We were in the Celtic End. My old man probably thought the Jungle would be a bit much for me. We won 3-1 I think but that goal is all I can really remember from the game. I remember a singalong to Let it be at half time. I was blown away by that. I think I was 5 or 6.
LB
That’s ten past twelve and nobody has misquoted Martin Niemöller today.
bournesouprecipe
12:10 on
18 February, 2013
That’s ten past twelve and nobody has misquoted Martin Niemöller today.
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“These are my valleys and this is my glen” Martin Neimoller
Remember a freezing cold game against Dundee in the 80’s. Terrible game but remember the Celtic fans belting out ” we’re the Celtic supporters, freezing through and through…” that was the high point of the day….
yorkbhoy
During the dark days in the 90’s I watched a wee wummin cut through the Celtic end with her shopping.
That’s how bad we were and how low the crowds were. She didn’t even take a glance at the pitch.
LB
a wee gem from the past, great pictures of the crowd, celtic 4 hearts 1, 1983 scottish cup,
official attendance 25,000, aye right.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1983-03-12%3A+Celtic+4-1+Heart+of+Midlothian%2C+Scottish+Cup
bournesouprecipe,
Is that us heading for Godwin’s Law ?
:¬)))
As regards the harrassement of the GB I think Celtic and especially PL have to tread very carefully as to how they react. The MSM would love PL to come out with a full bloodied statement backing the GB, there would then be an MSM feeding frenzy to try and get PL to resign.
How many times on this blog have we said that PL has done a fantastic job for celtic on so many fronts.
In fact come to think of it, maybe for the Huns at the top of the food chain who are,nt stupid , this has been their tactic all along. i.e its all about getting rid of PL and using the GB as a weapon.
The Battered Bunnet – his prized Celtic End Rattle
Livibhoy
The worst thing at that time was going to European nights and getting gubbed by teams you had never heard of…
googybhoy
Ha- too funny
Kilbowie Kelt
It’s still early in the US of A
quantum,
Peter Lawwell backs the Green Brigade – Celtic CEO Supports Thugs and Attacks Police
Peter Lawwell attacks the Green Brigade – Celtic CEO In Astonishing Tirade Against Own Fans
yorkbhoy
I think the worst thing was seeing us lose to teams that were nowhere near good enough to beat us at Paradise. Remember the season we finished fith? I was at St Johnstone celebrating that Dundee United got beat and we were in Europe. That’s how low we had sunk. Dark days indeed. Thank god Fergus came along. What heppened to Rangers could easilly have happened to us in the 90’s. We would have been in the lower leagues for years. We were in such a state it was unbelievable.
LB
Has this LNS inquiry gone the same way as Ernie Walkers think tank ?
Spot on, Gordon J,
PL is best follow the auld Glesga advice.
‘ Whitever ye say, say NOTHIN’.’
Election time in Sicily / Italy —– [ Help ! ]
I was in a wee seaside town last night . Lots of Vote Me , I’m great , the rest are useless posters . .
People had been busy with the felt pens —-
Many of the Monti posters had the word -MASON —- scrawled across them .
Bersani given the accolade of Dinosaur .
Communist Party Hammer and Sickles featured the tip of the sickle being changed into a snake’s head and tongue . Bottom of their posters says –
Against Industrialists / Bankers and The Vatican .
One wag had added —– For Mass Murder / Extermination Camps / Katyn / Budapest and Prague.
It’s a shame this is a family blog – the alterations to the Berlusconi posters summed him up to a T
LiviBhoy
12:08 on
18 February, 2013
Celtic Soul Brother- Supporting Kano 1000
My first Celtic v Rangers match was the game Archdeacon scored. We were in the Celtic End. My old man probably thought the Jungle would be a bit much for me. We won 3-1 I think but that goal is all I can really remember from the game. I remember a singalong to Let it be at half time. I was blown away by that. I think I was 5 or 6.
Remember that game-think Choccy scored 2 penalties-both stone wallers obviously.I was in The Stand that day(we only had one then)with 4 guests from a customer in N.I.(2 Of each persuasion)
Don’t recall the Let It Be singalong!
As well as an education in how football should be played, going to Celtic Park back in the late 60’s was also an education in perspective.
Colour. I knew what the colours green and white looked like. Or so I thought. An evening kick off at Celtic Park with the floodlights on shows the true beauty of green and white. No finer sight in football. Colour in true perspective.
Noise. I knew noise. Or so I thought. The times I left CP after a game and walked back along the London Road thinking I had now gone deaf. Everything was so eerily quiet. I never knew noise like that. Or silence.
Families. I came from a reasonably large family having 3 brothers. So many uncles and aunts I couldn’t count. All of them close, all of them regular visitors. Then you get taken to Celtic Park and you were with the biggest and best family in the world. Everyone looking out for you.
Colour noise and familes to name but three. There are probably dozens more.
LiviBhoy @ 1208,
that was also the first huns game I was allowed to go to with my mates – unattended by uncles/big cousins etc – in April 1987.
Choccy scored twice from the pen spot (being accosted by one of them on the pitch before calmly slotting the 2nd) before Owen slotted after that hilarious mix-up between Woods and Nicholl.
Absolutely loved it that day. To make sure we got in ok, we were in the Jungle at 1.30pm :-)
This after getting the 10.40am train from ML2 into Argyle St station. Then into Littlewoods for a wee cairry-oot. A rapid swally then up to Gallowgate and first venture into the SarryHeid. Managed to get a pint – was rank, but being 16 (and a young looking 16 at that!) the joy of getting served in a boozer in Glasgow somewhat sweetened the taste – then up to the Park to sample the atmosphere and the Jungle v huns.
Running like hell down to dalmarnock station after the game trying to avoid all them traipsing down Springfield Rd area (wearing an almost see-through lemon slazenger jumper to “hide” my Hoops from them) but felt like every step i was taking was a 10ft high leap cause of the result.
Aaaah, magic memory.
Cheers for that mate.
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
12:24 on
18 February, 2013
Peter Lawwell backs the Green Brigade – Celtic CEO Supports Thugs and Attacks Police
Peter Lawwell attacks the Green Brigade – Celtic CEO In Astonishing Tirade Against Own Fans
The club should not be run based on what will or will not get a positive tabloid headline. How very New Labour.
We need clarity on where the club stands on, alleged/perceived intimidation of their supporters.
If they agree with it or are party to it, fine, let us know why, at least we know where we stand. If they disagree, time to speak out and not worry what the Record, Sun, Superscoreboard, Sportsound et all think.
These will be the very people who will be writing/speaking about very negative headlines when we are playing to an empty stadium next season.
Livibhoy
I think supporting Celtic through some awful times does make you appreciate when things go well. I always want Celtic to win but I don’t expect it..
Livibhoy,
I remember that game up at McDiarmid well too. I was designated driver that day. We ended up having a kickabout in the car park after it. Celebrating just managing to sneak into the Uefa Cup.
Have a feeling that might also have been the day the huns beat Aberdeen,(who only needed a draw) to win the league? Mind some of the St J supporters clapping and cheering, on hearing that huns were winning just trying to wind us up.
Sadly they caught one or 2 with their bait.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Yorkbhoy,
every Champs League game at Celtic Park I get a double feeling of joy when i invariably compare that feeling of the Walk On or the CL theme tune, to the night I was sitting frozen along with a couple thousand other Bhoys’n’Ghirls watching the Hoops get scudded 5-1 from a wee Swiss team called Neuchatel Xamax and in particular a wee guy called Hassan Hussein who scored 4 that night.
Back onto the bus and a decision taken to not bother staying over but to head straight home with only stop being the ferry prior to hamilton services all the way from neuchatel.
Makes all the CL stuff to be savoured all the more!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Tn’T,
Always remember the noise as you approached Paradise in the early seventies.
Your anticipation rose with the volume as you got nearer and kick-off time got closer.
Remember attending my first top Division English match, in the late seventies, my pal was trying to convert me.
We got out of the Tube walked out to the road and he said we’re, no noise just rows of Victorian Terraced houses.
Where?
There!
My pal was pointing above the houses to Highbury…
No atmosphere atall.
Knew then I could never adopt another Club.
Hail! Hail!
Whatever happened to the wee wummin wae the Celtic teddy and the ghuy
who owned Tim the dog?
chairbhoy
12:54 on
18 February, 2013
Tn’T,
Always remember the noise as you approached Paradise in the early seventies.
I had a similar experience once when I went to a London Derby match at Upton Park against Arsenal.
I was astounded at the lack of atmosphere compared to our games v Oldco.
TTT
You doing Bangor on Dee this year again? If so, what date is it on? Might be able to get myself along and catch you for a quick drink.
Twisty,
nothing planned as yet.
We normally go later in year, so if we decide to do so, will let you know.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
All of us will remember the stray dog that always seemed to get on the pitch to the cries of “John Greig, John Greig”
I also seen a dead rabbit thrown on the pitch at OT for the replayed game v Rabbit Vienna. What a crowd that night. One of the best atmosphere ever at OT.
That was the opinion of the dozen or so mates of mine from Manchester at the game.
South of Tunis
The upcoming Italian General Election?
Probably the same where you are, but we have already received a mountain of literature – all saying the same stuff: vote for me, dont vote for him/her they cant be trusted blah blah blah…
In the bin!
On the subject of wine – I was introduced to wine at meal times by my maternal Italian granny when I was five: a small amount in a glass topped up with water. Had my first espresso when I was about 15 I think.
HH!!
Chairbhoy
I know exactly what you mean. If you ever left a game early, as soon as you got out the confines of the stadium and on to the road outside, you could only then appreciate the volume. If the tic scored when you were even half a mile down the London Rd, there was no mistaking the fact we had scored. Even near misses were easy to recognise from half a mile.
I don’t recall the year, but maybe about 1977 or so, we were playing the now defunct Rangers FC, (which used to be a big derby game, I am sure you remember ;-). We were 2 down. My brother and I had a wedding reception to go to, so decided to head out and make our way home. Just as we got under the Celtic end, Paul Wilson scored and I thought the roof was coming down on me.We ran back up the stairs hoping for another. He scored again and we drew 2-2.
The Token Tim.
Xamax ?
Aaargh ! .
Unforgettably bad . Remember getting home and learning that one of Liam Brady’s explanations was that Mike Galloway wasn’t playing . I can still hear the guy behind me ranting about Baggio Fulton and Mark McNally and Tony Cascarino .
Celtic were hot favorites ! ,
Googybhoy @ 12:59,
Yes, the difference was amazing, still went to quite a few games at Highbury, a regular when Charlie Nic first went there.
Went to Upton Park a few times as well, even had a half Celtic, half WHU tammy, liked the way they played with the wingers, especially when Devonshire and Ward were setting up Cottee and Frankie Bhoy.
Still not even close to Celtic Park, I’m sure it’s more than Green tinted specs.
Hail! Hail!
Coming out of CP in the late 60s/early 70s after a European game I can remember my ears buzzing as if I had just come out of a Led Zeppelin gig at the Apollo.
HH!!