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Why this is the finest Celtic team in 47 years

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You and I have seen some special Celtic teams. For me, the double winning team in 1977, the Centenary team and, of course, the Martin O’Neill team, were without doubt above anything we’ve had since the 60s.

I am in no way disparaging Gordon Strachan’s remarkable achievement of twice reaching the knock out stages of the Champions League. This was down to Gordon’s superior ability as a manager; the wee man didn’t have a squad to compare to the others on the list.

By contrast, this team, in its embryonic state, finished fourth in the Champions League group, but that was then. Now, they are within touching distance of winning an undefeated treble. This is the finest Celtic team I’ve seen.

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The ’77 team wasn’t so much a team as a support act for Kenny Dalglish. A season later, without King Kenny, they finished fifth, without even a Uefa Cup spot as compensation.

It was sheer force of Billy McNeill’s personality which drove the Centenary team on, but they returned for preseason without their elixir.

It was like going to school watching Martin O’Neill’s team. We learned so much about the game that we’d never seen at Celtic. This was a guy who knew how to get results. But without another King, we discovered that team too was built on a single foundation.

There are no Kings in this Celtic team. They are a team in the true sense of the word. Last night, without Dembele, Armstrong, Tierney, Lustig, Simunovic and Sinclair they rolled around the Firhill surface like a machine from the 22nd century.

It was breathtaking. This is the greatest Celtic team since the one which walked off the Hampden pitch in front of 136,000 fans in 1970.

I saw a preview of the BBC documentary film, Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions, which airs across the UK on Wednesday 24th May. It was heartfelt, entertaining and inspiring. I intended to review it today, but I was so annoyed at the coverage some in the media gave it, I thought I better step back to do the job justice.

They had some of the Lions, of course, and some wives too, but they sat a microphone in front of a few of our more experienced CQN’ers Some of the best things you have read on this site come to life on the screen. We’ll talk about it again next week.

Stunned and humbled at the support for the marathon, which takes place on Sunday morning, to benefit the Celtic Foundation. I just don’t know what to say. There are spectacular donations (here) there – a simple thank you does not seem appropriate, but I know every donation, large or small, means someone has taken the trouble to spend hard earned money.

It is appreciated, thank you.

If you’d like to get an historic week off to a unique start I hear there’s a projector screening of the original live broadcast and whole 90 minutes from Lisbon in a Govan warehouse tonight (Friday, 19th), it’ll run from around 6.30 till 9. If interested drop an email to cqnopen@gmail.com

 

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  3. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Cowiebhoy, Im no longer the owner of a Celtic onesie.

     

     

     

     

    Its been, shall we say modified somewhat, for the heat of Lisbon.

     

     

     

    I’ve invented the halfsie….:-)

  4. angelgabriel on

    GFTB.

     

    Snap again……crap at poker . Keeping the joker till the last week wasn’t easy , but keeps the interest going . Main thing being , a good cause ,organised by good Tims will be the benefit .

     

    Good night all. Long may the happy blog continue. HH

  5. Phyllis Dietrichson on

    Cowiebhoy – that’s much too complicated to organise. Too many people arriving at different times in different places – but thanks for looking to co-ordinate it all.

  7. Doc on

    Pictures with Peter Lawell?

     

     

    Yep, got one of them.

     

    Great time to have a little chat with Peter, very interesting chat at that.

     

    Nice fhella, we are lucky to have him, and he is lucky to have his position with the club, I think he knows that.

  11. Celticrollercoaster supporting @WalkWithShay on

    A wee deserved repost

     

     

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    SAINT STIVS on 20TH MAY 2017 4:35 PM

     

    CQNBADGES

     

     

     

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    ON SALE AT CQN CORNER TOMORROW.

     

     

     

    Road to Lisbons close to sold out. Thanks to the many who purchased. And those reserved for far flung Australia and Las Vegas convention.

     

     

     

    Plenty of Brendans left – get one to hopefully be a souvenir of an invincibles treble (i think that could be a theme for the next badges).

     

     

     

    —————

     

     

     

    CQN Badges – 5th edition – Now available

     

     

     

    CQN Badges are delighted to announce that two new badges had been produced and are available for purchase. They are 30 mm diameter

     

     

     

    All proceeds from the sale of badges will be donated to charities close to our hearts

     

     

    The beneficiaries of the badges will be the “Walk with Shay” and “The Road To Lisbon” campaigns

     

     

     

    Badges are individually priced at £5

     

     

     

    https://i0.wp.com/theroadtolisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_5916.jpg

  12. Cowiebhoy on

    PhyllisD

     

    Will drop you a text tomorrow, will have include OneMalloy in message to see if he is up to meeting Tues night for an hour with MA&H

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    Daughter just inand telling me I need to go and park car elsewhere as this Paul67 and his runners have the road closed from 05.00

     

    They Ain’t stopping me getting to the football tomorrow

     

    Now it’s F— that Stirling Council, picking tomorrow for this :-))))

  16. Gerryfaethebrig on

    Bedtime for me as well, for all going tomorrow have a great day…….

     

     

    Never a bad time to be a Celtic fan, but these times are pretty dam magic….

     

     

    Remember “if” Hearts get a freak result the morra it’s Almores fault not me for jinxing Brendan & the Bhoys in GFS (this is no slight to Almore am sure he posted during the week about jinxing our Brendan :-)

     

     

    Good luck to Mike in Toronto as well, I noticed there was one Sevco pick in the last week of GFS :-)

     

     

    Fellow Celts good night and God bless

  21. Doc on

    On the Eve of what will round off a great league campaign I have opened a bottle of Lisboa 1967 blended whisky.

     

    We may go through the season invincible or we may not, either way we have a past to be proud of and a future to look forward to.

     

    A lovely drop btw, a birthday gift from my brother, Slainté!

     

     

    Hope to see you all at the corner.

  27. Jobo Baldie on

    THIS is the day, THIS is the day…

     

     

    We WILL rejoice and be glad in it!

     

     

    Update on a fairly regular post I’ve been doing over the last 3 – 4 weeks…

     

     

    Our best ever achievements in the top flight have been –

     

    103 points (2001-02) – we’re currently on 103 so need a draw or better to set a new record.

     

    105 goals (2003-04) – we’re currently on 104 so need another 2.

     

    33 wins in a season (2001-02) – so far we’ve equalled that. So a win tomorrow and it’ll be 34.

     

    32 game unbeaten run (2003-04) – we’ve already beaten that one as we’re currently unbeaten after 37.

     

    Fewest defeats in a season – 1 (2001-02) – I think we are all aware that we are now just 1 game away from a new , invincible, record.

     

    Finally, there’s also the possibility of reclaiming a previously held European record. In 2013-14 Celtic won the league by 29 points. However, last year a new record was set when Paris Saint-Germain finished 31 points clear. Currently we are 30 ahead of Aberdeen. If we win tomorrow, it’s a new Scottish record. If our result is better than Aberdeen’s then it will also be a new European record. ‘Mon the Jags!

     

    If the 3rd place team score 1 goal they will have reached their pre-season target of 35. If that same team win tomorow they”ll be on 67! They won’t do either!!

     

    We will end the leage season at least 30 points clear of Aberdeen and potentially 42 (FORTY-TWO) ahead of the 3rd placed team.

     

    Happy Days!

  29. thetimreaper on

    Bradford City boss Stuart McCall said he was “close to clocking” Millwall fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the League One play-off final.

     

     

    McCall said he and some of his players were goaded by supporters following their 1-0 loss to the Lions at Wembley.

     

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39988036

  30. BABASONICOS71 on

    There’s something worryingly enjoyable about struggling to kip because of a game of football when I am in my forties.

     

     

    anTICipation.

  34. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    THETIMREAPER

     

     

    Jabba doing some moonlighting?

     

     

    It must be a hun thing,they just don’t do magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat.

  37. KEVJUNGLE on

    Was talking to a hun that I used to work with earlier…..

     

    when I got round to asking him about……

     

    how his team could claw back……

     

    Mr Rodgers Celtic team…..

     

    these were his words…..

     

    “We need to get rid of that Pedro p#### and, bring in Jimmy Calderwood. He’ll not need a lot of money and, he knows what kind of players we need cause, he(JC) knows what we’re all about. Just the other week in the papers, (JC) said that – “Rangers should go for, Ryan Jack, as,….he would kick the head off his granny!” – That is exactly where we’re going wrong, not enough “RANGERS” players in the team.”

     

    Aye,…….

     

    and, to think that, him and other flute faced flukers…….

     

    used to get promoted into all the cushy cliquey jobs at work.

     

    Grrrrrrrrrrr……..

     

    That’s one of the countless, millions of reasons why,……

     

    I’ll regret to my dying days that,…….

     

    in 2012 that, we didn’t have a, Neil Lennon type……

     

    on our board !!!

     

    Or a, Jeanette Findlay…a modern day version of…..

     

    Bernadette Devlin….leading us from the front of the bus…..

     

    not to be run by, sleekit deceitful soul sellers……

     

    who looked the other way as,…..

     

    the huns were allowed into div 3 to start again…..

     

    without having to pay back one single coin…..

     

    or, have one single stolen trophy stripped from……

     

    25 years of Murray Mibbery and, 140 million quid…..

     

    of tax dodging……

     

    and, spare me all this, it started in 2011 p#sh !!!

     

    Mo Johnston, Scotsport – 1989…….

     

    Jim White – “So, Maurice, was it purely because, Rangers offered you more money than Celtic, that you went to them ?”

     

    MJ – “No, that wasn’t the case Jim. Celtic offered me the same deal that I’m getting here with Rangers, the deal at Celtic broke down because, I had a, 150,000 quid tax bill hanging over me from my time at Nantes FC which, Celtic couldn’t deal with but, Rangers looked after it for me.”

     

    Ah mean,……..

     

    1989 !?!?!?…..FMM !!!

     

    25 years of, Orange Masonic Establishment Enshrined Murray Mibbery….

     

    but, that’s hee haw….

     

    know what the worst bit is….

     

    a Celtic PLC board, looked the other way…..

     

    and, let them start again…..

     

    without as much as laying a glove on the cheats !!!!

     

    ah mean, the JUNGLE would have been like…..

     

    a mob of Zulu’s with spears chasing the PLC….

     

    doon London Road if they had tried that !!!

     

    And, what do the Celtic support of today do…..

     

    get selfies took with Lawwell…!!!

     

    the very same Lawwell who, along with Doncaster…..

     

    flew down to London to, sanction a TV deal…..

     

    to help the huns to get back on their feet ???

     

    ye can ramm yer tainted jelly n ice cream !!!

     

    your either, a rebel……

     

    or, your a mug…….

     

    you can’t be both.

     

    Oh and,……ah smell mibbery in the air…..

     

    ……..off-oot.

  40. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Highlighted earlier,and worth a look,one wee snippet stuck out.

     

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    “In the end, Craig felt strongly enough about the situation to act. Assisting with a family house clearance in the early ’90s, he was struck on the side of the head by a box file falling from a shelf. It contained a list of Celtic shareholders.

     

     

    ‘I started phoning them and saying: ‘You have three shares, I know someone else with four or six. If you have ten, you get one vote at an AGM’.

     

     

    ‘I put them in touch with others to give people a vote against the old regime. That was another reason I was bombed out

     

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    I doubt Jimmy Farrell just left those details by accident…

     

     

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4525112/Celtic-s-Jim-Craig-content-long-Lisbon-Lions-silence.html#ixzz4heS5GfWK

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