It was a league game at Tannadice, Hogmanay 1966, which ended the Lisbon Lions 26 game unbeaten domestic run, a record which stood until yesterday. Stein’s Celtic were comfortable and led with 20 minutes to go, but United scored twice in three minutes and before the Champions had time to realise they were in trouble, it was too late.
That’s how historic runs end.
It’s only this season anyone has paid attention to that specific record, such were the overwhelming achievements which unfolded in the months ahead for the men who would become known as Lions. With the League Cup already secured, they added the Scottish Cup and the League title, before becoming the first team to break the Italian-Spanish-Portuguese hegemony on the European Cup.
The serendipity of one of the Lions records falling while we celebrate the 50th anniversary of their great achievements should not be lost.
Season 66-67 wasn’t just about Lisbon. Celtic retained the league for the first time since the Great War – a 50-year gap without defending the league title! They won the treble, the (then competitive) Glasgow Cup, and finished off with a virtuoso performance at the Bernabeu. They changed Scotland forever; nothing would ever be the same again.
Hearts only offered effective opposition for around 5 minutes yesterday, but if/when we lose a domestic game this season, it’s likely to follow the format of St Johnstone’s visit last midweek. St Johnstone defended every Celtic attack bar one and created a chance which could have bounced off the post more generously for them.
All the pressure and superiority in the world are irrelevant in the face of the statistical certainty that, in one game, a dominant team will miss all their chances and concede one of the few they are called to defend.
More records beckon for this Celtic team, not just Scottish ones. Benfica’s world record 29-game consecutive league game winning record has proven impossible to match. But, there’s one team with a chance of doing so this season…………
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Big-Cup Winners
Chelski are that daft.
Like the old Hun entitlement.
They are sick with money.
HH
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 10:08 PM
What I don’t get on BRs comment on the Griff is that he has been telling us the Griff is injured for the last few weeks, so an injured Griff needs to be more committed in training, what is going on ?
What I took out of BR’s comments (and I could be wide of the mark) is:
Leigh picks up injuries in games of the kind of high intensity BR wants because he still doesn’t train/diet/prepare/look after his fitness to the standard that BR expects.
To me, Leigh always seems a fit player who leaves nothing out on the pitch, but Brendan knows him a lot better than we do.
GERIHATRIC on 30TH JANUARY 2017 10:57 PM
I’ve learned my lesson!
KTF
Celtic40me
Just out curiosity….how does that feel ?
A quiet day beckons tomorrow……
BRENDAN RODGERS, the Celtic manager, has made clear no first-team player would be leaving the club on deadline day despite Chelsea’s interest in Craig Gordon and Moussa Dembele.
Rodgers revealed that he expects only Nadir Ciftci to possibly move on, with Efe Ambrose, Kris Commons and Nir Bitton all likely to stay at the club barring any unexpected late developments. The Northern Irishman also does not foresee adding to his squad before the window closes at midnight.
Rodgers expressed his surprise at news of an improved offer for Gordon but categorically refuted any notion that his goalkeeper could leave, “guaranteeing” Gordon would be in the Celtic team to face Aberdeen tomorrow night. “If there’s another bid you know more than me,” he said. “For me it’s always been clear. Craig will be here, he will be in goal on Wednesday night and we want to get him signed up on a new deal, simple as that.
“There are two parts to it. You can only speak to someone if another club meets a valuation of what a player is maybe worth. You don’t willy-nilly let a player go and talk to them. It doesn’t work like that. But the stance is the same. We don’t want to lose him.
“I’ve been brought in to lead the club, look after the football side, and help manage the club. So my job is to protect the club and to build the best team I possible can and that means keeping Craig Gordon. Craig will be in goal on Wednesday night, I guarantee you.”
Rodgers does not expect much in the way of late transfer activity, with Chelsea having been told than only a bid of upwards of £40m would be considered for Dembele. “We’re in total control. There’s no drama. I don’t think we’ll get in what we want to get in. But we’ve got a great squad of players here. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to strengthen in January. I want to improve the team but only when the right players become available and I just don’t think it’s going to be.”
A permanent transfer for Patrick Roberts also looks unlikely when his loan agreement expires in the summer. “He’ll go back – he’s a Manchester City player. That’s the bottom line.”
Ernie…,
It’s the bricks and mortar argument, I doubt the mail would have pointed out half my points.
You suggest no questions should be asked on the grounds that the truth might not be nice.
The world is crazy at present. But trump may just be a god send.
How so Roberttressell you crazy socialist bar steward you? I hear you ask.
Well it’s like this.
Had Clinton won we’d be looking at a continuation of all the same extra judicial murders (drone strikes for example) bombings in the Middle East, unconditional support for Israel, unfettered corporate lobbyists, half assed environmental efforts while the planet burns etc
You’ll get all this with trump. But the left, liberals and other progressives might just see beyond the gloss that Obama put on it all and fight like f£&@ against the vested interests that trump represents.
You have to have hope.
Never mind selling our players.
We don’t need to. £30 mill for moussa? Keep him. Make £30 mill in the CL again. When he wants to go in a few years he’ll potentially have helped us earn £60 mill CL cash pls his transfer fee.
Or we could keel him, KT and others and build a great team. FFS why not?
https://twitter.com/christianh1984/status/826204065025708034
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/celtic-fan-who-inspired-childrens-4855439
NegAnon2 on 30th January 2017 10:52 pm
Bizarre. Folk want dembele sold and want us to spend 20m and save 20m. What are we saving for? Are Celtic now a bank?
It’s getting beyond parody now. I thought we were building a team?
Same old nonsense.
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LOL.
Now he’s using his last sentence to review his own post.
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 11:03 PM
The most blatant and hypocritical propaganda within politics recently has been by the BBC.
Laura Kuenssberg’s protracted hatchet job on Jeremy Corbyn (funded by the licence payer) resulted in him getting a larger majority. Their recent coverage of the American Presidency since the inauguration has paralleled this.
I’m no lover of Trump, but I feared for the world if Clinton was elected.
Bernie Sanders, IMHO, was the logical option but the US MSM did for him in the hope that the corrupt war-mongeress would get in.
Now, it is what it is. Again, IMHO, we have plenty of people protesting about issues they don’t fully understand. One placard at a demo agains the latest Executive Order on “banning Muslims” was held aloft stating “I don’t regret my abortion”!
Demonstrate by all means, but at least understand what you are demonstrating against!
Unfortunately, much of this protest is driven by a MSM media with a specific agenda; unless people look for balance, they will get one viewpoint. Very seldom will that viewpoint look to benefit the ordinary working Joe!
KTF
GDT,
BR told us before the game the Griff was not on playing because both his calves were knackered picked up during previous games. He also said a couple of months ago when commending him for training like he was a first choice. Too many inconsistencies coming out, suspect he is being edged out the door and current criticism will be kept up until he’s gone and used to justify his sale.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Record_Sport/status/826206928812519425/photo/1
Be gutted if big erik left.
Imo… he is better than jozo and boyata
HH
If the Chelsea rumours about Dembele are anywhere near being true at that level then we need to take the money. Spend £3-5m on the lad from Belgium and build again.
VFR,
Georgious Soros
Erik’s agent will be over to negotiate new, improved contract after a successful first year at club.
There is no £40 million bid, and there won’t be one, it’s a hands off plain and simple. Brendan knows they won’t pay that, so he is pricing him out of a move
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 11:21 PM
Yep; fund the demo.
What are we demonstrating against this time?
Dunno, just hold this up for the cameras!
KTF
RT,
That’s the least we can hope for.
Hail hail
TRick is we are watching the end of my day me democracy it’s the left and liberals of America who are leading that charge. If you can’t accept the result of a democratic election and resort to violence to get your way, you have no right to call yourself a supporter of democracy.
VFR..,
Fund the demo, fund the MSM control the agenda then fund the violence its how he has operated in numerous countries for decades and the useful idiots don’t even feel the sinker going down.
Rangers 1 – 2 Celtic 31st December 2016 – Celtic Fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tASgUSt08dk
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 11:30 PM
He promotes the worst and most insidious type of political influence IMHO; to him, it’s not about the protests per se (e.g. Black Lives Matter), it’s about sowing discord and disharmony.
KTF
VFR..,
divide and conquer, that’s a new one, no wonder it’s hard or the useful idiots to spot eh :)
Harold Wilson would have sorted Trump right out:)
HH
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 10:00 PM
MWD,
Sorry I’m no following your logic, Saunders was not a presidential candidate that is why he was an irrelevant reference, he was never an alternative to Trump.
*rarely if ever agree with you but do here.
Oh and. Saunders a socialist, ha ha ha ha ha ha sober up ffs.
*your hero labelled him a commie and allegedly he disnae drink.
For what its worth IMHO slick willy (nae pun intended) cost her the election. she never challenged the trumpet on his alleged extra marital affairs, even when the bible belt was voting for him, people in glass houses etc
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My Dear Macjay….
Kieran Tierney Is The Best Left Back To Wear The Hoops Since We Saw The Light Of Day…..
I’m Sure Even Wullie Gemmell Will Agree…
He’s Improving At Such A Rate That He’s Probably Already The Best Left Back In These Sceptred Isles….
He’s The Best Talent To Come Through The Ranks Since McStay,Daglish…
& McGrain….
He Has The Ideal Temperament….
Almost Teutonic…With A Splash Of Lanarkshire Mallum Thrown In
He’s Tenacious,Quick,And Has Excellent Positional Sense…
Whilst His Timing In The Tackle Is Sublime…
He Is Too Inclined To Lunge In…
Risking Serious Injury…..
Instead Of Jockeying His Opponent Away From The Danger Zone.
Exuberance Of Youth,Perhaps….
But BR Should Have A Word In His Ear…
Since He Has Already Suffered Two Serious Ankle Injuries….
His Attacking Play Is A Real Eye-Opener…
He Can Go Past Players Like A Winger..
And Can Cross Very Accurately.
He Has An Excellent Shot…
And He Was Clearly Being Encouraged To Have A Pot At Goal….
In The Last Few Games Before His Injury…
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Canamalar….
Great To See You Come Over From The “Dark Side”….
With Age….Comes Wisdom !
Cannot Recall Our Bra-Burning Lefties Get In A Tither….
When “Bathtub Barry” Barry Issued An Executive Order In His LAST Week In Office…….
Changing Longstanding Visa Arrangements For Cubans Coming To The USA….
So That Grannies Coming Across From The Communist Dictatorship To Visit Their Relatives In The US…
Are Being Detained In Prison…And Deported Back To Cuba.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/30/cubans-obama-stranded-throughout-latin-america/
[ Cuban Americans Predominantly Vote Republican,And Probable Swung Florida For DONALD..So Payback!..Ed ]
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The Shrill Fake News Channels….
BBC,Sky,CNN,MNSBC,ABC,North Korean News….
Can You Tell The DIFFERENCE…?
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Great To See George Galloway Giving His Support For DONALD….
So Soon After His Love-In With Nigel Farage…
When He Interviewed Him For His “Sputnik’ Programe On The RT Satellite Channel….
George Has Been A Changed Man Since He Started To Wear His Fedora….
One Wonders Whether He Was Suffering Chronic Hypothermia Before He Took To Wearing The Hat…..
Leading To Confusion And Bizarre Behaviour….
We Do Lose 10% Of Our Body Heat Through Our Heads
More So…For Those Who Are Follicly Challenged…
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/760301/George-Galloway-Barack-Obama-Donald-Trump
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Canamalar
And the miners?
Both groups infiltrated by IA’s to instigate violence as had now been learned. Same with IA’s infiltration of animal rights.
IA (Intelligence Agencies)
MWD
TGM..,
Is that the same bloke the British establishment planned to remove in a military coup ?
normanstreet
Hate to say it but you guys didn’t half sell yourself cheap. You could earned have more working in a woodyard.
And as for the oil industry well by 1982 GB was self sufficient and a major oil exporter. Earn more than you could in Glasgow, was that the criteria that you guys applied back in those days?
Canamalar
On the strength of his Mac and Pipe alone:)
Poor Harold eh, one minute the hero of the Labour Party, next minute Communist agent.
Ah tell you, must have been hard to fit all that in, he must have been a busy man:)
How very dare he be a socialist indeed…outrageous:)
Done up like a kipper.
HH
And the vast majority are not resorting to violence but using their democratic right to demonstrate. Something you won’t see in Russia!
Well, not at least without the state resorting to violence.
On news in the UK I tend to watch Al J, RT and other non MSM but alas I tend still to view them all with distrust as they each have an agenda somewhere down the line. If the BEEB told me it was night time if expect to see the sun high in the sky. I still view CH4 news frequently as it’s the best UK has to offer.
MWD
Brendan’s comments on Griffiths were positive and constructive.
They were also relevant to the whole squad.
Rodgers’ football philosophy is exactly the same as that espoused by Ronnie Deila when he arrived.
That is why so many of us welcomed the Norwegian.
The difference between the two managers is that Brendan possesses the gravitas, experience and charisma to get his message across.
If you were to sum him up it would be that talent is not enough. RD said the same.
MWD
I tend to think of all media, Sky, RT, CNN, FOX as state controlled.
They will deny it of course, but thats the reality.
Its an information war to subvert political consciousness, Orwell saw all this you recall..Ministry of Truth, Thought Crime, Face Crime, Two-Minute Hate etc.
The media are Big Brother.
HH
Who controls the media controls and creates opinion.
Its not difficult.
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 30TH JANUARY 2017 11:38 PM
Harold Wilson would have sorted Trump right out:)
HH
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Wish he`d sorted out Jim ( there will be no devaluation of the pound ) Callaghan.
Sadly , the gnomes of Zurich did.
:-)