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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Now I am confused, not unusual I hear you say, but barely six months ago we were being gleefully told that Peter Lawwell had been put back in his box, sidelined, moved sideways etc. Now we are told he is still pulling the strings. Make your mind up folks.
Also very conveniently some people are selectively quoting Brendan about want more signings and being disappointed not to have got more done but forgetting about his next comment that “this is not always our fault”. Brendan has also said he wants the right player to improve the team not just signings for the sake of placated SSN. Last bit are my words but the sentiment mirrors what he said.
Back to being a board apologising, back of the bus sheep for me.
” He is a better player than jittery Jozo and bombscare Boyata.”
Astonishing comment.
JJ
Owen
You must know by now that some supporters will NEVER be happy.
JJ
I rather dislike those Chelski fellows.
Hun entitlement.
If Brendan says Moussa stays, he stays, however, if DD and PL sell him, Brendan wont be happy especially as ‘we,ve had six months’ to sort players.
HH
The Green Man @ 9.55
Not sure I think Jozo is ‘jittery’ and would say that in patches he looks potentially step up in class from the other 2 . But still very much a work in progress.
Jimbo67
OWEN on 31ST JANUARY 2017 10:05 AM
To be fair, if any of the signings turned out to be rubbish they’d automatically be re-named “PL Projects”
Hot Smoked
Why is that astonishing?
I prefer Erik.
HH
Auldheid & others
This Steven Cafferty who was “perpetual motion” — whatever happened to such an active individual?
I have a strange sense of foreboding and sheer devilment about this!!!
Jim Payne
Maybe its due to his injuries….but i reckon Jozo can look a bit wobbly and weak at times.
Also….nearly being sold, maybe hints that Brendan doesnt really rate him.
We will see.
HH
Could someone recommend me an employment lawyer ?
Been recently dismissed and I am now looking for an employment lawyer can’t go into details but I believe I have a strong case so someone who would consider a no win no fee arrangement would be ideal.
I live in Glasgow
Cheers
C,mon give us a signing:)
Brendan might put a brick through the transfer window if they sell Moussa:)
Hope we are working on a wee sneaky one.
Huns must be spewing watching all our multi-million pound players:)
HH
The problem with selling Craig Gordon means having to bed in another goalkeeper and it is difficult to put a price on that. The price of getting it wrong could be upwards of £30m lost CL revenue next season so the sums in risk terms don’t add up.
As regards Dembele the same applies. By the summer he will have been a regular member of a squad that knows how they are expected to play and again CL money could be at risk. However if we don’t qualify what better insurance against CL income loss than a player who might make up at least half of that loss and if we qualify will want to add another season of CL experience to his CV.
This is where football and finance are on common ground and so a no brainer for me.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan on 31st January 2017 10:11 am
Auldheid & others
This Steven Cafferty who was “perpetual motion” — whatever happened to such an active individual?
I have a strange sense of foreboding and sheer devilment about this!!!
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If it involves Steven I’m no surprised.
AULDHEID on 31ST JANUARY 2017 10:23 AM
It’s a no brainer that we keep both of them.
I’d be willing to accept the sale of Dembele in the summer PROVIDED he stays around for the qualifiers (Like big Virgil)
Thindimebhoy
Contact Tony McGrade of McGrade and Company
AULDHEID
Id rather we kept all our players, but can the PLC resist the financial lunacy of Chelski?
We shall see today.
Hope its not a bad day for us.
HH
Auldheid
Check your e-mails
According to Grant Russell Dembele is on a plane heading for London — but then again who can believe what yon fella says?
The Green Man
As I said Jozo is a work in progress but I like that progress so far. Mostly. I like Erik too but I think I need more than 3 assured displays against unambitious opponents to be convinced by Dedryk who’d have been 2nd out the door if I’d been advising Brendan lsst summer. Mind you first would have been Stuart Armstrong!
Jimbo67
Good Morning Auldheid,
How are you amigo?
Reading with interest your stuff about football at Cowglen.
Is the Tony Madden you mention another “Mungo Boy?” If so,I also know him and his brother Harry.Both lovely guys from a lovely family.
I knew a few of the guys who played with the team called simply Cowglen.Maybe you know them too.Pat McLuskey,Gordon McPhail,Gordon Smith,John Thompson.
They were part of a Sunday League team I played for called Springvale.
I also played in the Civil Service Saturday Morning League with Springvale.
There were some right good teams and players in that league with guys who wanted to play the game but could also go to a professional game in the afternoon following a pie and a pint in The Alhambra on Waterloo Street.
Hope you are well buddy.
HH
B
According to STV Dembele is flying to London.
For a scan on his knee.
If that’s the case, he won’t be leaving today.
A) ” Celtic lose £40M Dembele transfer bonanza ”
B) ” Celtic lose star striker Dembele ”
Tomorrows Faily Record CSC
NATKNOW on 31ST JANUARY 2017 9:17 AM
If RT did their (extended) report on the GB handing money over to the Palestinians based upon the Daily Rectum piece they must have a time machine.
They had Liam O’Hare and a camera crew at Celtic Park on Sunday filming the presentation. It was a longer and far more informative piece than any other news station that I have seen.
KTF
THINDIMEBHOY on 31ST JANUARY 2017 10:17 AM
Ramsay Employment Law in George St; ask for Asim Khan.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/asimakhan
KTF
A picture of Dembele on a plane flying down to London this AM for a knee scan, it’s on a sun newspaper, so I’m not posting it as it upsets some on here, you know what they’r like,
Ross Hall have perfectly good CT Scanning or MRI Scanning facilities, used them ma’sel!
Dembele being at Celtic is a freak of nature in the kindest sense.A 500k Development Fee, a player and an agent who are clever, and see the long game rather than a fast buck.A 20 year old , who has all the tools but is still a wee bit raw.All top clubs are looking for a striker with pace and strength, he is a monster of a boy for his age, with huge potential.If the offer of £30m plus is true, i’m afraid we must take it, take into account, injuries, loss of form, possibly playing in the less hyped Europa League next season, will his value go up any more? I doubt it, we have to sell at the optimum time, which could be today or in the summer.
Sky sports saying dembele in London having scan on knee… hope celtic have some bodyguards to keep Chelsea officials away .
We linked with any incoming players ?
RobinBhoy,
aye smokescreen does spring to mind.
Hope not though.
Think we all know he is bound to leave us sooner rather than later, i’d prefer it wasnt this much sooner though.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Dembele fails Chelsea medical and starts against Aberdeen.
Warburton finds McKay abandoned in Fraser’s Buchanan St shop window.
Just two of the headlines from tomorrow’s red tops.
Can’t see Dembele going anywhere at present unless it’s WITH Brendan’s approval.
To risk dismantling a team less than a year into rebuilding and peeing off the best manager we’ve had since M O’N would be a step too far, even for PL.
I see there’s a handful of EPL games tonight.
I wonder if any players will be subbed at HT because of a late transfer.
Daily Rekord
End my Celtic Hell Moussa Dembele exklusiv.
Special Guest Column: The Green Man Jonah Dust on ma cornflakes:))
Big Erik spotted eating a big bag of Walkers Crisps!!
HH
THINDIMEBHOY
Go through your union if you have one,and don’t take no for an answer.
If you are pursuing a claim for unfair dismissal,you have to pay about £1200 upfront to the courts before they allow you to proceed.
Disgraceful,but there ye go.
What’s the point of the transfer window?
What benefit is it supposed to bring to anyone?
medtim on 31st January 2017 10:31 am
Good Morning Auldheid,
How are you amigo?
Reading with interest your stuff about football at Cowglen.
Is the Tony Madden you mention another “Mungo Boy?” If so,I also know him and his brother Harry.Both lovely guys from a lovely family.
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I think Tony was ex Mungo. He had a pal called Charlie Rooney, a tall chap who went off to join the police in Bermuda. I think he also made Lisbon in 67. Tony was another character, full of life.
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I knew a few of the guys who played with the team called simply Cowglen.Maybe you know them too.Pat McLuskey,Gordon McPhail,Gordon Smith,John Thompson.
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Yup Pat McCluskey was friends with Hugh McDaid, John McIntyre and Joe Pirret.
Joe was a tough mid fielder but screamed his head of mammy daddy style on the Grand National at Blackpool when Boydstone ventured to St Annes to play a friendly v Bonds Office.
Big Dan was the fitting short name attributed to Gordon McPhail a strong tall brave centre back.
Gordon Smith was Dr Jeckyll off the park and Mr Hyde on it. Made in Scotland from girders and fitter than ten fiddles. They made Cowglen the top team. John Thompson I don’t recall but probable have met him.
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They were part of a Sunday League team I played for called Springvale.
I also played in the Civil Service Saturday Morning League with Springvale.
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That team name rings a bell now but no more than that. Must have played against them though.
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There were some right good teams and players in that league with guys who wanted to play the game but could also go to a professional game in the afternoon following a pie and a pint in The Alhambra on Waterloo Street.
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Did the best moussaka and chips in Glasgow at that time did The Alhambra. It was the pub of after game choice for many teams where you got the latest scores, incidents etc. No Twitter then.
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Hope you are well buddy.
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Yup fine and back in the sun.
The name of the Clyde player I could not recall in an earlier post was Brian Ahern. It just popped into my head when brushing my teeth. Must have archived it :)
A bit more on Brian at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ahern_(footballer)
HH
Auldheid.
Enjoying your recall on NSB at cowglen.
It was a massive employer and coming home from school at lunchtime you didnt want caught behind the staff doing the lunch time dash to shawlands.
As JNP was saying the hospital section is being built on by Persimmon.The main building is derelict and due to come down
I played most my youth foptball on the boydstone rd and at south pollok, the former has 2 pitches wi no change(used be 5 pitches)and cowglen/south polloks 21 pitches have the a77 running thro it. A big loss to local footballwhen you think 2 sometimes 3 games would be played on saturday covering all age groups
;-)
HH
ernie lynch on 31st January 2017 11:22 am
What’s the point of the transfer window?
What benefit is it supposed to bring to anyone?
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The original idea was to stop players upping sticks and heading off to pastures new when they felt like it often leaving their team in the lurch.
Guys does anyone have a spare ticket for tomorrow. Trying to avoid a 30 mile round trip to the TO today.