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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Good Evening.
Here is something new…
“Celtic’s Transfer Window Nightmare”
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/celtics-transfer-window-nightmare/
I hope br gets a good go at the europa league. We can’t get near competing against 600 euro debt and unlimited funds but the pace and football brains br has put on the pitch now could well cope with the next tier down
Natknow,
You parroted a lie and still jistifying that rather than admitting it is a lie. It can be checked if you want you refuse to check and somehow it’s my problem for offering the truth, not as you say ALT-facts but the only truth.
Again, I have done what you advocate read widely with a critical eye and offered the truth, you still reject the truth and refuse to address your failure to face facts. A bit like supporters of an ethereal entity
oops 600 million euro debts
Just listening to Grace sung by Anthony Kearns. A tear in the eye. Beautiful.
34 million – peanuts to Chelski.
Sickening. However, I don’t think we’ll sell. In a way, these stories are useful because it sets a baseline for when we do want to sell him.
Auldheid
I recognise some of the faces in your 2nd photo.
Wee Frank McFadzean (Faddy) was the year below me at St. Maggie May’s. In the back row, from my year, is Steven Cafferty A couple of other faces look familiar- the 2 boys to Caff’s left and the boy peeking out from behind the bandido- but I could be mistaken and I can’t recall any names for them.
Did Gerry McGlinchey not play for one of the Cowglen teams- I seem to remember him scoring in a cup final I was talked into watching with the promise of a good drink afterwards?
Regarding the bus debate, l noticed yesterday Hearts don’t use Parks anymore, Firm Called Charlie Irons was transporting them.
Great to meet up with a few Cqnrs yesterday especially the Delectable Minx and of course the wee cuddly Dena
jamesgang
Dermot’s private jet re-routed to Dublin tae pick up The Driver?
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 8:36 PM
Natknow,
You parroted a lie and still jistifying that rather than admitting it is a lie. It can be checked if you want you refuse to check and somehow it’s my problem for offering the truth, not as you say ALT-facts but the only truth.
Again, I have done what you advocate read widely with a critical eye and offered the truth, you still reject the truth and refuse to address your failure to face facts. A bit like supporters of an ethereal entity
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I parroted a lie?
No I didn’t – I posted a link.
I haven’t rejected anything – except your telling me what to read/think.
Get over yourself.
Teams like Chelsea imho have ruined the game I love.
Money rules.
Greed rules.
Love the idea that my team are telling them politely to ram their cash.
Some things are worth more than money
HH
Celtic Mac
;-)
HH jamesgang
I would sell Dembele for £10 mill + and promote the shift key to be our numero uno, you know you want to Pedro
I suspect that we might be at ‘peak Dembele’. He doesn’t have any internationally-visible games for the next 6 to 7 months, unless France picks him and he plays well. So I can’t see his value going up significantly. I’d prefer to see him leave now rather than in the summer, if we have a possible replacement who would have time to bed in over the next few months. And the money we are talking about is stupid. And we will sell him, if not now then in the summer. A week ago I’d have bitten several hands off for 25m, and now we are talking about 34m. Sell, I’m afraid.
540 million years ago Sevcoryhtus was mankind’s earliest known ancestor.
The researchers were unable to find any evidence that the animal had an anus, which suggests that it consumed food and excreted from the same orifice.
Now there is a surprise….
Braw.
Canamalar
The majority maybe did prefer Clinton to Donald Dick. On that I agree. Personally it was a choice between evil incarnate and her da the devil and in the short medium and long run it wasn’t much of a choice.
I bring Bernie into it because in my view he was the only decent honest human being who had an opportunity if he wasn’t spike by the non Democratic Party to actually make a difference for the Amsrian people.
I don’t see why you feel that I shouldn’t mention him.
I’m more concerned though that someone educated as you are is happy with the choice the American people made just because Donald Dick mandated on an anti-establishment card. Yeah he doesn’t want to share with the established establishment. He only wants to share with his established establishment.
No difference really whatever way you deal the pack!
The American people and most importantly those sho have entrusted him to bring jobs back to their heartlands of manufacturing days of ole are being sold a dummy and a half.
Time will tell on his promises with regards war and bombing of the innocents. Once he sees the back handers from the arms industry like those he’s most definately going to receive from oil, gas, coal etc… The bombs will just keep dropping and every Tuesday will be like every other Tuesday!
MWD
Burghbhoy
I know exactly how you feel, but many in Scotland ( particularly Dundee Utd supporters) would feel we have done to them as Chelsea have done to others.
C’est La vie
HH.
Panorams just finished,incredible and sad,
well worth watching if you can get it on demand
Natknow,
You parroted a lie and used it as evidence to support your argument, you get over yourself and face facts, I offered my opinion on the source you used and pointed out it was like using the daily record as evidence, you introduced the idea I was telling you what to read, until then it was simply an opinion on your source. You then asked me if you should ignore that source and in good faith my advice was yes ignore it, it’s all there for anyone bored enough to read.
You parroted a lie as evidence and have spent the rest of this discussion trying to distract from that.
You parroted a lie, The first line in the evidence/link you provided is a lie, you parroted a lie,
Anyroadup, will leave the last word for you, as I say it’s all there for anyone bored enough to check the discussion
oops Panorama
what was it about g64?
SSN : BR states categorically that CG is going nowhere.
That’s that as far as I’m concerned.
HH.
GORDYBHOY64 on 30TH JANUARY 2017 9:01 PM
The only winner seemed to be the journalist who got to make a programme.
An old American guy,with dementia,taken to UK by his family,
and then left while they toured Europe and went back home
That Trump banned list in full:
The Tired
The Poor
The Huddled Masses, yearning to breathe fee.
Interesting to see the ruthless streak in Brendan’s team building.
Toure has hardly had his boots on since his European clock ups, Eric has dropped out the team since getting a bit complacent and looking off the pace pre Xmas, Leigh is now being told to shape up.
Take a look at how committed Gamboa and McGregor look when they get a chance?
The talk is that when Brendan takes the training he treats the attitude at training as a guide to the attitude in matches. Biton looks like the latest one to wake up and smell the coffee.
Interesting times ahead.
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 30TH JANUARY 2017 9:01 PM
Natknow,
You parroted a lie and used it as evidence to support your argument, you get over yourself and face facts, I offered my opinion on the source you used and pointed out it was like using the daily record as evidence, you introduced the idea I was telling you what to read, until then it was simply an opinion on your source. You then asked me if you should ignore that source and in good faith my advice was yes ignore it, it’s all there for anyone bored enough to read.
You parroted a lie as evidence and have spent the rest of this discussion trying to distract from that.
You parroted a lie, The first line in the evidence/link you provided is a lie, you parroted a lie,
Anyroadup, will leave the last word for you, as I say it’s all there for anyone bored enough to check the discussion
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LOL!
To parrot anything I would have had to have repeated what was written in the article. What I did was….I posted a link.
As I said – I will continue to read and post whatever I want despite your nonsense.
Nice touch of you trying to call me a hun though. Keep up the great work.
Chris Sutton said Celtic could play the rest of the season without a goalkeeper, and still win the league! :)
HH.
GORDYBHOY64 on 30TH JANUARY 2017 9:11 PM
At what stage did it occur to the programme makers that this wasn’t going to end well for the old guy?
And what sort of consent did they have to obtain before broadcasting film of a vulnerable old person who by definition was in no position to grant consent?
Celtic Mac
Your info about wages goes a long way to explaining why the workers in said factory went on strike closing the factory and we found ourselves back signing on for the rest of the summer.
Place doesn’t exist now.
MWD,
Saunders became irrelevant after Clinton rigged the nomination vote, he was not an option so pointless even mentioning him.
The “democrats” (that name makes me laugh) tried to force the Clinton V Trump choice thinking Trump was unacceptable and the only opposition she would beat.
And I his is where we disagree, I believe Trump is the least evil of the two and I believe that is already being evidenced by the USA not objecting to the Syrian peace talks. 1880 Syrian refugees have been allowed into the USA since 2011, no demonstrations, Obama introduced the this latest law which is only now being implemented and it’s being attributed to Trump. Where were all the demonstrations to make sure it never became law, or when demonstrations might have had an effect ?
The USA meeja have told the world a lie and we have Celtic supporters promoting that lie as the truth because of their blind hatred soaked up by MSM lies.
Radio Shortbread was a hoot tonight. Kenny Mac asking Barry, if Celtic win 10 will it be tainted as there was no (and still is) no R*ngers and Barry moaning about how Celtic being 22 points clear is bad for Scottish football.
I never heard any of that in the 90’s or any sort of venomous horror at the years of cheating that have been uncovered…..ach, well…we only pay our license fee….
Canamalar,
“The USA meeja have told the world a lie and we have Celtic supporters promoting that lie as the truth because of their blind hatred soaked up by MSM lies.”
You better tell those gullible old lefties, Sen John McCain and Sen Linsey Graham. Looks like they’ve been hoodwinked.
(PS – are you Kellyanne Conway?)
No ban on Saudi.
MSM speculation and innuendo about Trump`s conflict of business interest.
Sixteen , I believe , of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudi , as was Usama.
Fifteen years on , have any home based Saudis been involved in terrorist crimes against USA ?
I can`t think of any.
Is it just possible that the Saudis , not famed for their kid glove approach to crime , have sorted out their problem with home grown terrorists ? ie put their own house in order.
Has Trump recognised this ?
Trump is now doing what stupid Bush should have done immediately after 9 / 11 .
As I said at the time.
:-)
Ernie,
i have no answer to your questions,
i guess it started as an effort just to identify the man,
he would have been better off left in his UK home,
i commented as i found it incredible that someone could do that,
and so sad for the elderly gent concerned,my views on his son would get me red carded
KevinG
“The Ten” terrifies them.
Canamalar.
On that basis The devil that is Hilary is now it relevent and should now never be mentioned as a defence of the choice of Trumpet.
I still do not understand your support of Trumpets established establishment over the establishment though. Other than who profits what is the difference and do you actual believe the majority of those who, for whatever their reasons from racism through national security (perceived) to job security (perceived) will benefit from trumpton established establishment?
MWD
Italiabhoy,
I notice you’ve been wanting attention for a wee while now, have you got anything coherent to add to the discussion or is it going to be your usual deflection from the subject and turn it into abuse ?
If the former I’m happy to discuss points if the later this is the last post engaging with you on the subject, enjoy what I suspect will be the last word.