After the trip to Vancouver for the third match against Spurs, it was back to the US and San Francisco to face Bayern Munich. The team in the all-red strip had recently won the West German Cup by beating MSV Duisburg 1-0 and, as the national Bundesliga only came into being in 1963, they were …
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As the Celtic party moved from San Francisco for the final match of the tour, the discussions among the Boss and his staff must have been worth listening to. After all, with one match left, Celtic had three players injured – Cushley, McCarron, Auld – two on leave to get married – Johnstone and Young …
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While the team was having a very successful tour across the Atlantic, I was stationed back in Glasgow, having come to a special arrangement with the Dean of the Dental Hospital. As a final year student, I should have sat the first part of my finals in March and the second part in June. Unfortunately, …
9th August Three days after the friendly against Manchester United, every Celtic player on the books – apart from those carrying an injury – reported to Celtic Park for the Public Trial. Most clubs had stopped holding these matches by that time and it was somewhat ironic that the only two that did continue …
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The Morning of the Match I reported early for the Reserve League Cup match at Parkhead, as I was feeling a little strained in a thigh muscle and I thought I would go out early and loosen it up. Unfortunately – at least for me – as I arrived the first team squad was leaving …
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15th August 1966 Jimmy Johnstone had received an ankle injury in the first 50 seconds of the match against Hearts and had come in Sunday for some treatment. By Monday, he was feeling much better. After training, Jock Stein said
The Opposition Clyde had finished 11th in the league table the previous season with a record of P W D L F A. 34 13 4 17 62 64
18th August 1966 The guys who played the night before against Clyde did a light session, the rest of us put in a full shift. And a full shift it was, with shooting the main subject of the morning. Although both first team and reserves had been winning, perhaps the number of goals …
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Match Report The Side As expected, Jock Stein announced the same side as beat Clyde in midweek. One difference, though, was that Davie Cattenach was listed as the substitute instead of Charlie Gallagher.
22nd August 1966 The League Cup campaign was going well for Celtic and they were receiving good press for their efforts yet it was noticeable over the weekend that the prospect of an Old Firm contest – in this case a first round tie in the Glasgow Cup – brought on a definite edge …
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