Pre-match For those not listed among the 12 names for the Glasgow Cup tie, it was a case of training as usual on the Tuesday morning at Barrowfield. There was definitely a tension in the air among the coaching staff and it began to rub off on us too. We were all aware that, no …
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24th August Between the headlines in the press and the comments from the manager, the Rangers players took a bit of a pasting in the day following their 0-4 defeat at the hands of Celtic; ‘Rangers Failure’ and ‘We Paid for Our Errors – Scot Symon’
Morning of the Match I arrived early at the ground, hopeful that I might make the role of substitute for the match and found very few there. Gradually, one by one, all the others came in, including the reserves, who had a Combined Reserve League match against Jordanhill College that afternoon. The management must …
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29th August Two days after Celtic had beaten Hearts and Rangers had lost 2-3 to Hibs, this announcement – or perhaps proclamation would be a better word – appeared in the Scottish press ;- ‘Training methods at Ibrox Stadium are to be completely overhauled and certain players may now have to work both …
Read more “31st August 1966: Clyde v Celtic League Cup – Part One”
31st August On the morning of the match, the papers announced what I had found out the previous day; Craig Listed in 14 for Clyde Game Right-back Jim Craig has not played in Celtic’s first team since the match with Motherwell at Fir Park on 7th May but is named is among the 14 …
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2nd September 1966 The win over Clyde in the penultimate match of the league cup sectional games had put Celtic into the quarter-final stages of the League Cup. That inevitably meant that training on the following days – while still strenuous – was conducted in a pleasant atmosphere, not always the case on a training …
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The Morning of the Match I always thought it a bit odd that when we travelled to the more distant away matches, like Aberdeen or the Edinburgh or Dundee sides (don’t forget that there were no Inverness or Ross County matches in those days) we stopped for a bit of lunch en route, while …
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5th September 1966 Jock Stein had flown to Switzerland after the match against St Mirren to see our European Cup opponents Zurich play a league match against Biel FC. He returned on the Monday and told reporters at the airport that he had a slight worry.
The Morning of the Match When I arrived at Celtic Park for the match against Clyde over at Shawfield, there were not only members of the first-team squad there but also guys from the reserves who had a game that afternoon at Barrowfield against Rangers.
12th September The headlines in the press on the Monday after the match against Clyde more or less told the story of the game – Celts Make Great Start Super-Sharp Celts Everyone was back training on the Monday, although the major injury concern was Wee Jimmy, of whom the Boss told the reporters …
Read more “14th September 1966: Celtic v Dunfermline Athletic League Cup – Part One”