17th October The morning papers quite rightly stressed that on the previous Saturday it had been a case of Celtic successfully dealing with an Airdrie defence determined to hold them out ;- Celts Beat Airdrie Curtain
25th October 1966 There were contrasting reports about the form of the League Cup Final combatants after their Monday night matches. The Rangers one was in the big headlines;-
The Morning of the Match There was a report in one of the dailies that four representatives of Nantes – Celtic’s next opponents in the European Cup – would be watching the match at Hampden that afternoon. There was also a little piece pointing out that Celtic had only won the League Cup on three …
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31st October Monday morning’s papers were full of reflections about the League Cup final. General opinion was that while Rangers had most of the pressure, they never looked particularly dangerous near goal and Celtic took their best opportunity to score;- Lennox Uncorks Champagne Goal
Morning of the Match It is always amazing what football players can learn from the papers. In that Wednesday’s offerings, we all found out that the injury suffered by John Hughes against Rangers would keep him out of the Stirling match. We all knew that the big guy had received a knock but the decision …
Read more “2nd November 1966: Celtic v Stirling Albion League – Part Two”
3rd November The Boss must have been very pleased with our performance on the previous Saturday against Stirling Albion, as we were given the Thursday off for a game of golf. The papers were still assessing the quality of that performance and it was probably summed up best in this headline ; – The …
Read more “5th November 1966: Celtic v St Mirren League – Part One”
Morning of the Match When we all arrived at Celtic Park for the match, there was a surprise for us. Billy McNeill was out with a dose of flu. Now, that was a turn-up! The reserve team had already left for their match at Love Street and the team was Kennedy, Young, McCarron, Cattenach, Halpin, …
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Morning of Match The morning papers were able to give good news to Celtic fans;- McNeill Fit for Final There was also a comment from Jock Stein: “I won’t name a team till just before the kick-off”.
This match had a 7.30pm starting time at Celtic Park on a Monday evening and an excellent crowd of around 31,000 turned up for the occasion. The vast majority, of course, were Celtic fans but the Jags have always had a decent support and many of then were there that night, not expecting much but …
Read more “7th November 1966: Celtic v Partick Thistle Glasgow Cup Final – Part Two”
8th November The headlines in the press on the day after the Glasgow Cup Final were pretty succinct in their interpretation of the play ; – Cup Cakewalk Now Celtic Aim for Grand Slam