14th November The harsh comments by Jock Stein about Celtic’s performance – and subsequent draw – against St Mirren on 5th November had obviously not been forgotten by at least one of the daily papers, which led with this headline and report on the play against Falkirk the previous Saturday ;- Celts Got Message …
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Morning of the Match This match was a much-anticipated contest in all the dailies that Saturday morning. One of them published a headline which summed up the Celtic management’s attitude to the clash with the Pars ;- Celtic Respect the Fifers Celtic had every reason to do that. When Jock Stein took over …
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21st November In the Monday morning papers, Celtic’s feat of coming back twice from a two-goal deficit to Dunfermline and then actually winning the match was the main topic in all the coverage;-
Morning of the Match As you might imagine, the Boss had been none too pleased with the performance of the reserve team the previous evening and made his displeasure clear when a few of us turned up at Celtic Park for the first –team match against Hearts. So, like little boys always do when …
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28th November The match against Hearts received very large coverage in the Monday morning and evening papers, with this headline and comment typical of the reactions ;- Ruthless Celtic ‘Celtic raised their goal-scoring total for the season to 101 McBride was the hero of the terracings but for my money the star of the match …
Read more “30th November 1966: Nantes v Celtic European Cup – Part One”
Pre-Match From what I was told later, the boys did lie in bed till around 10am, then had a late breakfast before heading off to town for a little shopping. Meanwhile, around 500 fans on two planes had arrived from Glasgow for the match and by mid-afternoon the centre of Nantes was a busy and …
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1st December When a Scottish side has travelled to an away match in Europe and come away with a 3-1 victory, it is an excellent result. So, everyone connected with the club was highly delighted and the press was fulsome in its praise on the Monday after the game;- So Cool Celtic Made It Look …
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Morning of the Match As the reserve match had been cancelled because of the heavy pitch at Parkhead (Celtic were due to play Nantes on it the following Wednesday and the Boss did not want it to be cut up) I decided that I would go along with the first team to see this match. …
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3rd December On the Saturday evening, the papers were happy to report a poor day for the Old Firm;-
Afternoon of the Match These were difficult matches for someone like me, who was trying to get my place back in the first team. As far as I was concerned, the victory over in Nantes had effectively sealed the tie, so unless our guys screwed up badly in the second leg and did not play …
Read more “7th December 1966: Celtic v Nantes European Cup – Part Two”