Monday 14th August The players were quite delighted in the immediate aftermath of the opening match against Dundee United. As has been mentioned before, we had rather struggled against them the previous season and to start the new season’s League Cup campaign with a victory against the Terrors was a great boost. Funnily enough, after …
17th August The press was still going on about the Old Firm match of the previous evening, most of it in rapturous tones. This paragraph is representative of the overall message; ‘The skills on display, the enthusiasm shown by the two sets of players and maybe most of all the splendid behaviour of the crowd …
Monday 21st August In the evening papers, there were one story and one headline which caught the eye. The first was a story about the Boss – ‘New English First Division club Coventry City are said to be ready to offer Jock Stein a salary of £10,000 a year to manage their club in succession …
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23rd August Those who had played the previous evening against the Jags got a day off, those not involved took part in quite a strenuous training session. Sometimes, it seemed that we were being punished for something we had done…or even hadn’t done, as the case may be. Although I had not taken part in …
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28th August The main headline concerning the forthcoming Old Firm clash was about Rangers new left winger from Dundee United – Persson Doubtful ‘Two days before the vital Celtic-Rangers League Cup tie at Celtic Park on Wednesday, Rangers Swedish outside-left Orjan Persson spent today at home nursing a sore throat. If he is still suffering …
31st August The football press was a little divided in its opinions the day following our 3-1 win over Rangers. Granted, the reporters gave us great praise for the manner in which we came back from a one-goal deficit to take full points but there was more than one comment to suggest that they also …
4th September A good morning at training. With both the first team and the reserve side having won their weekend fixtures, the atmosphere was great and the training consisted mainly of the short stuff which everyone loved, followed by everybody’s favourite – shooting practice! It was a very happy bunch of players who made …
6th September 1967 The papers were in full flood, raving about our performance against Penarol the previous evening. The headline writer was especially effusive – On Top of the World ‘Roque Maspoli, manager of 1966 World Club Champions Penarol of Uruguay, eased his 6 feet plus frame into a comfortable position on a chair …
11th September On the Monday morning after the 3-0 league victory over Clyde, the papers were fairly unanimous in their headlines and comments – Who Can Stop This Stein Machine? ‘The 3-0 scoreline in Celtic’s favour bore no resemblance to the difference between the sides’. To be honest, as I watched at the action …
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14th September Like the manager, or so I was led to believe since I was not in the dressing room after the match, the press on the day following the League Cup quarter-final against Clyde was only reasonably enthusiastic about Celtic’s performance. This headline perhaps summed up the evening – Comfortable Celtic Win Despite …