17th September I had been in on the Sunday for a work-out and some treatment and was able to give the Boss some good news; at least I hope it was good news. The info was to the effect that my leg felt much better, the cut was now healing over and I could run …
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21st September In the press on the day following the Kiev match, we got a doing in the coverage. Most of it was quite justified. We had not played well and probably, in spite of all the effort we put in, particularly in the second half, did not deserve to win the match. However, at …
Read more “23rd September 1967: Celtic v St Johnstone – League”
25th September After two defeats and one draw in the previous seven days, I had anticipated a fairly strenuous session on the Monday following but I could not have been more wrong. The Boss spoke to us before leaving for training, quite calmly pointing out that while it had been a bad week as far …
Read more “27th September 1967: Ayr United v Celtic – League Cup QF 2nd Leg”
28th September Those who had not played the previous evening did the usual training; those who had played got the day off. However, it was a lovely day and the workout was very enjoyable. Apart from that, all the guys were in good form, although Joe McBride would have been very disappointed with a comment …
Read more “30th September 1967: Stirling Albion v Celtic – League”
1st October On the Sunday, the day after we had beaten Stirling Albion 4-0 at Annfield, a match for which the headline said….. Celts in the Groove Again …….. we all reported to Celtic Park for a light loosener and also the announcement of the squad of players who would travel to Kiev. It was …
Read more “4th October 1967: Dinamo Kiev v Celtic – European Cup”
5th October The headline in one of the morning dailies summed up the match against Dinamo Kiev quite succinctly; Murdoch Ordered off As Celtic Lose European Cup Another one was fairly critical of the referee; Celtic Lesson Never Argue with a Referee ‘Signor Bardelli used his whistle like a piccolo player. For every timid offence perpetrated by either …
9th October Over the weekend, press coverage had been positive towards Celtic after the performance against Hibs – Celtic Serve Flag Notice Hibernian Soundly Beaten by Determined Celtic And by Monday, the assessment of our chances against Morton was even more optimistic – Super Celts No Injury for Any Celtic Player Celtic Ready for …
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12th October Down at Seamill, there was no rest for the team of the previous evening. As was the norm, we were up early and did our usual pre-breakfast walk, along the main road to the far end of West Kilbride golf course, down the lane to the beach and then along the sand to …
Read more “14th October 1967: Partick Thistle v Celtic – League”
15th October We had quite a lazy day at Seamill. Up at a reasonable time for breakfast then taxis to Mass at Saltcoats. Back to the hotel for lunch, which was followed by one of those walks along the beach – have to keep the legs in shape – before a session in the pool …
Read more “18th October 1967 Celtic v Racing Club – Inter-Continental Cup”
19th October The day after the win over Racing Club, every newspaper headline had a different way of recording the result and its outcome – Celtic Find Way Through Suffocating Defence .. Magnificent Celts: McNeill Goal Puts ‘Em on Top of the World .. Victorious Celtic Face Harder Task in Buenos Aires .. Celtic Fans Rush to Book for Argentina .. …