6th March 1969 We were back in for training on the day following the victory over Arbroath, a result which received a special headline in the morning press – Celtic Power Sinks Arbroath It was very noticeable on that Thursday morning that the Boss was missing, so Sean Fallon and Neilly Mochan took the training. …
10th March 1969 While we were arriving at Parkhead and then enjoying the coach trip to Seamill, the Celtic fans buying the morning and evening papers would have noticed that the victory over Raith Rovers at the weekend was almost over-looked. Most of the coverage was about the forthcoming European Cup tie with the Italian …
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13th March 1969 There was an almost deathly atmosphere at Celtic Park when we arrived for training the morning after the loss to A.C. Milan. In fact, a funeral parlour might have had a more pleasant air about it. Nobody really wanted to talk about the previous night’s match yet we all were aware that …
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17th March 1969 We had ground out a reasonable result against Partick Thistle on the previous Saturday – at least it was a win – but there was still a feeling of disappointment among the players over the result against A.C.Milan in the quarter-final of the European Cup. We had been very happy with the …
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23rd March 1969 We actually got the Sunday off, although there was another match coming up on Monday evening. Mass on a Sunday morning was always the time when I had most close contact with Celtic fans and that morning was no different. They crowded round afterwards to ask their questions and you could almost …
25th March 1969 The headline in the press described the tension of the Hibs match quite precisely – Celtic Could Have Lost to Fighting Hibs
30th March 1969 I went to 9 o’clock Mass in my own parish on the Sunday morning but left straight after the communion as I had to report to Celtic Park for around 10am. In the event, I got there about 10.15 and was by no means the last one in, so there was no …
2nd April 1969 The morning press was full of praise for our come-back the previous evening in Perth – Champion Celtic : Great Muirton Fightback There was also news of one of our colleagues in obvious difficulty –
10th April 1969 The bad moments of the previous evening were swept under the carpet and frankly, all that we needed to – and wanted to – remember was that we had seen off Falkirk by 5 goals to two and kept our momentum going towards those two still possible big moments of a momentous …
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7th April 1969 It was a wonderful day to report for training, as the sun blazed down from a cloudless sky. And once we all got there, the atmosphere was amazing – happy, loud, congratulatory and even bombastic – just what you might expect two days after the team has won the League Cup and …